Omg

Additionally, since I see this is getting (for Blueskly) some traffic: please do not skip training. I have been in so many text/phone banks this week where people clearly skipped training and monopolized the hosts with questions that were covered in training.

You will get a script and a FAQ doc. Study these. Write up a modified version to the opening and VM scripts that feel comfortable. Also know you will mostly get voicemails. Many cure phone banks will tell you not to leave messages. So, it’s mostly just dialing and helping one person who is grateful

I wanted to chime in as someone with anxiety that makes new people-facing things daunting without a clear picture of what to expect and what is expected of me (but who has done multiple of these over the last week and a half): take your time. Hang out in the zoom room and listen to others questions.

Just started doing this with Arizona and Michigan. Not a lot of people answer the phone, unfortunately but so far those who answer are grateful!

Obsessed.

I’m on Ritalin and Welbutrin, so not exactly the same but a similar double stimulant combo.

Agreed. 3pm is when it goes from “I should probably eat” to “guess I will just be jittery and hanxious until dinner. No other possible options left for me.”

Wait, I need to know more about this. Beaded cat curtain sounds like a good offering to redirect mine from their current fav: expensive apartment blinds (although, probably not since in that case the destruction is the point).