Fun at work

[mitchy]

So I attended a Special Education Needs conference this morning, at the suggestion of FogHorn, for reasons I will discuss over the weekend. It was enlived by the following incident*:-

Conference: *important things being discussed*
Phone: *ring ring*
Conference: *important things being discussed*
Phone: *ring ring*
Conference: *frowns*
Phone: *RING RING*
Dozy Mitchy: Oh crap!! That's my phone! *dives for bag*
Bag: *hides phone*
Phone: *RING RING*
Mitchy: cottonpickin'snazzinfrazzinrazzinuselessdamnthing
Bag: *hides phone*
Mitchy: *upends bag*
Phone: *RING RING*
Caller ID: *doccy calling*
Mitchy: WHUT? But? Why..? EEEK! Maybe it's urgent! Maybe something's wrong! *visions of fire, flood, destruction, medical emergencies*
Mitchy: *hastily disconnects call*
Phone: *RING -urk!-*
Mitchy: *sends hasty text*
Mitchy: *scuttles out of hall*
Doccy's mobile: *stubbornly engaged*
Doccy's mobile: *subbornly engaged*
Doccy's mobile: *finally rings*
doccy: Hellooo!
Mitchy: You called?
doccy: Uhhh...no?
Doccy's mobile: heh heh heh
doccy: *is confused*
Mitchy: *is relieved*
Mitchy: *slinks back into conference hall*
Boss: *inquiring look*
Mitchy: 's fine, just a case of demonic possession of mobile.
Boss: ...

*The events recounted may be slightly exaggerated.

Comments

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

This is why I pick a phone that will play mp3 files as ringtones. For a while, I had "Still Alive" from the game Portal, but now I've got this one.

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

Oh dear gods. If that rang and you were in my office, I would prolly throttle you :)

*pokes* So you coming to Belgo's on the 13th?

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

You don't like Rondo Veneziana? But surely you must remember this one?

Yes, should be there then! :D

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

Umm, it's not that I don't like it, but it'd be a supremely annoying phone ring. TooBrightTIes has The Entertainer as his phone ring and as much as I love the music, I want to smash the phone with a sledgehammer after listening to it ring for a day :)

And good! Been far too long since I saw you and adelpha :)

[gayeld.livejournal.com]

Oh good, I'm not the only one that kind of crap happens to. Mine frequently starts speaking to me while it's in my pocket. At the end of my contract, I'm going to smash it into tiny bits with quite a bit of satisfaction.

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

Aww it's just an ickle phone, it obviously misses you when not in use!

[gayeld.livejournal.com]

It's an evil spawn of Satan with it's own agenda. Much like a Furby.

[doccy.livejournal.com]

So, so sorry...

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Fret not! I got a good story out of it :D BTW, just before I rang, were you at a supermarket till or something like? The voicemail has beeps that sounds like the beep the till makes when you scan an item :)

[doccy.livejournal.com]

Yes! We were just coming out of Tesco, so your call back gave me a short respite from the arduous task of loading the shopping in the car ;)

[silenttex.livejournal.com]

This is why phones have a "Silent" or "Vibrate" option for the ringtone...

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

I know. But as I get about 4 phone calls a year, the only time I usually bother is when I'm in a cinema.