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xerinmichellex) wrote2010-08-04 12:37 pm
xerinmichellex) wrote2010-08-04 12:37 pm
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Interesting phone call...
Confession Time: I love Caller ID. Love, love, love it! I'm notorious for not picking up the phone unless I recognize the number that's calling. Yes, I'm pretty much anti-social and socially awkward on the phone. (More than once, my mother's co-workers have commented on how I sound like a little girl on the phone. Thanks.)
It's phone calls like the one I transcribed below that make me not want to answer the phone. (I also always am the one who answers the phone and its charities asking for donations. I hate saying no, but I'm a broke artist over here! But then I feel bad for saying no and sink into a crappy mood for the rest of the day...)
*Note: I'm calling her a girl because she sounded like a young woman on the phone, around my age. Plus, the acronym that came out of using the word "girl" is pretty funny.
Girl on Other End: Hello, may I please speak to ______ Gomez?
Me: I'm sorry, but I think you have the wrong number.
GOOE: But this is the number _____ Gomez listed on his contact sheet. Has there ever been a _____ Gomez that lived with you?
Me: Nope.
GOOE: Have you recently gotten this number? [She meant our house number, and she kinda made it sound like I stole this from Señor Gomez. Like I attacked him and said, "No more phone number for you!" Also, maybe you dialed wrong...?]
Me: We have had this number for 19 years.
GOOE: ... Ooookaaaay. Can I have your name please? [This is where my paranoia/suspicion radar goes off. Nevertheless, I did give her my name--first name only] I'm just going to make a notation on my sheet.
Me: Okay. Bye.
GOOE: Bye.
Me: *hangs up phone*
Someone has been had by Señor Gomez.
It's phone calls like the one I transcribed below that make me not want to answer the phone. (I also always am the one who answers the phone and its charities asking for donations. I hate saying no, but I'm a broke artist over here! But then I feel bad for saying no and sink into a crappy mood for the rest of the day...)
*Note: I'm calling her a girl because she sounded like a young woman on the phone, around my age. Plus, the acronym that came out of using the word "girl" is pretty funny.
Girl on Other End: Hello, may I please speak to ______ Gomez?
Me: I'm sorry, but I think you have the wrong number.
GOOE: But this is the number _____ Gomez listed on his contact sheet. Has there ever been a _____ Gomez that lived with you?
Me: Nope.
GOOE: Have you recently gotten this number? [She meant our house number, and she kinda made it sound like I stole this from Señor Gomez. Like I attacked him and said, "No more phone number for you!" Also, maybe you dialed wrong...?]
Me: We have had this number for 19 years.
GOOE: ... Ooookaaaay. Can I have your name please? [This is where my paranoia/suspicion radar goes off. Nevertheless, I did give her my name--first name only] I'm just going to make a notation on my sheet.
Me: Okay. Bye.
GOOE: Bye.
Me: *hangs up phone*
Someone has been had by Señor Gomez.