As soon as I grew up and discovered that my brain and my mouth aren't connected, and that they are further disconnected as soon as a speaker is placed in front of me, I started avoiding the phone like the plague. This all began when I was about 18 and realized that sometimes I randomly say my name like I'm signing off a letter just before I hang up. And when I'm not doing things like that to embarrass myself... I'm saying other things to embarrass myself.
Like today.
[phone rings]
PERKY GIRL ON PHONE: Hi! Can I speak with Alexis Strombone?
ME: Sorry, there's no one here by that name. May I take a message?
[silence]
PERKY GIRL ON PHONE [less perky]: Uh....?
ME: I mean... Whoops. [click]
*facepalm*
And don't even get me started on texting. Apparently my fingers and my brain aren't connected either. Which is why I enjoy When Parents Text so darned much. It's a whole website devoted to people who are as genius as me! (if you have not experienced the hilarity that is this website, you MUST)
Any other phone-challenged people out there? Please say I'm not the only one.
xoxo,
20 comments:
gimme a minute. i'm gonna call you.
also. random: my word verification is "bafecord". it makes me snicker.
That's so funny! I'm the same way, I used to be able to talk on the phone for hours, now when my phone rings I make a funny 'do not disturb me' face, and eventually get up and see who called. Don't text, don't have a camera phone, surely can't access the internet via my old school ghetto cell phone that I only have because the husband has a cell too, so we don't have a house phone. ha! No worries, you are not alone. ;)
Well then I feel pretty lucky that I get a coherent Marisa when I call and that we talk for more than 2 minutes. Hmmm, thinking it's time to call to help you bone up on your phone speaking skills.
Winn - *screens call* yeah, I just did that.
Janell - YAY, I'm not alone!! Haha, I have a super old skool cell phone, too!! And I don't even know how to use it. haha.
Holly - dude, no joke, besides my mom, you were the last person I called. Like, months ago. I'm not even making this up.
If it weren't for my calls with Kaylee, I would have zero use for the telephone. Seriously. ZERO.
Hahaha! That's awesome!
I'm terrible at talking on the phone too! I talk too fast and sometimes I can't spit the word out and I'm just stuttering, quite terrible. So I stick to texting.
I can't wait to check out that website!
I am laughing at both of us. You for saying it and me for taking a solid minute to figure out what was wrong with it.
;)
I'm with Natalie, it took me a minute to figure the error. I have a habit of long pauses, trying to figure what I'm gonna say!
Kathy - haha, I talk to my mom a couple times a week, and my hubs a couple times a day, and that is ALL. I hate the phone.
Stella - ME TOO!
Natalie and April - *SNORT* That cracked me up.
I only choke at the voicemail. So glad the trend is for people to not even listen to their messages any more and just call back. I go on and on, and if the machine doesn't cut me off, I do it myself when i realize I'm rambling. "Bye" (oh yeah, forgot to say the most important thing, like who I am, why I called or how to reach me.)
that's why I like texting - I can answer when I want AND I can write my answer, allowing me plenty of time to think about what I want to say rather than blurt something stupid out of mouth - not that I've ever done that, of course ;)
Maria - Haha, ME too! I hate leaving messages but I always end up leaving a long, stupid one :P
Marcy - I have seriously got to figure out texting. It always ends up as one big long word with randomly capitalized and sometimes wrong letters :D
haha that was great!
I properly snorted. Nice to see I'm not the only one reduced to a babbling fool when presented with a phone.
Yes, that's me, phone challenged. I used to write out scripts for myself when I had to make a phone call. It's a huge anxiety of mine. I say the dumbest things, usually uncensored.
That was hilarious, though. "May I take a message?" Ha!!
Not one for talking on the phone much...but I do text, quite a lot...mostly my kiddos...it's good to stay "with it" when you've got teenagers!
ohmyWORD i love that!
hahah
can i take a message?
ohhhh i love that. and you.
:D
I hear you sister. I hate talking on the phone too. I can't tell you how many times I've answered the phone at home with "Student Life, this is Kelly." So I just quit answering the phone. Now thankfully, my girls LOVE racing to the phone it rings, so if they aren't around, it just goes unanswered.
HAHAHA!! Sometimes I have to catch myself before I say "I love you." Um . . . how embarrassing would saying *that* to just anyone be?
awesome :)
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