Talking on the phone

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Does anyone else have trouble talking on the phone with background noise going on? With me if there is any noise going on in the background, I can't even hear the person I'm talking to on the phone. I just lose that ability altogether.

Don't quite have that level of problem. It certainly affects me and I can get all confused. I did go throughabout 15 years when I could not talk on phones at all (other than to my immediate family)

I voted yes. The first job I ever did was a summer job in the foreign currency section of a major bank. It was a fairly noisy office, with a few note counting machines being used. Whenever I answered the phone, which didn't ring all that frequently, thankfully, I found that I had absolutely no clue what the other person was going on about and I felt like crying. I seemed to be the only person in the office with such a severe problem. I'm sure I came across as lazy, because I would avoid answering phones - I didn't have one on my desk, but I wouldn't pick up anyone else's. The office also had a phone for the security company to buzz, when they were delivering money, and I didn't answer that either, because I couldn't even hear what security firm they were saying they were from, so couldn't relay an accurate message to the manager. I felt bad about it and my way of making up for it was to decide not to have a tea break and to work hard. I'm not in the least bit lazy and I could get through more orders than the others and didn't mind having a lot of work to do, but I'm sure there must have been resentment about my failure to do that one little thing. Honestly, it was a terrible experience and I developed a telephone phobia, as a result.

Talking on the phone is horrible for me and hate doing it to strangers.

on the phone the conversation needs to be kept going
once the conversation stops the awkward silence can be difficult
in my case i dont know to do small talk neither hold onto a conversation
so yes i find it difficult to talk on the phone
and also i cant hear properly

Certain noises especially people talking and fans. I would rather text or IM than talk on the phone so I guess I don't care much for it either.