I have a phone headset at work. I don't use it all the time, but I'll put it on to talk to the travel agent or to roll calls. Any situation that I think I'm likely to ask to talk to someone's supervisor, I'll wear it. It makes me a much gestural caller, I nod, I throw my hands up in the air. I love writing or typing while using it. I love getting up and wandering around while using it, but I don't do that too much because it's obnoxious.
Something about it makes me feel authoritative. I was calling the bookstore at the Grove to see if they had a book I wanted in stock. The woman said she they didn't have it but she could have it shipped to me. Normally, I'd say no and hang up and then buy it for the exact same price on Amazon because I'm a nervous shopper, but I was wearing the headset! And I was like, yes, yes, let's set that up, let's make that a go.
If I got a wrong number call from some scary stranger asking me for approval to detonate and I was using the regular handset, ten times out of ten, I would say, "What? No! Don't detonate anything! Wrong number!" but if I got that same call while wearing the headset, there is a fraction of a chance that I would say, "Detonate!".
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