I can't be the only one who hates phone calls?

Seriously. I loathe them. There is something... inhuman about them to me. It feels like it's... not right. Like it's wrong. Like they shouldn't happen. Social cues are hard enough! Jeez louise. Then someone, somewhere, had to add the pressure of speaking to people who you can't even look at... Like, online it's different. There's no pressure because you don't have to know when to shut up, or when to speak, or when to laugh. But phones are hard. I already never know when to shut up, or when to speak, or when to laugh... and then some genius thought speaking, by voice, on a phone would be the norm. And then some other genius's decided we ought to all have to do it. For work, for school, to live.

Well, I'd like to show those genius's where they can shove it...

Phones, in short. That's what's toughest for me. I avoid phone calls for weeks at a time. I still haven't called that surgeon about my gallbladder. I take ages to call to make therapy appointments. And having to call my counselor at the school? Forget-about-it.

I actually PREFER face to face and get frustrated when people assume phone will be easier. No. No thank you. You can keep your stupid phones. Even if that makes me a 'technology left behind'.