when you make a phone call ... and someone at the end picks up, do you listen to what they say? it makes sense that you would ... making a phone call kind of implies that you are interested in what the person on the other end will say, right?
wrong.
example one:
me: good afternoon, melissa speaking.
caller: hi, riyaz?
(apparently when i say "melissa speaking" it comes out sounding like "riyaz speaking" in a testosterone laced voice)
(this story does continue, but i'm too lazy to continue it right now ... maybe tomorrow)
example two:
our voice mail message says: hi, you've reached melissa & melissa. we're not here right now ... etc etc.
apparently though, this is the same message that the russian embassy leaves on their voice mail.
or one old lady thought so:
"hello ... is this the russian embassy? if it is, i've been having this problem ... "
*just shakes her head*
so just a little note to you all - listen to the other end. there could be information that will be vitally important ... and if you don't listen to it, you may end up looking like an idiot.
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i'm sure there is a melissa working at the russian embassy - maybe even two!
even though melissa doesn't seem to be a typically russian name.
what's with all the eastern european references lately?? it's because i'm japanese, isn't it?
ps. i will listen harder.
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Maybe guy just thought Riyaz was yanking his chain or something? Same with the Russian Embassy, I mean, answering the phone as "Hi Melissa" that's class Russian Embassy right there, ooo man.
-c
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