The funny incident that took place this morning of miscommunication reminded me of another funny thing that I did many years ago. I thought I'd jot it down here for posterity's sake.
This happened a few years ago, when I was still in college. I was at my folks' place during the holidays and I was having a lazy day at the house lying on the couch and watching TV and what not. The phone rings, so I look at the caller ID, and it's a number that I don't recognize. Generally, I don't pick up calls from numbers I don't know, but I was feeling particularly bored this one afternoon, so I decided to pick up the phone.
"Hello?" I say in a cheerful voice. On the other side of the phone was a voice I didn't know.
"Hello?" He said. "Is this Mr. Koolaid?"
"Which one?" I ask. "There's a few Mr. Koolaids in this house."
"Grape Sr.?" He asks.
"I'm sorry. He's not in at the moment. May I take a message?"
He asks, "is his wife available?"
I don't know what came over me. The prankster inside me was dying to get out, I guess. So I just said, "This is he".
There was a pause. Then the voice on the phone began to stammer. "Uhh... Uhmm... Err... Ma'am... I mean... Sir... I'm calling you... to let you know of... umm... an exciting offer..."
I said, "I'm sorry. I can tell that you're uncomfortable and I don't support any company that disapproves of our lifestyle. Have a nice day" and I hung up the phone.
So somewhere out there in telemarketer land, there's a phone operator that thinks that my dad is gay. :D
It's doubly funny because my father is an austere, authoritarian figure. Quite a serious person.
Many years later I told my family about it over dinner one night and my father just frowned and shook his head.
Just a slice of my life I wanted to share with you all.
Thanks for stopping in.
Shaking the crazies out... :D
Grape.
GrapeKoolaid posted on May 22, 2008
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uniquely-ironic said on May 22, 2008....
OMG!! Hilarious! I'll have to remember that one. Of course out here in la la land it has a bit less impact.I once scared a couple of mormons off by answering the door "What the hell do you want!" with raging bed head, mascara running and dressed in a bath robe I was 1/2 hanging out of. I guess their god only wants well dressed, well groomed followers who don't cuss. -
GrapeKoolaid said on May 22, 2008....
uni: I couldn't help myself... It was like the planets all aligned in that cosmic moment of comic set up, you know? It was as if I was possessed by the comic gods for that transcendent moment...
I've invited Jehova's witnesses and Mormons into the house to have religious debates with them before. It usually ends with them leaving and saying, "We can't save anyone that doesn't want to be saved". Or them running to the hills screaming into the night. :)
What can I say? I may get easily bored, but I am also easily entertained. :D
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pickersplock said on May 22, 2008....
Never shake out the crazies, Grape!Embrace them! -
silverwhisper said on May 23, 2008....
grape, that was brilliant! i heartily approve! :D
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GrapeKoolaid said on May 23, 2008....
pickers: Oh I do... It's something I can't get rid of, no matter how hard I try... It's not anything I want to get rid of, either. I was just shaking it out so that I could deposit my crazies on here. ;)
ed: Glad you do. Perhaps it's something that you could try next time you're at your FIL's? Then there would be a person in telemarketer land that thinks that there's a gay minister. :D
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queenparanoia said on May 23, 2008....
hahahhahhahhahaahah that was funny!!!! -
diabolicdame said on May 23, 2008....
Hahahahaha.. lol.. that was funny.. and smart! -
GrapeKoolaid said on May 23, 2008....
qp: Thanks! What can I say? I can be a silly sod sometimes. :D
ddame: [tips hat, bows deeply] Thank you. Perhaps it's something that you can try someday? ;)
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diabolicdame said on May 23, 2008....
I had the same thought Grape! Just wait till I get my next call from a telemarketer.. and that is never too far away, is it? -
hinana said on May 23, 2008....
lol that was funny.i gto a little confused cuz i thought they were really asking for someone named mr.koolaid. >.<maybe just a slow day for me =p -
fallenangel12 said on May 27, 2008....
got me laughing loudly at work..thanks for the light post grape. =)
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