Such an Adult

One sweet day, I will overcome my irrational fear of making phone calls.

Phone Wanderer

G always wanders off in random directions when he starts talking on the phone so I literally have to hold on to him so I don't lose him.

Important phone calls

The only people who call my phone are my parents and G. My parents are in Japan and I now live with G, so . . . yeah.

I would so much rather

CLEAN ALL THE TOILETS! Because I hate hate hate hate hate hate the phone.

so cheap and so good

I agree! It's the best, cheapest Nokia ever!

Know it by heart

Not that I have plans to get arrested, but you know.

Handy Hijab

Whoop, just made it in time to still call it a post for Wednesday.

Phone Conversations

Just realized that all the comics I drew today had to do with talking on the phone with G.

Mom Thing

Mama never answers her cell phone. Apparently G's mom doesn't either. Is this a mom thing?

The Weather?

I don't know---but it seems that some people just lie in bed and randomly call customer service for fun.

Conquer your fear fail

Partly as an attempt to conquer my phone-o-phobia, I briefly took a job as a customer service agent after school.

When I left the job three months later, my phobia was worse than ever. (Go figure.)

Frenchy

Yikes! Past (way past) midnight--again! I had to go to a going away dinner after my German class tonight, so I got home late. And then G and I had to battle it out on online Bananagrams, so hence the belated update.

I'm pretty much the secretary of the household so I make a lot of reservations and whatnot on the phone. I got an interesting comment the other day . . .

Is my German Frenchy-sounding? I don't think so . . .

phone-o-phobia

I have an incredibly stupid fear of answering phone calls from people I don't know, or just answering phones in general. Thinking I'd be able to overcome my fear of phones by making myself confront the problem, I took a job as a customer service rep after university, only to find that it only made things worse (as 75% of the clients calling in were angry about something). Sure enough, I quit 3 months later and took refuge in the significantly less social world of translation.

And yes, I do actually cover my phone with a pillow and sit on it until it stops ringing.