Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone else have a horror of talking on the phone? I have hated using the phone since I was a child, although it is hard to pin down exactly why I dislike it so much. I think my main difficulty is 'reading' how a conversation is going when I can't see the other person. I pause for too long, or jump in too soon, or struggle to pick up crucial info from their tone - is this a bad time to call? am I making myself clear?
I am currently going through a work-related nightmare scenario where I have been asked to make loads of phone calls - in a situation I have always previously handled by email - and I feel stressed and anxious about all the time: anticipating the calls, making the calls, reflecting on the calls. It is supposed to be making everyone feel encouraged, but if any of the hapless recipients are like me they will be thoroughly put off!
I have always thought this was just a random failure on my part, but now I am wondering whether it is integral to my nature.
I have a phobia of answering phones..
What about making them?
Oh... it must have been torturous doing that job...
Like the worst..
Burn all the phones!
That could work.. it used to, once. .
See? You can make phones!!
When I used to work in the call centre, there used to be icebreaker-conversations about phobias, I always used to say that mine was calls and people laughed, but I really meant it..
I was literally thinking ‘is Pegg talking about string cups?’, but I didn’t say it ,because I thought you also have been talking about making a call..
Well... you can sort of make them, out of tin cans and string... if like me, you're basically a child in spirit.. ------------------------
Which concept is far more entertaining than making phone calls, which is what I attempted to write...
I detest making phone calls and will do all in my power to avoid it.
I don't answer phone calls...
And also, great drawing!
What phones..?