Friday, February 10, 2006

Color my underpants important

I have been working with a client who is very old, very hard of hearing, and very sweet. I typically talk to both he and his wife at the same time (each on a phone extension at their home), and Martha almost always scolds Harold for not turning up his hearing aid. I always have to shut my door when he calls me.

This morning, he's called three times. The last time the call came through to my office, our receptionist was laughing. I asked her what was so funny, and she told me that when Harold calls our main line and she answers the phone, he simply says, "Amanda?! Amanda?!" as if it might actually be me on the other end of the line.

How precious is that?