📞😟 calling

"Telefono
Ringing for me
Can I tell you?
I dream in stereo"
- Telefono, Phoenix

i'm an introvert. uhhh i feel like i say that a lot. but it's relevant to this post.

for me, introversion complicates things that should be pretty mundane experiences. meeting new people. being in large groups of people. having to deal with people in general!!

but perhaps the most dreaded social interaction i'm forced to deal with? phone calls.

i. fricking. hate. phone. calls.

if i can schedule appointments online instead of calling, i'll do it in a heartbeat! if i can contact someone through email rather than a phone call, i'll do it in half a heartbeat!! heck, i'd even take a face-to-face convo over a phone call any day of the flipping week.

idk why phone calls are so hard for me. i feel like a lot of people (introverts or otherwise) have problems with them. i guess it's because socializing is hard enough without the added factor of being unable to see the other person's face and body language...

side note: gee, i do talk about being an introvert way too much. just to clarify, i don't think that introverts should be completely exempt from having to socialize. i think it's v important!! it's just hard.

anyway! i feel like i'm getting slightly better with phone convos. still don't like them, but at least i'm sort of getting used to them. there are some things in life you just gotta deal with. (i'll still take my loopholes wherever i can get 'em, though.)

when i was a kid i used to chat with my best friend on the phone for hours on end. looking back on those days, it's really weird to think that i used the telephone that much. not a cell phone, but "the telephone"!!

these days we got texting, fb messenger, snapchat, and a frickton of other forms of media that can link us together - no phone convos needed! but sometimes, a phone call is a nice, archaic way of getting the job done. plus we have video calls now!! when i was a kid, i fantasized about video calls alongside flying cars and houses that could automatically rebuild themselves. well, at least we have one of those three now?

phone calls usually suck. but sometimes they don't. and they're pretty necessary. of course, if you ask me, a face-to-face convo is the best way to communicate with someone. but that's a topic for another post...