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(Friday I slept until noon and dealt with my broken house the rest of the day!)
1. Do you like talking on the phone? Why or why not? I hate talking on the phone. Well, okay, there are exceptions to this. Ali and I used to talk for at least an hour, even if we were just calling to set up plans to hang out or something. That was fun. And it's cool to talk to Sarah Jean now that she's in France. But mostly I don't like the phone.
2. Who is the last person you talked to on the phone? You konw, it just may be Matthew's mom, who totally threw me off by calling me Sunday to ask where her son was. I rarely talk on the phone, and rarely talk to her; I don't think the two events have ever coincided before.
3. About how many telephones do you have at home? No more than one. Though my family's house has I think four, not counting the cell phones of all three occupants of that house. Actually, if you count cell phones, there are four telephones in this house; everyone has one but me.
4. Have you encountered anyone who has really bad phone manners? What happened? I might have really bad phone manners. It may be related to my increasing inability to make small talk or other polite speech. When Jenn's fiancé calls and I answer the phone, I jst hand it to Jenn and don't say anything past "hello." But hey, he just grunts, "hey--she there?" so that doesn't seem very polite either. I occasionally start talking without warning to people who are actually around instead of the person on the phone. This has happened when the phone is ringing, so that a person who answers it might hear me in the middle of a sentence, and that's not very nice. I can see myself being bad at talking on the phone because I don't like doing it very much.
5. Would you rather pick up the phone and call someone or write them an e-mail or a letter? Why or why not? Considering my aforementioned dislike of the telephone, the answer to this question should be obvious. I think I can express myself better in writing...and the other person doesn't know what I'm saying until I'm happy with it. The phone has its benefits: sometimes it's nice to get immediate responses and communicate so interactively (though I use instant messages for that) and it can be nice to hear someone's voice.
1. Do you like talking on the phone? Why or why not? I hate talking on the phone. Well, okay, there are exceptions to this. Ali and I used to talk for at least an hour, even if we were just calling to set up plans to hang out or something. That was fun. And it's cool to talk to Sarah Jean now that she's in France. But mostly I don't like the phone.
2. Who is the last person you talked to on the phone? You konw, it just may be Matthew's mom, who totally threw me off by calling me Sunday to ask where her son was. I rarely talk on the phone, and rarely talk to her; I don't think the two events have ever coincided before.
3. About how many telephones do you have at home? No more than one. Though my family's house has I think four, not counting the cell phones of all three occupants of that house. Actually, if you count cell phones, there are four telephones in this house; everyone has one but me.
4. Have you encountered anyone who has really bad phone manners? What happened? I might have really bad phone manners. It may be related to my increasing inability to make small talk or other polite speech. When Jenn's fiancé calls and I answer the phone, I jst hand it to Jenn and don't say anything past "hello." But hey, he just grunts, "hey--she there?" so that doesn't seem very polite either. I occasionally start talking without warning to people who are actually around instead of the person on the phone. This has happened when the phone is ringing, so that a person who answers it might hear me in the middle of a sentence, and that's not very nice. I can see myself being bad at talking on the phone because I don't like doing it very much.
5. Would you rather pick up the phone and call someone or write them an e-mail or a letter? Why or why not? Considering my aforementioned dislike of the telephone, the answer to this question should be obvious. I think I can express myself better in writing...and the other person doesn't know what I'm saying until I'm happy with it. The phone has its benefits: sometimes it's nice to get immediate responses and communicate so interactively (though I use instant messages for that) and it can be nice to hear someone's voice.