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Does anyone else struggle to make phone calls

Maria6681

Maria6681

Morning
Does anyone else put off Making a phone call even relIy important ones I don't like make call at all. In saying that I don't like picking up the phone I only pick up to my son school lol...I really need to call Argos about a sofa that I just got but it has a fault with it. I know if I lev it then I am going to have to by a new one. But even knowing that I will struggle to call or not call at all
 
Judge said:
We have our share here too. Here's at least one thread on that subject:wow good on you for doing thatThere noway I could do that it would be a job from hell for me

https://www.aspiescentral.com/threads/disliking-talking-on-the-phone.12098/#post-344940

I had a terrible time with phone calls until I had no choice but to deal with them head-on as part of my job. Though I still don't particularly like using the phone and will always have some degree of issues in timing of when to speak and when to listen.
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ever since i became verbal and got used to speaking sentances freely,i started using the phone but i havent been able to speak to anyone over it apart from my dad/mum/sister and learning/intellectual disability nurse but even then thats at a push.

i have a mobile phone but i only use it for texting and used it for facebook app but i havent used either of those for a while and credit has long ran out,i have no time for communication apart from on forums where you can script what you want to say-you cant do that well over the phone or face to face.
 
Me!

I had to get in touch with a charity that helps ones who have a very low income, to help financially and I was dreading making the call. I plucked up the courage and looked at the website and nearly jumped for joy, because there was an email address and so, I did not have to phone after all.

It is also worse, because I live in France and always panic that I won't be able to understand what is being said.

Hate phones.
 
toothless said:
ever since i became verbal and got used to speaking sentances freely,i started using the phone but i havent been able to speak to anyone over it apart from my dad/mum/sister and learning/intellectual disability nurse but even then thats at a push.

i have a mobile phone but i only use it for texting and used it for facebook app but i havent used either of those for a while and credit has long ran out,i have no time for communication apart from on forums where you can script what you want to say-you cant do that well over the phone or face to face.
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Well I not had that problem As I am verbal. So I think you done amazing I will avoid phone calls like the plague lol I think mobile phone are great. But wish that they did not come with the hol calling bit. I use a mobile for apps games internet
 
Suzanne said:
Me!

I had to get in touch with a charity that helps ones who have a very low income, to help financially and I was dreading making the call. I plucked up the courage and looked at the website and nearly jumped for joy, because there was an email address and so, I did not have to phone after all.

It is also worse, because I live in France and always panic that I won't be able to understand what is being said.

Hate phones.
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I wish I could email Argos. How long have you live there for and have you learn how to talk the language
 
Maria6681 said:
I wish I could email Argos. How long have you live there for and have you learn how to talk the language
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It actually surprises me that they wouldn't have email services in this climate of technology.

Lived in France for 14 years and can speak a bit of French; the problem why I do not speak fluent is because I am ashamed to say that I do not like the language and so the motivation is not there, despite living here, should be the motiviation. But I do speak enough to give the illusion that I speak even better lol

Oh and just found this: Contact us | Go Argos
 
Do you like the country it self yes it is hard to learn a second language alone but even harder when you do not have the motivation to. Thank you I will have a look at the link
 
Suzanne said:
It actually surprises me that they wouldn't have email services in this climate of technology.

Lived in France for 14 years and can speak a bit of French; the problem why I do not speak fluent is because I am ashamed to say that I do not like the language and so the motivation is not there, despite living here, should be the motiviation. But I do speak enough to give the illusion that I speak even better lol

Oh and just found this: Contact us | Go Argos
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I had the same thought and had a look on the Argos site and it appears they have a live chat function for returns and replacement enquiries.

Returns & Refunds | Go Argos

It mentions it in the FAQ a little way down the page.
 
Yes, I really struggle with phone calls. They are an anathema. Ringing up the surgery for a repeat prescription used to be something I really dreaded because I didn't have a script I could follow, I didn't know if there was anything they'd ask of me or what was going to happen, and I knew I would have to do this every month. But doing it has gotten a lot easier and no longer provokes anxiety because I'm used to doing it now.

There's one phone call I'm really putting off, that is to ring up a motorbike garage and get my bike in for a very needed service and repair and I'm hating the thought of doing it. It doesn't help that I don't think of doing it enough. I've been wanting to do this for about a year and a half. It took me all of that time to think about asking my mum for help to get me to do this.
 
I hate most phone calls, like booking restaurants or ordering anything.

I have been surprised in that I now love doing sales over the phone (not cold calling, I've never dared!).

Sales seems different some how. Maybe it's because I'm basically transferring enthusiasm about a special interest. What ever it works and I have a very high conversion rate.

My first jobs where there was a desk phone terrified me. I didn't know what to say, nor whether I should answer the phone sometimes.
 
Southern Discomfort said:
There's one phone call I'm really putting off, that is to ring up a motorbike garage and get my bike in for a very needed service and repair and I'm hating the thought of doing it. It doesn't help that I don't think of doing it enough. I've been wanting to do this for about a year and a half. It took me all of that time to think about asking my mum for help to get me t
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Learn to do it your self. At least the easy stuff.

I did and I used to love it. Saved money and most of the work got done to an obsessively high standard.
Depends what type of bike, but I self taught on Italian sportsbikes and most things were pretty easy.

Do do anything that you dont have the tools and manual for though!

I screwed up a few times too though, but so do the pros.
 
Southern Discomfort said:
Yes, I really struggle with phone calls. They are an anathema. Ringing up the surgery for a repeat prescription used to be something I really dreaded because I didn't have a script I could follow, I didn't know if there was anything they'd ask of me or what was going to happen, and I knew I would have to do this every month. But doing it has gotten a lot easier and no longer provokes anxiety because I'm used to doing it now.

There's one phone call I'm really putting off, that is to ring up a motorbike garage and get my bike in for a very needed service and repair and I'm hating the thought of doing it. It doesn't help that I don't think of doing it enough. I've been wanting to do this for about a year and a half. It took me all of that time to think about asking my mum for help to get me to do this.
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I got a new sofaer lest week but there something wrong with it. And I if I did not call then it would not last very long. But I do not even think that would make me call them. But someone on here give me a link and I can do it my email that mad my evening
 
Suzanne said:
It actually surprises me that they wouldn't have email services in this climate of technology.

Lived in France for 14 years and can speak a bit of French; the problem why I do not speak fluent is because I am ashamed to say that I do not like the language and so the motivation is not there, despite living here, should be the motiviation. But I do speak enough to give the illusion that I speak even better lol

Oh and just found this: Contact us | Go Argos
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Thank you I when on that link and I can get it sorted by email that made my evening
 
Full Steam said:
I have been surprised in that I now love doing sales over the phone (not cold calling, I've never dared!).

Sales seems different some how
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Know what you mean, always have been good at selling, its a job that makes money and I become the 'sales person' on the phone, not the person who doesn't like to talk as I have a 'script' and know exactly what to say.
 
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