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This was talking on the phone for people who don't like talking on the phone. If that makes any sense.
by cjrp 6y ago
This was talking on the phone for people who don't like talking on the phone. If that makes any sense.
- ModernMech 6y agoThis makes perfect sense to me. I don't know what it is about talking on the phone, but it's an extremely anxiety inducing experience for me. I'm generally fine with people, but if I have a choice of walking down the street to talk with them in person or call them on the phone, I will make the walk every time. Best I can figure out it stems from being verbally abused as a teenager when I had a job making cold calls. People are vicious on the phone in a way they never are in person. Some people seem to use strangers on the phone as an opportunity to safely vent whatever pent-up rage they have. And even though people are just as vicious online, it just doesn't have the same bite as it does when it's a human voice filled with rage.
- progman32 6y agoI'm the same way, sans the cold calling experience. Would much rather drive down to talk to someone at the counter vs. calling the business from home.
- jki275 6y agoI don’t have the cold calling experience, but I view phone conversation the same way you do. No idea why - and it baffles my extrovert spouse.
- account42 6y ago> Best I can figure out it stems from being verbally abused as a teenager when I had a job making cold calls. People are vicious on the phone in a way they never are in person. Or maybe people are vicious when they receive unsolicited spam calls.