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Phonecalls poll
7 August 2008 21:39When growing up, I always believed I was a real freak because I HATED using the phone and would avoid it at all costs. Even now, if there's a Really Important Phonecall I have to make, I have to mentally prepare and end up scheduling it at a particular time so I don't put it off and put it off. I had started to believe I was the only person in the universe with this problem and I was just pathetic.
But more and more I've noticed my friends make similar statements, especially when phoning people they don't know. So...to investigate how widespread this phenomenon is...
[Poll #1236883]
I also wonder how much correlation there might be between being a loner as a kid and hating phones as an adult - all the "popular" kids when I was growing up were on the phone to each other all the time, priding themselves on their enormous mental phonebook. Whilst I didn't do that stuff nearly so much, so didn't get as much practice at talking to friends' batty grandparents or parents, asking, "Is Louise in, please?"
But more and more I've noticed my friends make similar statements, especially when phoning people they don't know. So...to investigate how widespread this phenomenon is...
[Poll #1236883]
I also wonder how much correlation there might be between being a loner as a kid and hating phones as an adult - all the "popular" kids when I was growing up were on the phone to each other all the time, priding themselves on their enormous mental phonebook. Whilst I didn't do that stuff nearly so much, so didn't get as much practice at talking to friends' batty grandparents or parents, asking, "Is Louise in, please?"
