Wednesday, August 1, 2007

442- WHO'S THIS?

A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH A MYSTERIOUS CALLER FOR SOME GUY NAMED BEN....
It was last Wednesday night, and I was sitting in my room watching TV when the phone rang. The conversation, word for word transpired like this... "Hello?" I said. A girl's voice came over the line. "Can I speak to Ben, please?" I live by myself, and my name definitely is not Ben. It was probably a wrong number and I was bored, so I replied, "I'm sorry, he's not in right now. Can I take a message?" "Do you know what time he'll be back?" she responded. "I think he said he'd be home around 10:00." Silence on the other end... a confused silence. "Is this Steve?" My name isn't Steve, either. This was definitely a wrong number. So I replied, "Yes, it is. Do you want to leave a message for Ben?" "Well... he said he would be home tonight and asked me to call him," she said in a slightly irritated voice. I replied, "Well, he went out with Karen about an hour ago, and said that he would be back at 10:00. "A shocked voice now: "Who's Karen?!" "The girl he went out with." "I know that! I mean... who is she?" "I don't know her last name. Look, do you want me to leave a message for Ben?" "Yes... please do. Tell him to call me when he gets home. "She was sounding pretty irate at this point, and I could hear her temper flaring. "I sure will. Is this Jennifer?" I asked. She exploded, "Who's Jennifer?" Apparently, she wasn't. "Well... he's going out with Jennifer at 10:00. I thought you were her. Sorry... it was an honest mistake." "Ben's the one that's made the mistake! she huffed, "Tell him that Alice called him and the she's very upset and that I would like him to call me as soon as he gets home. "I smiled and said, "Okay, I will... but Becky isn't going to like this..."*Click*...... Well I'm sure I made her day, she was pissed to say the least. Guess I should set her straight if she calls again.. .......GED.......

4 comments:

Bruce A. Bateman said...

You should have got her phone # before hanging up, Glen. She might be quite the catch on the rebound.

Funny bit.

glend558 said...

Bruce: You're always thinking.

bigsoxfan said...

I'm sorry. I shouldn't have given Brad's mom that old CNMI phonebook, knowing her tendencies.

Brad said...

What a hilarious phone conversation....