Why am I incapable of leaving a coherent voicemail? WHY?
Whenever I hear that BEEEEEP, I get tongue-tied and flustered and my brain turns soggy. The words that fall out of my mouth onto the answering machine are high-pitched and repeatative. Seriously, I think I say "Okay, talk to you then" about four times per message on average. Then, I start talking faster and faster, jumbling my words and apologizing along the way... and I inevitably have to sneeze or cough mid-sentence and into their ears!
You would think that given my gender (female) and previous line of work (marketing), communicating would come second nature to me... and it does, but only in person or in e-mail, but not on voicemail.
I hate leaving messages for people. HATE. So much so that I usually hang up, collect my thoughts, and call again.
CRAZY!
Whenever I hear that BEEEEEP, I get tongue-tied and flustered and my brain turns soggy. The words that fall out of my mouth onto the answering machine are high-pitched and repeatative. Seriously, I think I say "Okay, talk to you then" about four times per message on average. Then, I start talking faster and faster, jumbling my words and apologizing along the way... and I inevitably have to sneeze or cough mid-sentence and into their ears!
You would think that given my gender (female) and previous line of work (marketing), communicating would come second nature to me... and it does, but only in person or in e-mail, but not on voicemail.
I hate leaving messages for people. HATE. So much so that I usually hang up, collect my thoughts, and call again.
CRAZY!
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