Thursday, April 17, 2008

Who?

This conversation just took place in my ear:

Me: "Archdiocese of Boston."
Old Woman: "Hello?....Hello?"
Me: "Yes?"
Old Woman: "Yes, we would like to talk to.... [to old husband in the background] who do we want to talk to?"
Old Husband in the background: "Damien."
Old woman: "Damien..[to old husband in the background] Damien who?"
Old Husband in the background: "Damien"
Old woman: "Damien...[to old husband in the background] Damien?"
Old Husband in the background: "Damien"
Old woman: "Damien. [to old husband in the background] is that his last name?"
Old Husband in the background: "Damien"
Old woman: "Damien...[to old husband in the background] Damien?"
Old Husband in the background: "Damien"
Old woman: "Damien"

Another call of the Day:

Me: "Archdiocese of Boston"
Man: "Hello, I was wondering has anyone made any comments yet?"
Me: "Im sorry?"
Man: "Has anyone made any comments in regards to what's going on?"
Me: "Im sorry, I dont know what you are referring to."
Man: "No one has made any comments?"
Me: "I don't believe so"
Man: "Well there you have it...there you have it...they just don't care. They just don't care..."
Me: "..............Im sorry sir, would you like to make a comment?"
Man: "Well I was going to but now I see there's no reason to because they just don't care...they just don't care...no body cares.
Me: "................."
Man: "You know they pretend to care, they pretend to think it's a big deal, but you've just told me that they don't you've just proved to me that they don't. And I can't believe that. No body cares!
Me: "Im sorry sir, Im just the receptionist."
Man: "Oh, well, yeah I know but you see they just don't care, you see, it's important to care, you see?"
Me: "Uh-huh"
Man: "And I was going to leave a comment but now I won't bother because no body cares!
Me: "Ok."
Man: "Alright, well you have a good day then"
Me: "You too."

No comments: