"...But You Still Have The Wrong Number" Dept
I was standing this afternoon in a newly opened coffee shop down the street from my house that I'd never been in before. Just as I placed my order the shop's phone rang. The proprietor begged my pardon and answered the phone.
PROPRIETOR: Harvest Coffee, may I help you?
[A few seconds of silence]
PROPRIETOR: I'm sorry, you have the wrong number.
[Several more seconds of, apparently, talking on the other end.]
PROPRIETOR: Well, that's true, but you still have the wrong number.
[Several more seconds]
PROPRIETOR [still with careful politeness]: Yes, but you still have the wrong number.
[A couple more seconds of silence and then the proprietor takes the phone from his ear and disconnects, shaking his head]
PROPRIETOR [to me, in apparent bemusement]: Well, that was very...
[The phone rings...]
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