Yeah, well I tried that along with looking up people on Facebook and Google, and they all say, yeah lets get together sometime and that time never comes.
That button works both ways and when you call three times with no answer or call back, the message is clear.
The essay is missing a paragraph to that effect. Without it, it, the author appears to be a whiner who would prefer to luxuriate in rejection rather than actually make the contact he supposedly misses.