shunn ([personal profile] shunn) wrote2007-03-14 03:30 pm
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Fernsprechophobia?

I don't see the fear of speaking on telephones on this list, but I'm pretty sure I suffer from it. For something like that, I wonder who you call.

(Anonymous) 2007-03-14 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, the phone. I don't know that I have an actual phobia of the phone, but I absolutely HATE it! It drives my wife nuts that I never answer it at our house. Whenever it rings at work, I feel a surge of irritation--why couldn't the damn person e-mail me?

Ah, e-mail. What's the opposite of a phobia? A compulsive obsession, I reckon.

Chris Bigelow
http://ckbigelow.blogspot.com

(Anonymous) 2007-03-17 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so-so on the telephone, but I swear I sound like a blithering idiot on answering machines. The more asinine messages I leave, the more my throat seizes up when I hear the recorded voice. As a result, I usually just hang up and call back.

BTW, I might be in NYC in a couple of weeks. We should get together for lunch. (Michael, former Pilgrim)