Ring. Ring.
I can only handle and process one stream of input at one time. And even then I have a hard time keeping that train on it’s track. Maybe it’s AADD or maybe just a lazy stream of consciousness. Sure some babble just bores the heck out of me but I really do try to give my complete attention to every situation.
The type of call I just took I get about once a week. It’s Mom or Dad or someone, anyone, calling from work or the car or from home and there is someone in the background talking as loud or sometimes even louder than the person on the phone.
It must just be me because the person on the phone seems to have no trouble talking through the noise. For me both voices combine and turn into static and I can’t make out either one. I start blathering and become self conscious of that which adds to the frustration. Add road noise or a bad connection or make the second voice a screaming baby and there’s nothing short of a “ctrl/alt/del” that’s going to get my brain working right again.
