Category: Humor

Just minutes ago my phone rings. I don't recognize the number, but I make the mistake of answering it anyway. Here it goes:

Jackington: Hello?

Caller: Hello?

Jackington: Yeah. Hello?

Caller: Hello?

I'm now ready to kill someone.

Jackington: Who is this?

Caller: (Unintelligible mumbling)

Jackington: Who are you calling for?

Caller: (More unintelligible mumbling)

At this point my eye is starting to twitch as I begin sharpening a knife. I swear I will hunt down this idiot.

Jackington: Who are you trying to reach?

Caller: Wrong number, man.

What the hell was that? There's something wrong with people. How is it possible to dial a wrong number? Don't all phones have a display that shows what number you're dialing? Shouldn't you double check that before you hit the 'talk' button?

But let's say you did make a mistake and dialed the wrong number. When I say "hello," the next thing out of your mouth shouldn't be "hello," followed by a pause. State your goddamn business. I don't have all day to say "hello" to you. You called me. Tell me what you want.

This is not the first time this has happened. I get this nonsense at least once a week, and it's always the same. "Hello?" "Hello?" "Yeah, hello." "Hello?" How can there be that many morons out there? I mean, this is just happening to me. One person. Imagine if this happened to everybody. If I have to deal with one moron a week (1 moron x 52 weeks = 52 morons), and, let's say approximately 150 million people have the same problem, (52 morons x 150,000,000 people = 7,800,000,000 morons). 7.8 billion morons. Well. That's everyone but me. I've never dialed a wrong number in my life. What is wrong with you people?