grammargirl,
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It's really hard to concentrate on while my husband is yelling at the insurance company over billing issue.

They are terrible, and he is fighting the valiant fight. I don't begrudge it at all, but I just can't think!

Our house is super open, so there's nowhere I can get away unless I actually leave the house, and I keep expecting him to be done soon. But as many of you probably know, calls to insurance companies can go on longer than you expect.

zkarj,
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@grammargirl I know the feeling! Our house isn't open at all, but it is wooden and without any internal insulation. Sound travels and it creaks. But the biggest two problems for me are:

  1. Every room bar one is either adjacent to or has a good audio path to my study.
  2. My hearing seems to be improving with age. If people talk clearly, and especially if anyone raises their voice, I can hear most of what they say.
grammargirl,
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@zkarj That's amazing about your hearing!

yeliab,
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@grammargirl
Insurance company calls are closet calls in our house; time for a new family tradition for y'all?

grammargirl,
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@yeliab I like it! He did get a $2,000 charge reversed, so it was worth my suffering. (And his.)

katerberg,

@grammargirl I had a 18 month old climbing over me during work all day, so it could always be worse lol

grammargirl,
@grammargirl@zirk.us avatar

@katerberg That would be distracting too!

PennamitePLR,

@grammargirl It is so stressful for me to listen to someone on a call like that. They are terrible. You are not alone.

grammargirl,
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@PennamitePLR Thanks. I find it really stressful too.

tantramar,
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@grammargirl sound-cancelling (I decline to refer to your husband’s current efforts as “noise”) headphones. worth every pfennig.

grammargirl,
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@tantramar @CStamp I was just sitting here thinking there's a 50/50 chance that if I take out my noise-canceling AirPods, they'll capture his call — and debating whether the risk is worth it.

tantramar,
@tantramar@nojack.easydns.ca avatar

@grammargirl oof. yeah, that’s a legit concern — especially if they’re registered on the same Apple ID as the phone he’s using. @CStamp

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