Sorry to Bother You
Saturday, October 15th, 2005The following is a transcript of an actual telephone conversation between myself and a Woman Who Barely Spoke English:
Woman: Hello?
Me: Um...is this "Steve's Imperial Hair Care"?
Woman: Yes.
Me: O-kay...how late are you open?
Woman: Oh, we closed. Who this?
Me: Um...I just wanted to get my hair cut, and want to know your hours...
Woman: No. Too late now. We closed.
Me: Okay...
Woman: Bye! <click>
Woman: Hello?
Me: Um...is this "Steve's Imperial Hair Care"?
Woman: Yes.
Me: O-kay...how late are you open?
Woman: Oh, we closed. Who this?
Me: Um...I just wanted to get my hair cut, and want to know your hours...
Woman: No. Too late now. We closed.
Me: Okay...
Woman: Bye! <click>
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Transcript of an actual telephone conversation between myself and a person who apparently did have English as a first language:
Me: Hello?
Woman: Is this the Greenville cope?
Me: Excuse me?
Woman: Is this the Greenville cope?
Me: (pause) "The Greenville cope?
Woman: Yeah.
Me: I don't know what the cope is.
Woman: (talking louder because I must have appeared deaf rather than confused) THE GREENVILLE COPE. THE COPE.
Me: Do you mean the Greenville Co-op? (me speaking very slowly because I know she's not deaf)
Woman: Yes. The cope.
Me: No. You have a wrong number.
Me: Hello?
Woman: Is this the Greenville cope?
Me: Excuse me?
Woman: Is this the Greenville cope?
Me: (pause) "The Greenville cope?
Woman: Yeah.
Me: I don't know what the cope is.
Woman: (talking louder because I must have appeared deaf rather than confused) THE GREENVILLE COPE. THE COPE.
Me: Do you mean the Greenville Co-op? (me speaking very slowly because I know she's not deaf)
Woman: Yes. The cope.
Me: No. You have a wrong number.
posted by sasha : : Tuesday, October 18th, 2005
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