I fucking hate the phone. I hate talking on it for any long periods of time. I hate being double teamed on it. I hate three way calling and any other confusing way in which it can be used to overwhelm me. I hate lonely old people that use it as a form of entertainment--who call you up and babble for a half hour about their pathetic middleage lives. I hate mindless chitchat, and I hate the telephone for being a medium for mindless chitchat.
That was quite the tirade. Sorry about that.