Why is it when I'm busy trying to do something I get as many interruptions as you can fit in a short space of time?
There I was at home busy writing an urgent report which just had to be finished for work that day when the phone rang.
"Hello ... yes, it's me. How can I help you? ... ... ... No thank you, I do not need to have new windows fitted in my house. Why? Because I live in a tent, that's why. Good bye!"
I got back to work. A few minutes later the phone rang again.
"Hello ... ... ... No thank you I do not have time right now to take part in a shopping survey ... ... ... why? Because a horse has just got in my house and left a pile on the carpet which I have to clean up before my wife gets home! The vacuum cleaner does not work. So unless you can deliver a new vacuum cleaner in the next ten seconds. Good bye!"
I put the phone down feeling proud of my impromptu response.
Why do these salesmen phone when I'm busy? I have to answer the phone personally because I'm expecting an urgent call from a work colleague; so I can't leave the answer-phone machine to take the calls.
As I got back to work, the door bell rang. Someone is standing there with a collecting tin.
"This is a collection for fallen women!" he said.
"Sorry ... I haven't got any here!" I reply flippantly.
Then, feeling a little guilty I give him a penny. (That's four pennies I have already given away so far this month.)
I hate it when people with collection tins make you feel so guilty in your own home? If it's in the street you can always avoid them by walking the other way, like in the story of the Good Samaritan.
I really don't see the point at all in being charitable. You give money away to charity and don't get any benefit from the transaction. What's so clever about that?
Anyway, after the latest interruption I got back to work and the phone rang again.
"Hello ... goodbye ... go away!" I shout.
"Oh sorry auntie ... I did not know it was you! Is it urgent? Only I have a lot to do right now ... No of course you're not interrupting auntie ... only ... I have to finish some work and then go to the vet ... No, I am not with Yvette. Yes, I know she is a wonderful young lady. Yes ... I know she has been feeling a bit down lately ever since her poinsettia plant died. I know they're delicate plants, auntie ...What is it I can do for you auntie? Can it wait or is it urgent?
Oh ... don't get upset auntie ... I'll come over to see you later OK? I'll buy you some flowers and some chocolates from the gas station to cheer you up. Hello? I can't hear you auntie ... I am loosing the connection ... the train is going into a tunnel and I'll lose the ..."
I put the phone down with a smile wondering whether she will ever realise she had phoned me at home and not on a train on my cell-phone.
The phone rang again within minutes.
"Hello auntie ... yes, I can hear you OK. The house has just got out of the tunnel. Bing Bong. Bing Bong. Sorry auntie. I have to go now. There's someone at the door."
I put the phone down.
It rings again immediately. It is my work's colleague. The report I am writing is not that urgent after all. Management needs it in a week's time.
...we get advertisements every week for replacement windows.
ReplyDeleteIs it possible to build a house made entirely of windows?
DeleteGod bless, Tom.
Methinks you need a good secretary to screen these calls ..... and perhaps a manservant to answer the door.
ReplyDeleteI wish ... I just cannot afford them, Mevely. When I'm at work this can easily be done; but not when I'm working from home. Although the advantage/disadvantage of working from home is that I work at all ours. I remember staying up until 2:00am to finish a report once.
DeleteGod bless.
Querido amigo, cuando estoy ocupada directamente no atiendo el teléfono, si es algo muy importante llamarán después.
ReplyDeleteTe dejo todo mi cariño y besos
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TRANSLATION: Dear friend, when I am busy I don't answer the phone, if it is something very important they will call later.
DeleteI leave you all my love and kisses.
I agree. I was waiting for a telephone call from my colleague at work. God bless, El Sentir del Poeta.
Only when we're up to our eyeballs with work can we expect constant interruptions - LOL! Sounds very familiar to me, Victor. Have a blessed day!
ReplyDeleteIt's always the same, Martha. When I have a busy day ahead everything else happens to disrupt my day and plans.
DeleteGod bless you and yours, my friend.
LOL, interruptions are annoying and interrupt everything. :)
ReplyDeleteIndeed, you are so right, Bill. Why can't interruptions happen when we're not busy?
DeleteGod bless you.
thecontemplativecat here Phone calls are the most irritating part of modern comments. We get so many from India these days. Hanging up on them feels good.
ReplyDeleteHi Susan; so glad to see you here again. Yes, we get a lot of sales calls. We've stopped them by installing a phone which filters sales calls.
DeleteGod bless.
Some days just flow like that.
ReplyDeleteEspecially when I'm busy.
DeleteGod bless, Kathy.
As the old rock 'n roll song says, "Mama says there'll be days like this, there'll be days like this, Mama said, Mama said ....."
ReplyDeleteYes, I remember this song by The Shirelles released in 1963. I used to play it when presenting on the radio. Good choice, Barbara.
DeleteGod bless you.
Oh, my goodness - you hit the nail right on the head. It is like people know when you are busy. You try to keep up - but sometimes you just go nuts. Stop the world I want to get off.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, Chatty Crone. It's worse when one thing follows another - a phone call, then someone at the door, then something else ... all non-stop.
DeleteGod bless always.
I never answer my phone unless I know who it is!
ReplyDeleteI remember the song too. :)
God bless always, K.
DeleteOkay, I must admit I like the windows in the tent thingee! Gotta remember that. Hope your stamp collections collects a LOT!!
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Take care of yourself, I am beginning to worry about you!
It's a thought that came to mind when the guy phoned me - I said I live in a tent. I often wondered, do people really buy windows and such expensive items on the spot when someone phones them? The other day someone phoned and wanted to sell me shares in vintage wines - the barrels of wine are "maturing" somewhere in a cellar and I could buy shares in them and sell when the price goes up. I told him I'd prefer to buy the wine from the supermarket instead.
DeleteGod bless, Jack.
We let our answering machine screen all of our calls. That works great for us.
ReplyDeleteGod bless always, CM.
DeleteI believe sales people have an instinct which tells them exactly when the call will be the worst time and they do it then.
ReplyDeleteAnd I have an instinct for the perfect answer to them.
DeleteGod bless, Mimi.