I was taking a nap this afternoon when the phone wrang... In a stooper I jumped to my feet and started walking to the phone when I realized my mother had already answered it. So I rushed downstairs, she handed me the phone saying she could not understand the caller.
The lady on the other end could not speak very good English. And her phone was buzzing very loudly like she was calling me with one hand touching a high voltage terminal.
She said "Excuse me sir but would you like to save up to 40% on your electric bill?" Still in a stooper I answered "Oh well, actually I don't pay anything for my electricity because I steal it from my neighbor via a long extension cord."
HAHAHAHA I could hear the panic in her voice as she tried to reconstruct what I had said. She could tell I was serious enough that perhaps she just mis understood me. so she then began repeating the deal to me explaining that it is a fantastic savings. At this point I politely interupted and said "But tell me!, why would I pay when I get it for free now. I could sell you some if you live close, I have another long extension cord here. Do you live close to me?"
I felt like cracking up at this point but held my composure.
It was at the point where she asked me if I could speak hindi or punjabi, she apologized again but said she could "not speak very well English" I replied "Well since your having trouble understanding me i'm willing to throw in a 10% discount" and I appologized for my broken English and how it was because I had just been woken up from a nap by the telephone. Some lady on the other end trying to sell me electricity.
Politely but broken up with laughter I said good bye and hung up the phone.
Then I lost it and started whailing.
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