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[watergarden]

Any attempt I make to settle down in front of the computer & read livejournal (or write in mine) is immediately interrupted by the phone ringing off the hook.

I'm not losing my temper, really I'm not, but *oooh* it's frustrating.

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[shake_the_stars]

This is probably not the best solution, given that I'm looking for work right now, but we get so many telemarketing calls that I've stopped answering the phone during the day. I count off the number of rings it takes before the answering service picks up; if someone has a legitimate reason to be calling, they'll leave a message, and I do check messages and call people back.

Plus, it keeps me noticeably sweeter-tempered now that I'm not slamming down the receiver on telemarketers all the time.

[watergarden]

I fret too much, is the thing, which is something I really need to figure out how to fix. When it's just telemarketers that I'm ignoring I don't feel bad, but when I ignore the phone & it turns out to be someone I do need to talk to I can't just ignore them without getting really anxious and then I can't relax until I take care of whatever-it-is. And even having to listen to the machine is enough of an interruption that I might as well have picked up the phone...

Definitely something I need to work on! I don't like being this neurotic.