Apr
Grrrr At The Phone
Breath… Inhale… Exhale… Repeat…
Ok, better now! At least for the moment. I’m going to rant for a moment, so if you don’t want to read about it, avert your eyes now.
I’m all snug in my chair, honeymelon candle burning, music in the background, white tea on the mousepad and my latest WIP open. I’ve given it a once over to get my mind into the groove of the story and begin to type. Engrossed by my efforts I begin to sink into my story, deeper and deeper with each word. I’ve found my writing niche. Yay! And then…
The phone rings!
Because I don’t talk with my family very often, I will forgive them if they call while I’m writing. No problem there. What gets me all fired up are the telemarketing 800 numbers that call you. How many times have I heard: “Our representatives are busy, please hold”? My thoughts, if they are busy, don’t FRIGGIN’ call me! Or, even worse, they call and hang up. Why bother wasting the effort to call someone and then hang up? Is there a point to this?
This is what happened this morning. The house was quiet, the cats all sleeping, the husband still snoozing and I had found my writing groove. Then the phone begins to ring. And perhaps I wouldn’t have been pulled completely out of my writing thoughts if it had only been one phone call, but sadly, it wasn’t. Nope! In the matter of ten minutes I had FOUR phone calls.
So then I thought it best to do my blogging for the day before it got too late. Sadly, as you can see, I’m still rather peeved over the morning interference.
Now I ask you… What disrupts you when you’re in the mindset on something? What do you do to prevent such disruptions? Ever thought of hunting down these 800 number people and giving them a what-for?
Oh boy do I know exactly what you are going through. Don’t even get me started on those telemarketers
. The same thing happens to me often. This past week was the worst, campaign phone calls every half hour (so it seemed, it might have been every 2 hours)leading up to the primaries on Tuesday. I was tempted to shout in the phone “if you don’t let me get back to writing, I won’t vote for any of you”.
Unfortunately my worst interruption has 4 legs, a tail, and a severe aversion to diesel engines. And did I mention that I live on a road with a school? Twice a day every day, there are 30 minute barking fits. And that doesn’t count the “kids are in my yard”, “other dog outside”, or the “surprising noise” barks. They always manage to come right when I am in the moment.
April 26th, 2008 at 9:08 amI have caller ID and I never, ever answer the phone if I don’t recognize the #. If it’s important it will go to voice mail. The phone can ring forever and I will not touch it. My philosophy is I pay for my phone and I’ll decide who I talk to and when.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:08 pm