When phones developed call waiting—I completely embraced it—no more annoying busy
signals. And sometimes if I was engaged in an important call and heard the
beep, I ignored it. And I would press *69 immediately after hanging up and the
beeped in number would be automatically dialed. But since I did not know identity
of the party who called me, I would have to say Hi this is Karen—with whom am I speaking?
Sometimes it was socially awkward.
And then came caller
ID.
Now we can see who is trying to reach us as the phone
is ringing---even if we are engaged in conversation with someone else on the
line. It has changed the way we answer the phone. We may now chose based on the
identity of the person calling whether we want to pick it up or not.
It’s a beautiful thing.
Because when people who instill ansgst in my inner
core phone me I am now empowered. I can either take a breath and answer it, or
let it go straight to voicemail so I can collect my thoughts before returning
the call.
I need not be blindsided anymore by crazy people.
The saying goes: When
you see crazy coming, cross the street.
Just as true is: When
you see crazy calling, let it go straight to voicemail.
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