more pie

I have a love/hate relationship with phones. I am a big fan of talking to people I know on the phone, mostly because I know them and I like to hear their voices. It's the next best thing to seeing them in person. I hate making calls to businesses for any reason. Over the past few years I've gotten better at ordering pizza, so I don't mind that so much. But I hate calling a company with a question about my bill or some other such thing. Even if Chris is driving (and I hate it when he multitasks while driving), if he asks me to call some business, I practically freeze and become immobile. But I'm getting better at that, too.


here's what I noticed today about my telephonability. I am horrible on the phone. horrible in a couple ways, but mostly I get to the end of the phone call and I don't know what to do. I know, I know, it's simple, say goodbye and hang up. but I either feel like I end it inappropriately abruptly -- as in awkward silence, "uh, goodbye!", awkward silence, hang up -- or I just drag it out for no good reason, even though the conversation is obviously over. I'm sure my friends don't mind (too much, I hope) but when it's more of a business-purpose type call, I'm sure the other person is just thinking "that person is weird and does not have very good phone skills." And then when people say, just pretend you're talking to a friend, that does NOT help simply because I know I am weird on the phone with my friends most of the time.

also I have a habit of just talking without thinking sometimes. half an hour after a phone call today I realized that something I said probably sounded insulting. and I certainly didn't mean it that way. (chris is really good at catching when I do this, so I'm glad to have him around) that kind of situation can ONLY get more embarrassing, which of course it did. I'll spare you the details and eat this humble pie all by myself.