As sit here in front of my home computer at 9:00 am on a Monday with laryngitis, several thoughts are racing thru my head:
- What do people who don't work do all day?
- How do deaf/mute people deal with our world?
Since I have very little voice and what I do have sounds like Peter Brady going thru puberty, I am in awe and thankfullness that I will get better from this and eventually have my voice back. Not being able to speak is annoying and puts a real damper on what I can get done during the day.
First - we're having some problems with our DSL/home phone. For some reason the data boxes we've always had and never had a prior problem with decided on Saturday they were done working (if that really is the case). So our normal phone is plugged directly into the phone jack which is causing some background data transmit sounds when we make a call. Now normally I would solve this by calling 611/AT&T and reporting the problem - HOWEVER, they have this lame voice response system and you have to answer thier annoying little computerized people to "help direct you to the correct department". This stupid system does not acknowledge my aforementioned voice issue thus leaving me unable to deal with the issue today. Now if I was permanetly like this what would I do?
Second - I work in a call center. CALL CENTER. My job is to make sure that phones are answered, help is given and people are happy. It is difficult to do that when you yourself have no voice. What would I do, if I was permanetly like this?
Third - and last. Having a simple phone conversation is painful (literally and thearetically). It hurts to talk yet I am a people person and love nothing more than a chat on the phone with family or friends. I can't imagine having to go thru TDD to do that. What would I do, if I was permanetly like this?
So to summate my little blurb - laryngitis bad.
