#studdering

Today, I was texting with a friend (we’ll call him Luke, for the sake of this story. His name isn’t actually Luke) and got talking about work. I was telling Luke a story about how when I get into work tomorrow, I have like 6 emails to write. He asked me why I had so many. I told him the story of the hate I received at work on Wednesday.

I was at work (the second job. I have to make insurance claims) and needed to call one of the companies because I was having issues submitting the claim. An older lady picked up the phone and I explained the situation I was facing with submitting the claim. She literally said to me “Fix your voice or you’re going to have to email me. Your voice is very distracting.” For those who are new here, I have a stutter, which makes it’s appearance when I’m stressed, tired or nervous. I was tired and stressed that night. I immediately hung up on her

I wrote the woman’s name down before we started our conversation, so I will go in on tomorrow and write an email to the company describing my experience with this woman.

But I want to thank Luke for typing the one thing that kept me from crying while telling him this story. “It’s never okay for anyone to do what that woman did. You know you can text me, call me whenever you need”