Do you, like me, hate using phone? Why?

and then there is the joy of the conference call

Every time a phone rings in a movie, I cringe, and my heart rate probably spikes whenever my own phone rings. I hate phones.

I've literally never called my boyfriend on the phone in the 6 months we've been going out. We do text and irl. That's it.

Every time a phone rings in a movie, I cringe, and my heart rate probably spikes whenever my own phone rings. I hate phones.

― Orson Wellies (in orbit), vrijdag 31 oktober 2014 13:47 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^ this. And ad agencies that put ringtones in commercials are disgusting savages and deserve to be in hell tbh

Same for doorbells.

I hate the phone too. And I always feel a little sheepish for saying that because, hey, it's a goddamm telephone, right?

But

• I don't like cordless phones. I don't like mobile phones. I can't hear or listen to what the other party is saying. I can't tell if they're happy or sad. I don't like holding something up to my cheek. I don't like not knowing if the other person is ready for the conversation to be over. I don't like it when the other party is distracted and starts talking to someone else like a family member or delivery person. I don't like it when I have to do the same.

• I produced a sports radio talk show for 11 years. My primary job was to screen the callers. I still see the lights on that callboard flashing at me sometimes.

• I hate hearing multiple phones ringing throughout the house at different tones and levels. I hate telemarketers. I hate being rude to someone for rudely interrupting whatever I was doing. I hate customer service calls. There's this weird disconnect, much like the other "cars" you drive next to on the freeway, where a human is no longer a human. I think my wife would like it if I said "I love you" at the end of a call, but I don't say "I love you" at the closing of IRL conversations about what time the bug guy should come over. My little sister likes to do this sing-songy ritual of chanting 1-2-3 GOODBYE and hanging up at the same time, and I definitely hate that.

• One time in high school, the phone rang and on the other end was the voice of one of my friends. We chatted for like 20 minutes before he asked a weird question like "Did you make out with Rachel Friday after we left?" It was then that I realized I had been talking to my friend's older brother and he had believed he was talking to his best friend Lance.

Probably the easiest phone conversation I've ever had.