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HATE PHONES; I'm weird
Topic Started: Dec 28 2007, 06:28 PM (281 Views)
DivaDeb
HOLY CARP!!!
I don't like to talk on the phone. At all. With anyone. Ever. I'd rather have teeth extracted than be given a list of people I have to call on the phone.

Guess what???
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Frank_W
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I used to have an invisible friend. One day, I got tired of hanging out with him, preferring to go ride bikes with my buddies. After a while, he just hung around in my front yard giving me dirty looks. I ignored him. Then the phone calls started: I would pick up the phone, and the line would be silent. After a long time, I didn't see him anymore, but then one day, the hate mail started arriving.

Just imagine it! Reams and reams of blank paper!! :hair:
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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DivaDeb
HOLY CARP!!!
here Frank...YOU CALL THESE PEOPLE

I don't like to do it

(BIG FAT LIPPED POUT)
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Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
Make a competition out of it.
At least you'd enjoy "winning" in making phone calls. :)
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DivaDeb
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:lol:

but it's NOT competitive...nobody plays hard on the phone. Ugh. Blech.

(BIG FAT LIPPED POUT AGAIN)

I'm going to pay my daughter to do it

heh
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Frank_W
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:lol2:
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
I hate it too. I seem to end up with lots of organising duties (Oh Sue, you're so good at this, could you please....) :help: and I think, this is the year everyone has an e-mail address and poof! my job is done. But no, and there are those who do not even have an answering machine. :ph43r:
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plays88keys
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Deb, I don't enjoy talking on the phone either. When I owned a business it was a necessary evil and I tried to make it a point to hang up within 2 minutes of either initiating or receiving one. Unfortunately, that adeptness at brevity hasn't spilled over into internet posts. (apple is the queen of that)

My stepdaughter calls to chit chat all the time. I know if I answer one of her calls, it will be a minimum of 30 minutes spent mainly listening. My mother in law is the same way. Thank goodness for caller ID!
You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
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big al
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Add my name to the list of those who never really liked to talk on the telephone. When I started working in an office, I had no choice but to do it regularly, but I still prefer to get up and walk to someone else's office if they're in the same building as I am.

Big Al
Location: Western PA

"jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen."
-bachophile
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CTPianotech
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Another phone-talker-not-liker here. :wave: I can talk to someone in person forever--but talking on phones seems to put an uncomfortable tickle in my ear that makes me want to HANG UP NOW!!1

One of the best things I did last year was switch to one of those 'pay as you go' phones, and make it a point to tell the people who call me.

Now everyone knows that to call my cell, there must be a point--and you must get to it right away. I now only use about 100 minutes a month on the cell, costing me less than $20 a month :woot:
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DivaDeb
HOLY CARP!!!
thank you y'all

I feel so much less alone

:P
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RosemaryTwo
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HOLY CARP!!!
I give my cell phone number to no one, except my family, the school, and my boss. I had one friend who kept calling me to chat on my cell, I don't get that.
"Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua
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