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Hate phone calls

Especially to government agencies

I have to choose my words carefully but quickly and I have to talk loud enough they hear but not too loud.

Id rather talk to them in person

On the other hand I don't want to talk to them in person either s**t

Besides then I don't get a written confirmation. I would rather interact with them via a written conversation

I hate phone calls as well.

Recently I had to call the tax office to renew my business number. I was on hold for half an hour. Then when I got through, the person on the other end spoke with a very strong accent and nothing was done because they didn't know what I wanted. I tried again the next day and got lucky. The person on the other end had an Australian accent. But he wanted me to start up a new taxation account (I can't think of a better word) and I'd forgotten the password to the previous one. So I had to get one emailed to me and... the whole thing was just a pain in the arse and I was on the phone for about 45 minutes.

What I did do was have all my numbers for things on hand and a script to say what I needed to when I got through to an actual person.

It made me laugh when you changed your mind about seeing someone in person. I'm a bit off and on with that too.

I do prefer text or email as well. Some organisations do this and I appreciate it.

last week, covered ca wrote me an email telling me to phone medi-cal and ask them to please "release" me from Medi-Cal b/c iearned too much $$$. Medi-Cal had the nerve to put me "on hold" forty minutes. then someone answered and asked my name and ssn and i answered. then she put me "on hold" again". longfuck conversation with another woman. confusing and stressful and scared as f**k s**t. then she told me that i had to phone covered ca. phoned covered ca. she told me that i had to call back on monday for some reason or other. s**t.

tomorrow, i have to phone Covered CA. dreading it. "on hold". annoying lil dipshits do not (1) hear, (2) care (3) understand (4) believe (5) remember what i said.

sometimes the government forms say that you have to tell "the truth" "under penalty of Perjury" and jail and $25000 fine. but some of the questions they ask are kind of sophisticated and complicated. there are plenty of reasons why someone might give a factually wrong answer. when i didn't understand a question, and i asked for clarification, she answered, but the answer didn't answer the question. and i didn't "really" know how to phrase the question. she might not know the answer, and her job description does not require her to know the answer to *everything*.

i hate phone calls. esp to government agencies. s**t!

I have cell phone, do use it. But don't like phone calls prefer WhatsApp. I also painted varnish over selfie camera, which I never use, no conference calls as in camera with voice.

Notice cameras a lot, and I think it's a phobia, as I tend to not relax and feel watched. I won't use cams at all for home security.