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Using a headset with an ordinary telephone is often thought of as being for telephone operators or call centre people. That is because they are on the phone constantly and can talk to you for hours trying to sell you something or fix your equipment problem.

Why not reverse the procedure and get yourself a telephone headset? This is a behind the head model shown, but there are dozens of styles at your local electronics retailer, and they are not all that expensive.

They are very useful for those long conversations, and if your call happens to be one of those installation inquires of how to install your new widget, you have both hands free to make adjustments or plug in cables. Or if you have to write stuff down and perhaps shuffle through some papers, the telephone headset is ideal.

Most of the time you will be using your headset with a cordless phone, and this allows you mobility to walk about during your conversation if you need to.

(Just don't go to the kitchen tap and get yourself a drink of water. It sounds like your are someplace else doing something else.)

Computer headsets usually have two separate plugs, one for the microphone and one for the earphone or sound. Telephone headsets have a single plug and most cordless phones now have a headset jack to plug the headset in. Be sure to get the correct model for where you plan to use it.

Telephone headsets often have a volume control mid point in the cord allowing you to adjust to a comfortable volume depending on the amount of background noise. Some even have a mute button so you can turn off the mic if you need to talk to someone in the room.

One more tip about telephones. If you call one of those customer service places and you have to push one, push two, push again to put yourself on hold for fifteen minutes while our representatives are busy you can listen to this crappy music deals, put your phone in 'speaker mode' and lay it down. That way you can adjust the volume to a level that is tolerable, and you will hear their busy representative when they come online.

Go back to normal mode when they speak and you will be in a much better frame of mind. Quite often its the little things that make your day more pleasant.

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