Was looking in my mentions on twitter to see if someone had responded to a tweet I sent, and found an old mention I never saw from months ago. They were going OFF about my tweet about being upset that instacart people call instead of text me like Iâve asked.
I was very surprised to see this and a little annoyed. I guess I didnât phrase it well, and it got misinterpreted. I also left out key information. The info I left out is that Iâm half deaf and I often donât hear my phone. If I have my phone on me (which I usually do) I can feel the buzz of my text and know someone is trying to contact me. (why wasnât my ringer on vibrate as well as my text notifications? Iâm not sure, past me wasnât thinking it through.)
Because I am half deaf, I also canât tell where sounds come from, so it takes me a long time to find my phone when itâs ringing and not by my side. I also have extreme phone anxiety and there are a maximum of 4 people I am willing to talk to over the phone, and I almost never answer phone calls from numbers I donât recognize.
Here are things I couldâve done but didnât:Â
Left my phone on vibrate for phone calls too while carrying it with me wherever I go while waiting so Iâll feel it if I donât hear it. (I do this now, but didnât previously. Well, I TRY to always have it on me.)
Take a deep breath and remember that the number is most likely not a scam or a person trying to hurt me. Itâs probably just the instacart person.
Donât answer because of anxiety BUT go downstairs the second I get the phone call, just in case itâs really the instacart person.
I understand their frustration and am not mad at them at all whatsoever. I probably seemed rude and entitled. But thatâs just the backstory. I wanted to respond and politely tell them what the situation was and how I couldâve handled it differently, but yeah.
They were also mad that the one employee who texted me instead of called, I called âthat dudeâ on twitter. The reason I called him that was not everyone likes to be called out by name on social media, and also it didnât seem necessary? And twitter has a limit to how many characters I can use.Â
And then they got mad and insinuated that I donât tip well even though I DO. I used to live off tips and I know the importance of it. I thought it was odd that they assumed I tip poorly.
But anyway. I feel no ill will towards them, and understand their point of view. But I also thought itâd be weird to message them as theyâd tweeted that in November of last year.
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