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What sound is more annoying than an unanswered phone? Okay, besides your kids whining, your mother-in-law bitching (not mine, love her!), or a car alarm going off for an hour?
Not many, let me tell you. So, this morning I go into work, I’m drinking my coffee and getting settled for the day – and I hear it – RING! RING! RING! RING!
Peeved: [The phone! The phone is ringing! – ah, shit. Now, I’m going to have that song in my head all day] Who’s phone is that?
RING! RING! RING!
Peeved: (to co-worker) Do you hear that? Is that your phone?
Co-Worker: No. I don’t hear anything.
Peeved: Come here. Do you hear it now? I think it’s in that empty office next to mine. You know, the one with the incense that smells like a geriatric’s bathroom.
RING! RING! RING!
Co-Worker: (with ear up against empty office door) No. I don’t think so. It does freaking smell, though.
Peeved: It’s got to be somewhere. Come in my office. It’s like it gets louder.
Co-Worker: It’s definitely louder in here. It sounds like it’s coming out of the air duct. Maybe someone is stalking you and forgot their phone.
RING! RING! RING!
Peeved: Yeah, I can just picture someone walking around their house calling and looking for their phone.
Co-Worker: Maybe it’s in the hallway. It’s definitely louder back here by your desk.
Peeved: [The phone! The phone is ringing!…. GD it! ANSWER THE PHONE ALREADY!] I’m going to look in the hallway.
***
RING! RING! RING!
***
Co-Worker: So?
Peeved: Nothing in the hallway. I think someone is trying to torture me.
Co-Worker: This is so weird.
Peeved: I’m going to have BossLady open that empty office. It’s got to be coming from there.
***
Peeved: Hey, BossLady, would you mind coming and opening the office next to me? Someone’s phone is ringing incessantly and I’m going to go bonkers!
RING! RING! RING!
Peeved: Do you hear that? It’s been going on for like 20 minutes. Seriously. I’m going to lose it.
BossLady: (opening office door) Nope, not in here… but DAMN! it stinks in here. I have to talk to her about this.
Peeved: That is SO WEIRD! Come here in my office… doesn’t it sound like it’s right in here… oh… um… wouldn’t it be funny if it were my phone?
BossLady: Please tell me you’re joking.
Peeved: Oops.
Guess who's the turkey this Thanksgiving! (photo from igourmet.com)
Perpetually Peeved 