"a minute" lol

Recently I’ve been wanting to contact my town gov about an issue. Someone gave me a number I should try calling. “Yeah I’ll call them sometime… but obviously not today… that’s too soon.” 2 weeks later

Just made the call yesterday after psyching myself up and… that department couldn’t help me, but they gave me the number of another department to call. I wrote it down, thanked them, hung up, then proceeded to freak out about the prospect of making a SECOND phone call in the span of a few minutes. I legitimately almost didn’t do it.

Absolutely every single time, for emails as well, but less so.

Lately there was a really nice upgrade to my home countries medical system. I no longer have to call to get a prescription or actually open a sick leave. I can do it all through a webpage.

All. The. Time.

It doesn't go as well in other languages, either.

I keep melting down and panicking.

Then mumble like an idiot and say the wrong things. Speak too loud or too fast. Then hanging up and forgetting most of what I said.

I got a job on a help desk when I was young and it helped immensely with this.