– 3 –
if I had the balls to say ” … hey, i’ve gotta go, i left my car running … “i’d probably be just as capable of saying, ” … hey, i gotta go, I’ll see you guys
later … ” continued …
so anyway, the first thing I did when I
got into the office was
get stuff out of my
message
box …
…..
then, I sat down at the table
to check my paper work
one last time and
read a memo about
continuing education …
jennifer, linda and carol were sitting on the other side of the table where I sat
facing carol who sat behind her
desk …
they were discussing which one of them wanted the stray cat they’d been feeding
outside the office for the past two
months …
while I read the memo Carol told me
she called yesterday for an assignment
and
since I didn’t call back she had to
cancel the
order …
she said she left me a message …
…..
i didn’t say anything so the room got real
quiet …
i think that within the silence of the
room she was questioning
… by implication …
why I didn’t return her
call …
i just sat there scanning the
memo …
i thought …
am i supposed to be feeling
guilty or something … ?
….. for christ sake … !
you’d think it was
common knowledge by now that
I rarely check my
answering machine … !
doesn’t a person have the choice
NOT
to answer answer their answering
machine … ?
what if something earthshaking
happened so I couldn’t check the
thing … ?!
i wasn’t going to let them get
the best of
me … !
so I kept reading
or
maybe I muttered something like,
‘’well, you know how it goes,
blah, blah, blah …. ”
when suddenly
the woman named Linda …
( … who’s pretty aggressive … )
says
“why do you think phones were
invented … ?!’’
continued …
Advertisements
