Is Ed There?
Posted: March 3, 2008 Filed under: War and Peace 4 CommentsThis is a telephone conversation I just had. Really.
Me: Hello?
Woman: Is Ed there?
Me: I’m sorry, you have the wrong number. (We get a lot of calls asking for Ed.)
Woman: Oh, is your mommy or daddy home?
Me: …This is actually my house. I’m an adult.
Woman: Oh! You sound like you’re 12 years old!
Me: I’m not.
Woman: Well, this is Karen Anderson from the Missing Children’s Foundation, how are you today?
[click]
Did she actually think I was going to donate to her charitable organization after that?
Jarom
Mika
hilleries 
we always get calls for Ed… we don’t even get mail for him, so he hasn’t lived here in a long time. Probably at least 4 or 5 years. I’m sure Ed was a great guy and all, but if 4 years have passed, and these people don’t have his number, I’m pretty sure he doesn’t care about them.
Well, maybe he just used to have this phone number. I think Qwest just gave us a random one…not necessarily one that went with our apartment.
At any rate, I think it’s funny how most of the people that call for Ed are not telemarketers but Wisconsiners, from the sound of it. “Hey, ‘zed there?”
When I got my very first cell phone, I would get these phone calls where I would answer and then they would just go off in Spanish. That freaked me out. That happened about 10 times a day for the first 2 days, then I changed my phone number (to reflect my high school nickname even 5399=LEWY…I’m so clever! ) Next time they ask if Ed is there you should strike up a conversation with them, “No I’m sorry, there is not a talking horse in this apartment, but how’s the weather where you are? Hey, have you ever eaten at (fill in the blank)…”
we also get collect calls from mexico. maybe they are looking for ed too?