The Stuff Nightmares are Made Of
Today a power surge sent our telephone system into chaos.
Every call that came into our switchboard could only be answered via speaker phone.
Perhaps a workable problem, except that our switchboard happens to be located at the hub of our office. With people discussing the merit of cashew nuts over brazil nuts as they pick through the snacks, and the chatter of women deciding who really should be allowed to cut in line at the bathroom... the result is not pretty.
Or should I say aurally pleasing.
Yes, there were a number of callers who must think we operate from a cellular phone while in line at the bathroom.
But unlike a nightmare, I was not the main participant, I was just standing by, frantically flipping through the phone manual trying to find anything about a speaker phone feature. While nothing was ever found about such a feature for our switchboard phone, it turns out that you turn on and off the speaker phone through power surges and cutting power.
So just in case, some day, your phone decides to sprout a previously unknown feature, try unplugging it. And if, on some other day, you call a respected company and it sounds like your call has been answered from inside of a public restroom, call back another time.
Every call that came into our switchboard could only be answered via speaker phone.
Perhaps a workable problem, except that our switchboard happens to be located at the hub of our office. With people discussing the merit of cashew nuts over brazil nuts as they pick through the snacks, and the chatter of women deciding who really should be allowed to cut in line at the bathroom... the result is not pretty.
Or should I say aurally pleasing.
Yes, there were a number of callers who must think we operate from a cellular phone while in line at the bathroom.
But unlike a nightmare, I was not the main participant, I was just standing by, frantically flipping through the phone manual trying to find anything about a speaker phone feature. While nothing was ever found about such a feature for our switchboard phone, it turns out that you turn on and off the speaker phone through power surges and cutting power.
So just in case, some day, your phone decides to sprout a previously unknown feature, try unplugging it. And if, on some other day, you call a respected company and it sounds like your call has been answered from inside of a public restroom, call back another time.
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