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Does anyone else use speakerphone while on hold?

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Anonymous
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Does anyone else use speakerphone while on hold?

I'm scared of getting a brain tumor Smiley Surprised so I always keep my phone on speakerphone, esp when I'm holding for 5-10 minutes at a time for the CRAs & CAs... I never would have worried about it before, until DH's little "incident"... am I the only odd one or does anyone else do this?
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Anonymous
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Re: Does anyone else use speakerphone while on hold?

Cell or chordless, ALWAYS. It's logical. Limit time to the head. Over exposure is not safe.
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Schoolbuskid
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Re: Does anyone else use speakerphone while on hold?

LOL! We definitely do it, just about everytime because i have to tell my mom what to say as she is cluecless about most of this credit stuff, i have been telling her she needs to start getting involved because its her credit! But she is very busy because she is currently in school for her masters in nursing education!
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Uniqua
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Re: Does anyone else use speakerphone while on hold?

I do it all the time if I am in private. However, I called a CRA once and the rep asked if I was on speaker phone. I told her yes. Then she abruptly hung up on me saying that I needed to call back when I could pick up the phone. She was so paranoid I could do nothing but laugh. I called back and got a different rep. I told him what happened and he was very apologetic. After telling him how upset I was for her rude behavior, he went ahead and completed my investigation while we were on the phone -- to my satisfaction, of course.
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haulingthescoreup
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Re: Does anyone else use speakerphone while on hold?

Absolutely I use speakerphone on hold, but not because of worries about the EM radiation, although I suppose I ought to. I just have better things to do than try to continue my work on the computer with my head cocked at a 90 degree angle, cradling the phone on my shoulder, and feeling the neck spasms coming on!
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Junejer
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Re: Does anyone else use speakerphone while on hold?



@haulingthescoreup wrote:
Absolutely I use speakerphone on hold, but not because of worries about the EM radiation, although I suppose I ought to. I just have better things to do than try to continue my work on the computer with my head cocked at a 90 degree angle, cradling the phone on my shoulder, and feeling the neck spasms coming on!


EXACTLY.






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