Worst Kind of Call
December 30th, 2008
It’s early in the morning on a holiday, and someone decides to give you a phone call. Worse, they ring just long enough to drag you out of bed, but hang up (1) just as you pick up the receiver, and (2) just before the answering machine picks up, so you have no idea who it was trying to reach you at this time. It could have been urgent, or it could have been a wrong number or a salesperson. So now you’re tired but can’t go to sleep and are wondering what was so damned important.