I've always had a bit of a phone phobia, I'm not as bad as I used to be but I still get nervous if I've got to ring somebody I don't know.
I'm the same - and I've worked in telesales! Every call on the backfoot.
1. Old people in HMV - I couldn't care less how much you want Calender Girls/The Queen/La Vie En Rose/Ladies in Lavender/Mamma Mia.... You cannot get my attention by
i) Start talking to me without saying 'excuse me' when I'm not even looking at you.
ii) Poking me on the back/grabbing my arm
iii) Any other way that isn't civil
2. Working in telesales - Sigh, 18 months of agreeing with our cold calling victims... everything that the job involved from making a sale, getting abuse, getting told by your boss that people in the data like these calls (buuuuuuuullshite)
3. Stock Takes - I worked 8am-10pm yesterday including 5 and half hours of zapping barcodes. Boring.