“Gear up” for a phone call???
Actually, yes. Kind of.
If you call unexpectedly to ask about the Penske file, I have to 1) find the Penske file, 2) refresh myself about it, and 3) discuss it with you.
Not a big deal, of course, but it can take a bit of time during a busy day.
Whereas, if you email me and say “Larry, when’s the next hearing in the Penske case? No hurry.”, I can check a bit later and shoot you an email back.
Like I said, not a big deal. But call after call can add up all day long.
And calls just to “chat” can be really annoying or just wrong, whether I’m on company time or whether I’m self employed.
To the person above who wondered about falling in love this way, well, I guess you wouldn’t. You’d take care of that the old fashioned way, by face to face dates and maybe long phone calls at night. They still exist. I just don’t want them with business colleagues. :-)