Did the author ever try just not using headphones or other smart/connected devices to take the call?
Misclick and end the call? Call back.
Rushing and can't take the call without headphones, let it go to voicemail and call back when you can.
We have agency and autonomy. We don't have to use all the tech we have all the time. Everything around a phone call has 'progressive enhancement' from the bones up. That also means we can easily toss out all that 'enhancement' and be left with the same basic feature set.
Like everyone I sometimes fumble around with my headphones if they don't auto connect and its frustrating but its not a big deal. But far more often than not everything works well for me - starting the call on my watch and moving to my phone as I look for it, starting on my phone and moving to my headphones, starting and staying on my phone.
Misclick and end the call? Call back.
Rushing and can't take the call without headphones, let it go to voicemail and call back when you can.
We have agency and autonomy. We don't have to use all the tech we have all the time. Everything around a phone call has 'progressive enhancement' from the bones up. That also means we can easily toss out all that 'enhancement' and be left with the same basic feature set.
Like everyone I sometimes fumble around with my headphones if they don't auto connect and its frustrating but its not a big deal. But far more often than not everything works well for me - starting the call on my watch and moving to my phone as I look for it, starting on my phone and moving to my headphones, starting and staying on my phone.