Friday, 12 March 2010

Smooth Operator

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I thought operating a switchboard looked easy, so I volunteered to man it the other day.
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But it was all very confusing, all those flashing lights and irate people asking what the hell was going on and why they were cut off as soon as they got through…….
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In the end I ignored the ringing completely until the lady whose job it really is came back from her dinner break.  I pretended to look busy by counting the drawing pins on her desk and said that it had been very quiet!

3 comments:

Mr.D said...

You could have made up a foreign-sounding language and confused the blighters.

Anonymous said...

Vulcan would have been impressive!

Ali said...

nice move monkey!!