the conversation that wasn't
My mother is on a road trip, and of course still refers to her mobile phone as a "carphone".
She calls me Wednesday morning (early), Thursday morning (early), and Friday morning (early). All calls come in to my mobile phone, which is really annoying at work, considering I have no obvious restrictions about taking personal calls at work, I have a headset attached to my work phone, mobile-to-mobile calls in the U.S. still aren't very clear, and I can't do anything but hold the phone and talk to her when she calls on my mobile.
There's also no confusion that she might think I'm not at work. I work from home, and I start at 6:00. She knows all of this -- it's not a new situation and nothing has changed recently.
So on Friday morning at the end of the call, I say, "Mom -- you know if you called on my work line, I could talk to you longer, right?" "Oh! Really? I didn't call your work number? Wait -- oh -- what -- I -- oh -- I guess your carphone is the first one I have programmed for you."
uh-huh
Guess what woke me up on Saturday morning at 7:07? My work phone ringing.
She calls me Wednesday morning (early), Thursday morning (early), and Friday morning (early). All calls come in to my mobile phone, which is really annoying at work, considering I have no obvious restrictions about taking personal calls at work, I have a headset attached to my work phone, mobile-to-mobile calls in the U.S. still aren't very clear, and I can't do anything but hold the phone and talk to her when she calls on my mobile.
There's also no confusion that she might think I'm not at work. I work from home, and I start at 6:00. She knows all of this -- it's not a new situation and nothing has changed recently.
So on Friday morning at the end of the call, I say, "Mom -- you know if you called on my work line, I could talk to you longer, right?" "Oh! Really? I didn't call your work number? Wait -- oh -- what -- I -- oh -- I guess your carphone is the first one I have programmed for you."
uh-huh
Guess what woke me up on Saturday morning at 7:07? My work phone ringing.