Phone Calls Are Hard
I have a confession to make. I can’t phone.
It seems that the moment that I am forced to use a mobile device for it’s intended purpose instead of for texting, Candy Crush, or taking distorted selfies, I lose all mental capacity. I also stop knowing how the English language works. I develop a mean stutter and weird verbal tics. It’s a sad realization, but somehow I know I can’t be alone.
Just kidding about the Candy Crush. The only candy I am crushing is a fat Snickers bar with my grill. Enjoy!
Later this week I am announcing a sweet give away, and you wont even have to make a single phone call.
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Posted on August 5, 2013, in Humor and tagged 25tofly, bad phone skills, Becca Cord, beccatube, Candy Crush, hate talking on phone, Mobile device, phone skills, unwanted phone calls. Bookmark the permalink. 34 Comments.
Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
AT LEAST SHE HAS A PHONE…OH YEAH—I’VE GOT ONE NOW, TOO!!!
Becca,
Yes, I hate the phone too. Quite happy to text, but making a phone call or answering a phone call? Ugh, no thank you. And I’ve always, but always, hated the phone. I’m OK once the conversation gets going, but I really don’t like it and would much rather either write to a person or see them face-to-face.
I suspect it’s something to do with the whole disembodied thing of a telephone call. If you’re writing, you can think about what you’re saying so it’s said exactly right and it means what you want it to mean, and if you’re face to face with a person, you have the bonus of being able to see them and therefore pick up on body language indicators and facial expressions to help along the coversation.
Faith
That’s exactly what it is. Thanks for explaining that. Body language is so important, and facial cues. Phones are just the worst. Text me all day!
Phone call phobics of the world unite!
See, that’s what happens when you watch too much Steve Carell. C’mon, Meesis!
Don’t feel bad, Becca: I don’t even own a cell phone!
also, nearly every time i call customer service people, they say, “hold on, miss, and i’ll transfer you to…” MISS? i realize none of you have heard my voice before, but i’ll bring this up again in austin. i think you’ll be as freaked as i am.
i prefer to let everything go to voicemail and then decide if i’m to important to call back. text rules. unless someone owes me money. or it’s my kid. or southern women. or…
Oh man, I hate phone calls. I don’t mind calling customer service stuff, but talking to friends and family is the worst. I reach this point where I just really don’t want to talk anymore and I try putting on the wind-up tone of voice, sighing, yawning and saying the word “anyway” a lot to try and end it!
Funny vid Becca lol, as always, thanks for sharing 🙂
Rohan.
There are only three people I talk to on the phone regularly, and even then it’s just a mixture of me singing to them, or making fart sounds with my mouth.
Better than me sounding like a scared 5 year old. Similar to this:
I remember that apocolyptic moment when you called me once. It was the most awkward five minutes out of our entire five year friendship.
BAHAHAHA! So true. It still haunts me to this day. Let’s not ever do that again.
I HATE talking on the phone despite being an obnoxiously social person. I will text, email, and chat all day long, but the second my phone rings I look at it in panic and usually send it straight to voice mail. For my friends who live close, I’ll just wander over to their places to avoid a phone call. That’s right, I will walk instead of dialing. It is ridiculous.
I knowwwwwww. What is up with this?! It’s an epidemic.
I should call you and then we can just breathe deeply into the phone together.
I just discontinued my cell service after that terrifying comment.
That’s probably best.
Guess I am just old school, because I am a phone talker. I think texts can cause things to be misconstrued too easily.
You are right, they are all of the time. But it’s a risk I am willing to take. My parents get mad if I text them something important, but to me it is the only way!
I can relate. When I talk on the phone, I sound as if I would rather be doing anything else at all.
Oh I know it. I sound straight up like Daria on the phone. #youtubetuesday
I go to great lengths to avoid the phone. I just hate it. I’ll spend days in email exchanges to avoid a 5 minute call.
I have spent three times the amount of time on a conversation through e-mail when it would take five minutes on the phone. It’s no wonder my gmail is glitchy. All of my communication is in there. Period. And texts. So many texts. But this is why we write, eh?
Love it! I’ve got terrible phone skills, too. I wasn’t so bad at work, but personal calls and leaving voicemails. Yeah, not so much.
I can manage with personal calls. Work? People think they are on a prank phone call. It’s that bad.
LOL. I hate the phone!! I always have to ignore calls and call people back because when they first call, it’s way too spontaneous for me to just answer it. I need time to think about how to talk to other humans. But, I never have that problem in person. lol Stupid phone.
TOO MUCH PRESSURE *decline*. I’ve hurt so many feelings and for the complete opposite reason than they will ever know. I don’t NOT want to talk to them, I like them so much I don’t want to screw it up. So I just don’t do it :(.
It’s the worst, I feel you. I just checked my recent calls list and my dad called one week ago for 42 seconds. Must have been an emergency!
HAHA! My call log is forever red. The color of telepurgatory.
The most amazing phone calls to be witnessed are when you get two people who with no phone skills on the phone together.
New reality show? Right after, “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant”. Winner!
I rarely watch entire videos but I laughed all the way through yours today! Hilarious Becca. You are a natural in front of the video camera, you know, point in case, Yolanda, Jamaica calling.
Thanks for kicking off Monday with laughter. Call me. Just kidding! I hate talking on the phone too. I practice what I’m going to say before I call anyone.
Have a great day.
Pam, that’s awesome to hear! I was having a down day and needed to make MYSELF laugh. What a bonus!
P.S. I practice so long I miss the call in the first place!