Old funny sleepwalkingish story
Several years ago I went back home to my mother’s house for the two week break between fall semester and J-term. (My college was on a 4-1-4 system, with two four-month semesters and a one-month single class term in January.) My first morning back the phone rang fairly early in the morning – maybe ten o’clock or something – and my sleeping self decided to get out of bed to answer it. The conversation went something like this.
Me: Hello?
Professional Sounding Caller: Good morning, may I speak with Patricia X?
Me: She’s not here.
Caller: Oh, well, this is Dr. Appledorn’s office. May I leave a message for her?
Me: She doesn’t live here.
Caller: Is this 507-555-1288?
Me (suspicious now): Well, that is Patricia’s, that is, my mom’s number but I have no idea how you reached me.
Caller (confused): What?
Me: I’m at college, in Vermont, so I don’t understand why dialing that phone number would have reached me here.
Caller: Um, maybe I should call back.
Me: Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.
I got back in bed and went back to – or maybe continued to? – sleep. The phone rang a minute later, and I really woke up for it this time. I remembered a silly conversation and hoped it hadn’t happened in real life.
Me: Hello?
Caller (clearly disappointed): This is Dr. Appledorn’s office calling for Patricia….
Me: I’m so sorry about that earlier, I was asleep and I just got back from college and I must have been really confused. She’s actually not here, I’m awake now so I can take a real message for you.
Caller: Ha ha, that’s pretty funny, I thought I must have woken you up.
I took the phone out of my room that day because nothing good could come of it.
ZoeJane replied:
haha… thanks for the laughs. 🙂
January 2, 2007 at 10:52 pm. Permalink.