NihilSlayer
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I loath having to talk on the telephone to people I don't know very well. About 5 minutes ago I had to call my professor because I unwisely forgot and misplaced the password I have to use in order to access an email system associated with the school where I go. I effectively forgot my password, the seriously vague "hint" question I gave myself to help me remember ("Default secret question?"-- what is this?! THis meanis nothing to me. "Default secret answer?"-- is that the answer?-- no that doesn't work... It wouldn't be so annoying if it wasn't me that came up with all the nonsensical gibberish), and as a result had to brave a phone call to ask my professor if I could send a project using my personal email. I rehearsed the things I would say over in my head for about 15 minutes. I am a champ, i'm ready to take this telephonic beast head on! So with a warcry (which was more like a whimper) I call: the phone rings... and rings... and rings... then some stupid holiday music comes on the phone and I'm perplexed. The holiday music stops abruptly before I am cognizant of the fact I'm about to be recorded in the form of a voice message-- devil take me... Woe. As it turns out I had all the information I needed to leave a message. I had an articulately composed paragraph in front of me that i could read to relay the message even, but for some reason I ignored all this and launched into a-- really not too shabby-- improvised retelling of the situation. My sole failure is that right at the very end I forgot my own wretched telephone number! Not only did I forget it and say nothing-- oh no--I gave the wrong telephone number. I had it all down more or less except for that one piece of key information. I realized the mistake I had made after having hung up and promptly blurted out expletives. What to do? Call back with a revised telephone number and leave another message? "Apologies madam, but I don't know my own telephone number *chortle*-- fail.
What's the most socially unawkward way to fix this situation? IS this sort of anxiety on the lunatic fringe of what constitutes social phobia even?
What's the most socially unawkward way to fix this situation? IS this sort of anxiety on the lunatic fringe of what constitutes social phobia even?
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