Does anyone else hate talking on the phone?

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Yup! The irony is that I answer the phones at work. LOL I would rather not have to answer phones. Don't mind talking when it's someone I like talking to...but that's not always an option.

Answering the phone makes me very nervous, because I know I won't know what to say, and I'm also afraid of misunderstanding or not hearing the other person.

Plus I've had bizarre experiences where someone started yelling at me because they didn't believe they had reached a wrong number! The phone is sort of like an ambush!

I generally don't answer the phone.

I also don't like the phone because I feel put on the spot, and have to sweat out what to say, and it's all improvised. It's exhausting. It's the same in person tho, but in person I guess it's a little less weird to have pauses or change the subject, so it's more acceptable to be sort of awkward.

Yeah, I hate it. I don't think I've ever actually called a phone from my mobile - I always just text, all the phone calls I do on it are incoming.

I actually shrugged in a phone conversation with my aunt once.

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I am in the minority here.

I have no preference as to how I communicate with people, but telephone makes the most sense to me because if I have a lot of stuff to do, and really want to talk to somebody, I can do that by telephone. I can't do that by e-mail or IM.

I've just been finding it harder over the past few years. A few times I'd write down everything I was going to say and read from it. Doesn't help.

i absolutely hate phone conversations unless its late-night talking with my boyfriend im always afraid that ill call a wrong number and be confronted with a complete stranger calling back, or being confronted with talking to a complete stranger over the phone whom i cant see the face of. me and phone calls with people i dont know is like me and looking strangers in the eye, it just doesnt mix. and even when it IS late night phone call with my boyfriend, we often cant find anything to talk about, and i oftentimes dont hear what he says correctly. we have more in-depth conversations in IMs than on the phone, but his mom lets him on the computer only sparingly so i gotta deal with phone calls..

The worst of all possible worlds is voice mail.
I've got nothing to say to a machine.
If I had some simple, one-way information to give,
and/or if it's something that can wait,
I would have sent an e-mail.
Voice mail stumps me every time.

"Call me when you get a chance" doesn't cut it.
I can't sit here by the phone and wait.
Did I miss the return call?
Should I call again and look like a jerk?

The only time I will talk to a stupid machine is when I know
nobody is there and I have a prepared message in my head.

And then they stump me again by answering after all.
Oh. (dead air) Hi. (dead air) You're a real person.

I love talking on the phone since I can roll my eyes, make faces and all that stuff you just can't get away with while talking to someone face to face ^_^.

I prefer email to the phone. I like having something to refer to, and I can save the email. The phone is disruptive and background noise and other things I'm doing interfere with conversation. I feel more in control and more able to devote my energy in text based communication. I can also be more clear this way.

Yeah, phone conversations indeed suck. I actually prefer real life conversation, even though i am no where near decent socially