I literally don't think I've been called unannounced by someone under 40 in a decade. In fact I think it's now something of a social faux pas to call unannounced. Maybe the people around your tables are just really rude?
The first one says 'millennial[s] won't take your phone call' in the first line. Then it even quantifies it 'a quarter never use [their phone] for calls'.
If a quarter of people you might be meeting never make or take a phone call, how successful do you think you're going to be in trying to reach them via a phone call?
'Most of the twenty- and thirty somethings I socialise with would rather suck Donald Trump’s toe than make or receive a call in order to have a chat'
https://www.forbes.com/sites/briannawiest/2019/11/04/millenn...
https://bgr.com/2018/12/09/millennials-phone-calls-survey/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/mobile-chat/why-millennia...
https://www.inc.com/john-brandon/why-millennials-dont-like-t...
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/nz-life-leisure/110277251...
https://jeffjbutler.com/2019/04/02/why-millennials-dont-like...
https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/why-millennials-ignore-calls
https://medium.com/swlh/why-you-should-never-cold-call-a-mil...
Etc etc etc etc
I literally don't think I've been called unannounced by someone under 40 in a decade. In fact I think it's now something of a social faux pas to call unannounced. Maybe the people around your tables are just really rude?