Get the Message?

By Dennis Borgersen

Pat got tired one day, he was so in demand by his business and circle of friends that they called him constantly and would not leave him alone. The phone would ring anytime, anywhere, even throughout the night and simply not leave him alone. He knew he needed his cell phone to make a living but it was starting to drive him crazy.

 He got calls while he was in the office, at home, on a date, even during the holidays when he needed that special getaway. He tried to tell people to call him, only if you needed him, but that did not make a difference. He had to answer every time, he had some kind of compelling compulsion to answer that dam phone every time it rang because he felt you never knew when a new deal would come your way and that is how he paid his bills.

I'm a prisoner of my own phone but there must be away I can live without the constant annoyance that it causes me, Pat was thinking. Then all of a sudden an idea dawned on him and he felt he just had to do it. It made sense to him because he knew what it was like to get information from his credit card companies, the Phone Company, and other utilities when he needed quick information.

He would still give out his phone number, to close friends, family, and business concerns. But, he would also create a situation when that annoying bunch of people that he wanted nothing to do with called, they would be directed elsewhere. He devised the plan and he thought it would work.

When Pat would get a call on his no contact list, they would automatically be directed to a message saying Dial 1, if you want to contact me in the bedroom, close your eyes, dial 2, if you want to contact me in the bathroom because that is what I am doing, dial 3, if you want to contact me in the dinning room while I'm stuffing my face, dial 4, if you want to catch me on my deck, coherent or not, dial 5, if you want to leave the house a message and dial 6, for a personal message that says "Oh by the way, have you noticed how much time you wasted listening to this bullshit? Don't call again."

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