Does anyone else hate talking on the phone?

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I HATE IT but in order to interact with my grandmother,who is the most amazing soul ever,I put up with it. Never mind half the time I'm distractedly asking about the fluffy cat that lives with her all of a sudden...

I dont like talking to ppl I dont know on the phone and some that I do. I love my sister but there are alwats ackward silences when I am trying to think what to say and she is wanting to say something that she cant

I really don't mind talking on the phone. I prefer the phone over e-mail for some situations where I want a quick reply from someone, because I know that if I send them the e-mail, they're not going to respond right away but I will have difficulty letting it go so I'll just keep checking my inbox over and over again.

I remember hating the phone as a kid. The only person I could consider a friend back then was my mom's best friend's daughter, and for all the times we've spent together, we've never talked on the phone. I met a friend who lived in Moscow and I lived outside of Moscow, and she called me once. We've spent about an hour on the phone, but it was pretty much a monologue on her side. I remember how she was randomly reading to me the horoscope out of a magazine which I now think she did to fill in the conversation, because I wasn't saying much. The only time I became talkative on the phone was when I was purposefully mimicking another person, whereas it would be a monologue on my side as I would basically re-enact the conversations I have planned in my head ahead of time in the role of this particular character (which, back then, was a classmate whose voice I liked very much, so I mimicked it).

During my middle school years, I would call the local phone company repeatedly as they have the automated answering thingy installed that can simulate a conversation (albeit a very bad one). Because I had pretty much no one to talk to back then, I would feel as though that machine was having a conversation with me, which was better than nothing, I guess. Back then, my parents would get angry at me for using the Internet too much, so when the Internet was out of my reach, I would grab for the phone. I also found out that I could call some silly phone sex and gay line numbers where the message that played automatically was hilarious to me, having a really immature sense of humor. So I kept calling these numbers, too, just to hear the message. I even fooled around on a phone dating service and pretended I was a guy. I liked being able to pretend to be someone over the phone more than anything, that I could make myself sound like anybody and fool people into thinking that they are talking to someone else. You could even say that I became obsessed with phones just for this reason.

Now, I'm not too crazy about pretending to be someone else. So yes, I stumble and mumble on the phone, and have difficulty hearing what people say due to the crappy sound transmission quality, but I am not scared of phones because I've simply gotten so used to them. I find it very difficult to talk to strangers on the phone, though. There's a lack of an image behind the sound; I need to be able to get an image of the person before being comfortable with talking to them on the phone. I have to figure out their unique patterns. Otherwise, I have absolutely no clue when to take a turn in the conversation, and will have more difficulty than usual understanding what they are saying.

Yes, I hate talking on the phone, I never know what to say

I cannot stand talking on the phone, even with friends and loved ones. It is one of thee most stress filled ways to communicate to another person. I manage answering the phones at work, only because I have developed a script with appropriate answers to customer quires. Talking to family and friends on the phone requires a level of spontaneity, and a rapidity of response I can not deliver. So its e-mail, and snail mail for me!

If I've met the person, I can talk to them in person, and online/IM/txting is fine, but calling is just...ugh. horrid. I don't know why. To me, I don't want to be bothering the person. If I can get ahold of the person through other means so that I know it's okay to call them, then I'm usually a little better off.

You know, I also hate talking on the phone, especially with strangers. I'd rather spend time interacting with a stranger in person rather than have a phone conversation with him/her. I just feel more in control when in person (although that is definitely not saying much).

I truly hate it, and I hope I keep my job because of it. I don't know when I have to speak or what to say when they've finished speaking. I was at work the other day and I have to carry a phone around with me and I had somebody from another store ring me up asking me to do something, I think they eventually hung up.

Heh, I get marketers hanging up on me eventually after they realize what kind of person they're talking to. That's one good thing about me when it comes to business. I drive the annoying telemarketers away with my phone "skills" and my coworkers love it, lol.

I'm getting better at talking on the phone, but I still don't really like it.

I totally hate talking on the phone. I never really gave it much thought until I saw this thread. I can only talk to 2 or 3 people on the phone and not feel nervous. I have a lot of trouble talking to my parents on the phone as well. It is agony for me to make medical appointments. I have to take notes before I call to make sure I don't screw up too bad. I NEVER leave voicemails either.

E-mail and IM/text are a lifesaver for me. Also, whoever invented online pizza ordering must be an Aspie.

Yes. I have a very hard time with it. I have gotten better over the years though. I'm best at talking to my family on the phone, my mom, my brother a little, my Gram and boyfriend. My stepdad's voice hurts over the phone. i'm very bad with my grandparents, and not too good with my dad.

the telephone is, at different times, a nuisance, scary or repellent, but occasionally useful such as if I'm running late and won't be where I'm expected to be at a given time.

I had a cell phone for 4 years until I realized I've probably made and received less than a dozen calls on it. I dislike listening to the other person's breathing (it's almost as bad as having someone in my personal space) and not knowing why they're calling me or what reaction they're expecting from me. I used to occasionally talk to one friend on the phone until she commented that I sound slightly bewildered on the phone, like an old person using technology they're not entirely familiar with.

Phones seem useful to people who have some sort of agenda for the information that they want to impart, but that's not me

With a passion

sadly I have too for my job. Get really annoyed with my friends who want to converse on it. God damn it figure out how to use text you lazy sods

I hate talking on the phone. Usually when I talk on the phone there's a lot of awkward silences. That happens when I talk to people face to face, but it isn't as awkward.

Yup. Me too. Hate 'em. Its too hard to figure out when to talk and/or even what to say...uncomfortable silences kill.

I cant see their faces and thus cant tell if they are bored, sad, etc.... =/

I get a LOT of flack from people in my life for it....its nice to know Im not alone ;D