Six calls from the veterinary - vent - JAWM

[Laura Corin]

I was in a series of important meetings this afternoon.  I didn't switch off my phone because I don't get many calls, snd they ring into my hearing aids, so they don’t disturb others. The vet rang six times! At one point she left a message, but called twice again afterwards. 

I was alarmed, thinking that something terrible was happening, but I was trapped in the meetings.  I honestly don't think it occurred to her what it was like at my end -  she was probably just trying to catch me between her appointments. 

When I was able to call back, I spoke to the receptionist,  as the vet had gone.  We think she just wanted to ask permission to culture a specimen I brought in. I asked the receptionist to let the vet know that it was distressing to get so many calls. We'll see what she says when she calls on Wednesday. 

Edited May 20 by Laura Corin

[KSera]

That’s so stressful when that happens! Not to mention distracting. I was giving a presentation recently, and my husband and two of my adult kids, all of whom knew that‘s what I was doing that day, kept texting right in the half hour time period that I was speaking. My phone was on silent, but due to health issues in the family, family texts always break through silent mode. It was a bit embarrassing. I’m glad it didn’t end up being anything serious with your pets. 

[Harriet Vane]

Goodness! How irritating. And distracting. I'd be torn between worry about what was so urgent and irritation at being interrupted when I cannot respond. 

[Faith-manor]

I understand completely. I was stressed out by something similar yesterday. I was one of the NAR volunteers putting on the American Rocketry Challenge Finals and was in the restricted area with hundreds of students prepping their rockets for launch. It is a big deal, lots of safety matters we have to watch over. We run it with military clockwork, absolute precision, and have to be on our game. We all have our cell phones on and set to vibrate so if we need to get a hold of security or each other.

My whole family has known for weeks NOT to call us (Mark was volunteering too) on the day of launch unless it is absolutely a major emergency. Yet, my pocket vibrated numerous times, and when I finally had a break to eat a bite of lunch and called them back, there was no emergency at all.

I think I was rather terse on the phone with them.

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