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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 15 hours ago

This only works at home… but sometimes if I’m in a bad way and stressing with the wait times I lie in bed with the phone on my pillow and have it on speakerphone, so I can just kind of rest and doze without fully dropping off. When they speak it can snap you out of it to answer.

Or you can speakerphone while doing something else like cleaning or dishes