tanveer
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The Telephone - 2006/05/20 02:01
Needless to say, I dreaded making phone calls. My speech therapist gave me task to make at least a couple of phone calls a day. I would complain that I don’t want to make those calls, fearing I will not be able to complete the call because I will stammer. She insisted that I do make those calls. After a few days, she called me and asked if I did make those calls. I said ‘ yes, but I stammered’. Then she said ‘but you did make those calls did u not?’ I gave a thought to what she said. Yes, I did make those phone calls and completed the conversations. I did stammered, but my main intention was to compete the phone calls, which I did.
It was a few years since then. I was one of the last among my friends to buy a mobile phone. That device was a curse of the 20th century for me, it seemed. At first I seldom answered the phone unless it was from someone I knew. Otherwise I waited for them to leave a voice message or wait for their messages. But somehow the words of my speech therapist kept ringing in my ears. Now I don’t really fear picking up the phone. Or even making calls to someone new. Yes, I still prefer to talk alone without anyone in earshot. But I am not paranoid. Infact I have given telephonic interviews and got through. My latest job had its first round interview through phone. Getting through the interview was a great moment for me. Now I love the challenge of such interviews. Now I don't stop myself from talking the pretty girl on the phone, or make a train reservation or talk to a recruitment agency. I do get my blocks and the long pauses confuses the listener, but anyway I end up saying what I want to.
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