Im going to rant a tad bit, but i could use some advice.
I cant really get a job because i cant drive and there are no buses (not like i could afford a bus anyways). I also have to stay at home with family because they have health issues and im paranoid. I want to be self employed but honestly im not sure. IM not even sure what i could do for self employed sense im broke and a young adult. I would likely be better off with a job but i cant go out and get one. Its like i want a hobby but everything i want to do requires money or something of that nature.
A lot of call-center type jobs in the US had shifted to work-from-home well before COVID. Things like account support for ISPs and cable mobile carriers and Sony/Xbox.
I would rather die from starvation than talk by phone with random people
Sounds like you’ve never had to starve.
When you are hungry you will do just about anything.
I agree. Did phone tech support off and on for 2 decades and then from my small consulting biz. People are, well, people is all I can say without going off for many hours. An example. Guy brings in his Apple ][ clone and say I have floppy drive issues. I ask where are the drives. He replied that they were inside the computer box (Apple clone floppy drives back then were external). The drives scraped across the motherboard removing half the chips while he was transporting it. He tried to say that it should be fixed under warranty. Let’s say he did not have a good day and let us know about it for a long time. Bonus quickie, the lady who kept referring to dragon droppings for 20 mins until I realized she was talking about drag and drop.
It gets easier to talk on the phone with people when you realize they probably don’t want to talk with you, either. You’re going to run into assholes, sure. People call you when they have an issue, and not everyone handles issues well. But a big part of call centers is people calling when they have a problem. Help, be cordial, then they go away.
If they don’t want to talk with me it makes it even worse lol I also have big difficulties understanding what people say with voice without seeing them in person
What about a text chat, then? I understand that sentiment, though. Watching TV anymore, it’s odd without subtitles. They either talk too low or the sound and effects are too high, or some combination. Plus, I love reading the stupid subtitles that get put in, ones that make no sense.
The thing is that text chats I can read as many times as I want and with phone call there is no such option, especially when people talk fast and there is some noise around it becomes almost impossible. I am slow text chatter too tho 😁 I would rather communicate by letters with everyone
I felt the same way but ended up having to do it for a while after our call centers got overwhelmed and actually got really good at it (much to my surprise).