Generation gap: How communication modes are perceived by different ages.
| up to 30 | 30 – 50 | 50 and up | |
| phone call | What’s a phone call? | Rude. Interrupting, presumptuous. | Polite. |
| Rude. Long-winded, waste of time. | Polite. | Rude. Impersonal. | |
| text/tweet | Polite. | Rude. Brusque, impersonal. | What’s a text? |