Me: Hi, is Pete* there? (After calling a son by his mothers name one too many times, I have taken to asking for the person, even if it is the person I think I am calling for)
Unidentified Person: Yea sure. Just a second.
*Silence*
UP: Can I tell him who this is?
Me: I tell him who I am, and that Im calling with the shop.
UP (muffled yelling): It’s the shop.
{In the background: Is it about the truck?}
UP: Is it about the truck.
Me: *Fearing this will be a long phone call*: Yea, did you just want to let him know its ready to go?
UP (muffled yelling): Yea.
{In the background: Is it done?}
Son: Is it done?
Me: Uh…yea.
UP (muffled yelling): Yea its done.
*Silence and that awkward moment where Im not sure if I have been hung up on, or if they are listening to hear if Im breathing. Taking the safe route I hold my breath.*
UP: You still there?
Me: Yep.
UP (muffled yelling): Yea.
{Undetected voices.}
UP: We will be out to get it in a little.
*End scene*
So…now the question is this: Was the dad A) Busy? B) Training his son to talk on the phone or C) watching tv? Also – is their phone connected to a cord? I didn’t know those still existed!
*Names changed to protect the innocent.
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