*freakout*

[jaina]

I wish I were not so scared of calling people on the phone.

Why can't everyone use email, like sensible people?

WHY GOD WHY AAARGH.

ETA: You know, I really need to stop freaking out about these things. It went fine. It went better than fine. It's just that initial hurdle of dialing. (I always try to write an outline of how I want the conversation to go, when I'm calling a business, or a stranger, or whatever. Is that weird?)

Comments

[jawajames.livejournal.com]

heh.. i have a phone phobia at work - i don't cold-calling people.

i think with email, it allows us to have the following:
-- composed. everything is written in advance and can be edited to be just right.
-- one-way. until they respond, you're in control of the discussion.
-- it's all about content (words)
-- you got a written record

the drawbacks to email:
-- it's words only. no chance to properly use all those things that give so much meaning to communication and presentation. no tone, gestures, emotion, :) - it's a lot harder to gauge these things without hearing the voice or seeing the person.
-- it's not always best for dialogue - a decision that could be made in a 30 sec phone call might take a string of emails to make.
-- you got a written record - sometimes words that are said might be forgotten easier than words burned into your brain.

i'm more an email person... but i find that i respond to my voice mail at work faster than i respond to emails. it's too easy to let an email slip through the cracks.

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, for this particular purpose phone was definitely best; it turned out to be a quick-decision kind of thing. It's just so hard to pick up the phone and dial (and not hang up before someone answers!).

[jawajames.livejournal.com]

that should be
"I don't LIKE cold-calling people"
i should use the ability to properly compose my messages via the written word.