Ever get jumpy when you hear the phone ring

[james t kirk]

I have this twitch.

Whenever I hear a phone ring, it makes me tense up and jump a bit. Might not even be my phone, it could just be background noise in a TV show, or you're walking in a store and someone's cell phone goes off, or in a commercial, and it produces a negative reaction in me.

I attribute this to my job where the phone is constantly ringing and it's usually problems for me to sort out.

Consequently, I hate the phone.

I come home, and sometimes the phone rings, and I don't even pick it up. Many times, I've ignored a ringing phone. I've had people over at my house and the phone rings and I just let it ring. I get, "Aren't you going to answer that?" To which I respond, "if it's important, they'll leave a message" To which I always get, "Oh, I couldn't do that"

I can.

When you spend half you day on the phone, the last thing you want to do when you come home is answer the damn phone.

I feel like I'm on a leash.

I see people walking down the street talking on the cell phone, and I'm amazed.

Don't you ever want peace and quiet?

I drove my ex nuts because I seldom kept my cell phone on outside of work. She'd complain, "I can never get a hold of you, turn your damn phone on." To which I would reply, "Uh huh" knowing full well, I never would.

I love being out in my car or out and about and I can't be reached or gotten a hold of. It's like it used to be. I'm incommunicado.

Suffice it to say, I hate the phone.

 

[CapitalGuy]

7 days.

 

[phantasack]

I get jumpy when I"m in a hotel room and hear a knock at the door.

 

[Angela@Mirage]

I have this twitch.

Whenever I hear a phone ring, it makes me tense up and jump a bit. Might not even be my phone, it could just be background noise in a TV show, or you're walking in a store and someone's cell phone goes off, or in a commercial, and it produces a negative reaction in me.

I attribute this to my job where the phone is constantly ringing and it's usually problems for me to sort out.

Consequently, I hate the phone.

I come home, and sometimes the phone rings, and I don't even pick it up. Many times, I've ignored a ringing phone. I've had people over at my house and the phone rings and I just let it ring. I get, "Aren't you going to answer that?" To which I respond, "if it's important, they'll leave a message" To which I always get, "Oh, I couldn't do that"

I can.

When you spend half you day on the phone, the last thing you want to do when you come home is answer the damn phone.

I feel like I'm on a leash.

I see people walking down the street talking on the cell phone, and I'm amazed.

Don't you ever want peace and quiet?

I drove my ex nuts because I seldom kept my cell phone on outside of work. She'd complain, "I can never get a hold of you, turn your damn phone on." To which I would reply, "Uh huh" knowing full well, I never would.

I love being out in my car or out and about and I can't be reached or gotten a hold of. It's like it used to be. I'm incommunicado.

Suffice it to say, I hate the phone.

Well, i can understand. I am very introverted in my private life so when my berry rings, I do not answer unless it is Mirage. There is email, berry messenger, texting and so forth. I have to be in the mood to sit and chat on the phone. There are just too many new ways to communicate to chat on the phone all the time. I never really liked it in the first place. Don't get me wrong, I love to go for lattes and chat, but after a great week at fantasy land, I like to nestle within my refuge. This is why I am a poster on Terb.

 

[Cycleguy007]

I'm with you there JTK... I am on the phone TOO MUCH for work.

I am actually not "jumpy" with it at home... I just completely ignore it. It is usually for the kids anyway. Most people know- if they need me- send an e-mail or text. It is my preferred mode of communication.

 

[mmmburritos]

I don't get jumpy when the phone rings, but I do tend to drool....

 

[Angela@Mirage]

I'm with you there JTK... I am on the phone TOO MUCH for work.

I am actually not "jumpy" with it at home... I just completely ignore it. It is usually for the kids anyway. Most people know- if they need me- send an e-mail or text. It is my preferred mode of communication.

I should state as well that I do not get jumpy! I just ignore it totally.

 

[Mikehorn]

I usually ignore it too. Most of my clients are trained to use email to contact me. It's usually some automated message trying to sell me something when it does ring. Those 416-000 numbers are really going nuts lately.

 

[RonaldMcFondled]

i get jumpy when i hear this ring tone from my phone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBkMjeQZ0lg

 

[hunter001]

I used to carry a pager/cell phone, it got to the point where I would jump if either went off.

I used to use this http://www.moviewavs.com/php/sounds..._Fiction&quote=concentr.txt&file=concentr.wav wave file for my email alert. At time it made me jump.

 

[weekend_guy]

JTK - my thoughts on my phone echoed exactly

Phone calls = problems and issues related to work during working hours, and sometimes after hours. The last thing I want to do in my personal time is spend it on the phone.

 

[WoodPeckr]

james t kirk

I also still hate phones and for the most part ignore them.
This all goes back the my days in management many years ago when the damn office phones rang all the time. Most of the calls were inane calls from clueless bosses double and triple checking on useless BS they felt important because their boss was hounding them. All part of their silly pecking order so well used back then. Don't miss them days at all anymore but still hate phones. Refuse to even get a cell phone to this very day. Don't need them....

 

[The Cunning Linguist]

I have this twitch.

Whenever I hear a phone ring, it makes me tense up and jump a bit. Might not even be my phone, it could just be background noise in a TV show, or you're walking in a store and someone's cell phone goes off, or in a commercial, and it produces a negative reaction in me.

I attribute this to my job where the phone is constantly ringing and it's usually problems for me to sort out.

Consequently, I hate the phone.

I come home, and sometimes the phone rings, and I don't even pick it up. Many times, I've ignored a ringing phone. I've had people over at my house and the phone rings and I just let it ring. I get, "Aren't you going to answer that?" To which I respond, "if it's important, they'll leave a message" To which I always get, "Oh, I couldn't do that"

I can.

When you spend half you day on the phone, the last thing you want to do when you come home is answer the damn phone.

I feel like I'm on a leash.

I see people walking down the street talking on the cell phone, and I'm amazed.

Don't you ever want peace and quiet?

I drove my ex nuts because I seldom kept my cell phone on outside of work. She'd complain, "I can never get a hold of you, turn your damn phone on." To which I would reply, "Uh huh" knowing full well, I never would.

I love being out in my car or out and about and I can't be reached or gotten a hold of. It's like it used to be. I'm incommunicado.

Suffice it to say, I hate the phone.

You have been my head, and wrote this post.

Every fuckin' word....exactly as I would have.

Now that's some scary shit...

 

[LKD]

blame it on the hobby... the fear of a SP calling your phone and being caught by your wife is causing this