So I’m on the bus this morning, not riding, because I’ve been under the weather for the past few days, when I hear the following. I figure that calling at volume on your cell phone on a crowded bus puts your conversation in the public domain.<\/p>\n
Note that this side of the conversation is female, and in a loud and business-like tone. At first I thought that it was a business call. The tone did not vary at all, even at the end.<\/p>\n
Hi, I’m calling for Achmed. Is he there?<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
Achmed. Is he there?<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
I know he’s there.<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
Hi! I bet you didn’t think I’d be calling you!<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
So you’re not in Morocco after all . . . you’re in Italy? Who are you staying with?<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
I miss you. Do you miss me? … Do you miss me?<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
I’m doing ok, thanks for asking. Things are looking up.<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
I have a bill here from Revenue Canada for $250.00.<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
I guess I can go myself.<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
No, I paid him some more money to stay, because I don’t know where to move.<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
He didn’t call me, I called him. But I think he has some problems of his own, I think he might have a drug problem or something.<\/p>\n
(followed an extended discussion of the merits of the drug problem theory)<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
Listen, now that I have you on the phone, I need to ask you something. Do you still love me?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
At that point I was eternally grateful that my stop had arrived, as I couldn’t bear to listen any more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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