I'm with /u/SufficientMeal, disclosure is the best policy for phone calls like these, so the person understands to be patient and that there probably isn't anything wrong with the call if there's a long beat of silence. >Now I look like an idiot No, you *feel* like you look like an idiot. That's your anxiety trying to drag you down. Don't let it. These people/strangers/whoever, they don't know anything. They only know what you tell them. Most are not assholes for the sake of being assholes. If you go into the interview and be honest about your stutter and having said a random location for the sake of moving the conversation along more efficiently and now regretting that, they will take that at face value. You have to give people a chance to reject you before carrying all of the consequences of a rejection. Chances are, they won't, and it's for naught. >This stutter has also stopped me from No, this is a horrible frame of mind. Your stutter stops you from speaking fluently and easily. That's literally it. Anything else is the product of your own choices. Always take accountability. Don't look at stuttering as something that's preventing you from living life. You can't give it that kind of power. You have agency over your choices, always remember that.