decline

"I'm not busy but I'm not currently accepting calls. What's up?"

Although I usually respond to čare you doing something/busy/things like that with "why, what do you need?" since my family loves trying to guilt trip people who have just said they aren't doing something into doing whatever bullshit they're calling for...

"I don't want to be busy either."

decline

“sorry I don’t have my headphones with me and my phone’s mic has been acting up. What’s up?”

Never answer with a "no". Just say "what's up?"

Autodecline.

I don't do video calls. Period. I don't care who you are and my job is not tied to calls so fuck off. Family, friends, acquientwhatevs, don't care. No video calls, ever. I am outright hostile about this >_>

Although I did think about simply reversing phone to show nature instead when I got one of these while going for a walk in a local park.

See that at work.

Busy?

No?

Well you are now! (Phone rings)

this is a corpo reminder to ask your coworkers "when are you available for a call about x"

give all information and context possible

do not say "hi" and then immediately call when you get a reply

also if you are scheduling calls do not schedule them the second after or before lunch

also not everything needs a call !

give people time to reset FFS

Protip, you can delete the FaceTime application on an iPhone.

I just reply to questions if I'm busy with "what's up?" I'll decide if it's more valuable than whatever I was doing

im either busy or actually busy. theres your problem.

I don’t mind phone calls, but do not fucking do a video call. Like, I’m and not done up properly, I am probably walking around doing a chore, also, the quality will be shit because my connection will be questionable.

Audio is fine, you don’t need to see my face to catch up.