Remember that partner that could not believe I did not know how to make a conference call? Well, he may be a whiz at conference calls, but give him bluetooth technology and a car and hilarity ensues. His car has the function to answer his cell phone through the radio speakers using bluetooth technology. Receiving and answering phone calls doesn't seem to be a problem. Making them? That goes a little something like this...
{Words in all caps are to be read as if they are being yelled very slowly}
Partner: Let's call other partner and see if he wants to meet us for lunch.
Me: Sounds good.
He hits the button and we hear:
Voice: Sync in. I am listening. State your command.
Partner: Phone.
Voice: Phone on. What would you like to do?
Partner: DIAL
Partner: Wait. No. That's the wrong word.
Partner: Stop. Sorry. No.
Voice: I do not understand your command.
Partner: Shit. How do I turn this thing off?
He presses many buttons while cursing the whole time and the thing turns off. I am giggling like a mad woman because he is getting so angry.
Partner: This happens to me and my wife all of the time. You have to say "call". I always forget.
He hits the on button again.
Voice: Sync in. I am listening. State your command.
Partner: Phone.
Voice: Phone on. What would you like to do?
Partner: CALL
Voice: Please state the number you are calling.
Partner: 555-1212
Voice: Dialing 55-1212
Me: That is not even a real number.
Partner: Shit. How do I stop it from dialing? How do I turn it off.
After more buttons are pressed, it is off and he is cursing and telling me how he "hates this thing" and he can "never get it right." Meanwhile, I am thinking we should just pick up the actual phone and make the call, but what do I know. So, one more time for kicks I suppose:
Voice: Sync in. I am listening. What is your command?
Me: [whispering] phone
Partner: PHONE
Voice: Phone on. What would you like to do?
Me: [whispering] call
Partner to me: SHHHHH
Me: I was only trying to help [looks out the window to try to suppress laughter]
Partner: CALL
Voice: Please state the number you are calling.
Partner: FRONT OFFICE
See, now he is going to break out speed dial words. Not that it is going to help, when the car was calling 55-1212 it named it front office. Actually "office front." I try to point this out:
Me: It is office front.
Partner: Shhhh
Voice: I do not recognize front office.
Me: [totally suppressing laughter, although at this point it may be due to insanity]
Partner: FRONT OFFICE
Voice: I do not recognize front office.
Partner: OFFICE
Finally, without any good reason, as just as we had given up and the only thing keeping us connected to the phone was the fact that Partner could not get it to turn off, the correct number is dialed, the receptionist answers and the other Partner is meeting us for lunch. This lunch it turns out. Meanwhile I spent the whole ride to the restaurant giggling like crazy or thinking about giggling. Him yelling very slowly at the car while saying all the wrong words was just too much for me. The whole day was full of hilarity.
And I haven't even told you about the ride downtown that morning.
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That guy reminds me alot of...
well...
myself.
Did you ever see the episode of the Osbornes when Ozzy was trying to use his On-Star? OMG, that show cracked me up. This guy is an Ozzy!
matt - well you know I am not one to talk about poorly executed phone calls.
Jenny - do not remember that episode, but that does remind me to post about our OnStar experience. And if this guy is Ozzy, he is a much more brilliant Ozzy. At least I can understand him most of the time.
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