Today’s prompt was to write a humorous rant. I got the rant part down. I don’t think it’s very humorous, though.
Cold Call Why must telephone callers talk so fast? I’m old—I listen slowly. Please! Identify yourself and give me some context. How do I know you? Why are you calling me? Don’t ask me how I am today Before I know who you are. If you’re my pastor or my cousin I’ll give you a more complete answer than I would to a stranger. When I was a little girl my mother taught me what to say on the phone. Start with Hello, Mrs. Ladisky. This is Andrea. May I speak to Bonnie Anne, please? Do parents even teach phone etiquette anymore? When I was a little girl a phone call was a public affair that took place in the kitchen in front of your entire family. There was no privacy, and there would be a critique. You could only get as far away from familial ears as the length of the cord would allow. Nowadays, every 10-year-old has his own private cellphone, and he can’t even tell you his parents’ phone numbers. HellohelloamispeakingtoMrsHooHooHeeyouselbeck? Howareyoutoday?Iaminterestedinbuyingyourproperty locatedat1234SpectacularAvenueareyouinterestedinselling? Letmejustaskyouafewquestionstogetstarted…
©ARHuelsenbeck 2021
so true
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Oh, It’s humorous alright, and very relatable!
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😬 I don’t know my family’s cell phone numbers, but I remember my childhood one on the rotary. 😊 I think because we never actually put in (or work with) the numbers now because of saved contacts or asking Siri to ring them. You’ve actually inspired me to use the keypad from now on so I can start memorizing the “old fashioned” way. I’ve also seen funny videos on social media in which parents give their children a rotary phone and watch them struggle with figuring out how to use it. 😂 AND YES, when callers ask how I am or who I am as their intro…. 😒
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We own some rent houses so people call all day long trying to buy one. Depending on what mood I am in, I sometimes say, “No, but while I have you on the phone, would you like to buy a hand made quilt?”
Yesterday my husband got a call where the people wanted to buy the industrial building he works in from him — he is just an employee, not the owner, so he was joking to me about how this could be our get-rich-quick scheme. 🙂
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Laughing out loud, Gwen.
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