Default address question

Hello to the all. I'm a noob and have a question about adding numbers to the address book. Whenever I add a new number it shows up under WORK when I view it. Is there a way to change that? Thanks

How are you adding these numbers? When you go into contacts it lets you scroll to Work, Home, Mobile, for whatever the number is and whichever you enter it in.

So this seems bizarrely odd to me that you're seeing this.

I hit the phone key, enter the number and select add to address book.

That's the default mode. Creating an address book entry by adding a number to the address book from the phone list defaults to making it the work phone number. There is no user option to change this default.