That tell-tale echo... you know the one, that you hear on the other end of the phone... the one that sounds like the person you're talking to is in a tunnel?
You often just chalk-it-up to a bad connection. After all, haven't we gotten used to quirky connection quality on our cell phones these days?
Noah Seidenberg, and I, were discussing this "situation" this morning, just before our office staff meeting. And he told me a story that explains the echo... in the scenario he spelled out it indicated a caller who was ... indisposed. At least that's what we used to call it in polite company.
He was indisposed, or incommunicado. These days, I guess, he might be "communicado".
That echo might indicate that he's in the restroom. The dead giveaway, when they're talking to you from a public bathroom... is when one of the other visitors to said bathroom... er... "flushes".
Oh... my.
I hate to use the word never... but you will never be talking to me, on my cellphone, whilst I am "indisposed". I will neither make, nor take, a call in the bathroom... and while I do, on occasion, take my phone with me (I'll check emails, etc...)... I will not take an incoming call. There just ain't any call that important.
I just won't. That's where I draw the line.
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