Wednesday, January 03, 2018
Notes on an overheard phone conversation with an unexpected observation about a name
Ring.
Ring.
“Hello?”
“Hi. I'm calling on behalf of a national marketing firm to see if you quality for a study group that will pay you $500 for your opinions. What is your name?”
“Sean Conner. That's S-E-A-N. C-O-N-N-E-R.”
“You must get a lot of jokes about The Terminator.”
“Actually, you are the first one! If there are jokes, it's about James Bond, although that's actually rare.”
“Oh!”
Notes on a second overheard phone conversation shortly after a previous overheard phone conversation with an unexpected observation about a name
Ring.
Ring.
“Hello?”
“Hi. I'm calling on behalf of a national marketing firm to see if you quality for a study group that will pay you $500 for your opinions. What is your name?”
“Um … I'm afraid you, that's you in the company sense, not you in the personal sense, but well … it is you in the personal sense, because just called me.”
“I did? Oh! I did! I'm sorry, I forgot to mark your number as being called!”
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