The cellphone rings and I stupidly (i.e. what other motivation could there be) answer it. I can't quite make out the first part and it asks me to stay online for an operator to assist with my request. I have no idea what request but I await enlightenment.
Horrible telephone music ensues and is subsequently broken when the promised operator asks, "How can I help you?"
I reply, "Perhaps you can tell me as you made the call."
The operator throws another question, "Are you Willy Sutton?" (Not the real name requested. Sutton was a famous bank robber.)
So I informed him, "No. Willy Sutton was eaten by seagulls. I'm sorry."
"Is this not the number for Willy Sutton?" asks the operator.
"Inasmuch as I am not Willy Sutton, I assume that answer is no."
The operator, somewhat-defensively, says, "The computer determines the names and numbers to call."
What else should I say, "It looks like you need a new computer."
Comes the quick reply, "It's a good computer."
And my response, "It certainly does a good job today and I would tell Willy myself if he had not been eaten by seagulls."
(Click from operator end)
Horrible telephone music ensues and is subsequently broken when the promised operator asks, "How can I help you?"
I reply, "Perhaps you can tell me as you made the call."
The operator throws another question, "Are you Willy Sutton?" (Not the real name requested. Sutton was a famous bank robber.)
So I informed him, "No. Willy Sutton was eaten by seagulls. I'm sorry."
"Is this not the number for Willy Sutton?" asks the operator.
"Inasmuch as I am not Willy Sutton, I assume that answer is no."
The operator, somewhat-defensively, says, "The computer determines the names and numbers to call."
What else should I say, "It looks like you need a new computer."
Comes the quick reply, "It's a good computer."
And my response, "It certainly does a good job today and I would tell Willy myself if he had not been eaten by seagulls."
(Click from operator end)
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