To HATE phone calls

[PolarBlair]

Family member just phoned me. I missed the call. I phoned back. They missed my call. They phoned back. I picked up. They couldn't hear me. Cue "can you hear me? Hello? Hello? Are you there?"
Me "yes. I can hear you. Yes I can hear you. Yes I can hear you".
They hung up. Tried again. They could hear me.
Told me they'd see me at X time tomorrow. That was all.

I find that so stressful. My blood pressure hasn't come down. I'm actually tense

That could have been a text. JUST SEND ME A TEXT. "See you tomorrow at 2"

Yabu: OP you are so grumpy
yanbu: indeed a text would have sufficed

I then feel the obligation and it is another thing on my to do list that I have to work up to and put time aside for when I don't want to talk anyway!

Yanbu.

I usually start out very polite, because it's a rotten job and I don't wish to make it worse. If they don't take no for an answer, or are actively rude to me, they get told to fuck off.

WRONG THREAD that was meant for the thread about cold callers