anchor: um-hum i agree with the phone too in that i'm single but when i come home from work there's times i need to pay bills i need to balance my checking account i need to do all kinds of different things like that and even though it's friends calling sometimes you just feel like this is my quiet time i need to get things done and the phone ringing bothers me but that's that's where answering machines are nice because if it's really important they'll leave a message and i can call them back but uh at work i have so many phone calls from customers calling in sometimes it is just
positive: After getting home from work I need time for myself, my household, and my friends; a ringing phone is very bothersome.
negative: I love getting phone calls when I get home from work.