I find discussions over text long winded and can often be discussed more thoroughly with a simple phone call. I'm with you on video chats, although while I was living overseas for a number of years my mother insisted on it, which was fine. But I don't take phone calls when I'm surrounded by people, I'll head outside or into the corridor.

I personally just prefer phone calls for any proper conversations, the odd "hello, how are you doing?" type messages are fine with text but if I actually want to talk to someone, phone calls every time.