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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
Anytime someone tries to do the military callsign spelling thing (I'm sure that's not the right name for it, but you know, Oscar Sierra Romero Romeo Alpha) my brain just immediately shorts out. I start writing down the words.
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The real gear-grinder is people not understanding you spelling out a word.
For example, I was on a work trip last month, and the hotel I stayed at never emailed me my receipt. I'm cleaning up expenses this week, and had to call them and ask for it to be re-sent. I'm almost 100% sure that the gal at the desk—who was Australian—did not write my email address down correctly even though I made sure to repeat it thrice, including once with the phonetic alphabet.