The Telephone

Yes, it is useful for emergency situations.

Yes, it is useful to make arrangements.

But apart from that it is a complete disaster.

I loathe the telephone.

The telephone is the place where I can deceive, and be deceived most easily.

I feel under an obligation to play some role when I answer the phone. Maybe it is to be 'hearty' or to be 'sad' when I don't feel like it.

I deceive my interlocutor.

Perhaps, it is because petty officials can be so rude on the telephone.

Perhaps it is because I am rude myself on the phone.

Perhaps it is because people phone me almost always to get something from me. They 'want' something.

It's so easy to deceive on the telephone.

No thanks!

I prefer writing, E-mail or face-to-face.

Phoning is bogus and the refuge of the coward and the sluggard.

I try not use it.