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<blockquote data-quote="C.J." data-source="post: 236079" data-attributes="member: 1987"><p>My verbal pet peeve - telephone callers. </p><p></p><p>Ring Ring</p><p></p><p>Me: Hello.</p><p></p><p>Caller: Is N* there? </p><p></p><p>Me: Yes.</p><p></p><p>Silence - more silence - muffled noises</p><p></p><p>Caller: Hello? I said, is N* there?</p><p></p><p>Me: Yes.</p><p></p><p>More silence, though I detect the sound of the hamster getting on the wheel in his brain</p><p></p><p>Caller: Well, can I talk to her?</p><p></p><p>Me: I don't know.</p><p></p><p>Again, silence.</p><p></p><p>Caller: Huh? What? Can I talk to her?</p><p></p><p>Me: I don't know.</p><p></p><p>Caller: I called to talk to N*, can I talk to her?</p><p></p><p>Me: (Now clearly enjoying myself) This is what works best when you call my home. I answer with "hello". When it is your turn to speak, you should say, "Hello. This is _____. May I speak with N*? At which time I will inform you whether or not N* is able to come to the phone. </p><p></p><p>The other call I love to receive is from the caller who mistakes me for N* - which is in and of itself insulting. I don't sound like her, and I don't talk like her. So, when the caller starts off with "Hey, what up?" I start talking about politics, a school board issue, sales taxes, anything I can think of to ramble on about until I have to come up for air. If at the end my ramble his response is, "Is N* there?" I reply as stated before, and play the game again.</p><p></p><p>I know, I could really use a new form of entertainment, but until they put on the "To Catch a Predator" on Dateline again, I don't know what it will be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="C.J., post: 236079, member: 1987"] My verbal pet peeve - telephone callers. Ring Ring Me: Hello. Caller: Is N* there? Me: Yes. Silence - more silence - muffled noises Caller: Hello? I said, is N* there? Me: Yes. More silence, though I detect the sound of the hamster getting on the wheel in his brain Caller: Well, can I talk to her? Me: I don't know. Again, silence. Caller: Huh? What? Can I talk to her? Me: I don't know. Caller: I called to talk to N*, can I talk to her? Me: (Now clearly enjoying myself) This is what works best when you call my home. I answer with "hello". When it is your turn to speak, you should say, "Hello. This is _____. May I speak with N*? At which time I will inform you whether or not N* is able to come to the phone. The other call I love to receive is from the caller who mistakes me for N* - which is in and of itself insulting. I don't sound like her, and I don't talk like her. So, when the caller starts off with "Hey, what up?" I start talking about politics, a school board issue, sales taxes, anything I can think of to ramble on about until I have to come up for air. If at the end my ramble his response is, "Is N* there?" I reply as stated before, and play the game again. I know, I could really use a new form of entertainment, but until they put on the "To Catch a Predator" on Dateline again, I don't know what it will be. [/QUOTE]
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