Hardworking Father on conference call with co-workers.
Home phone rings. Middle Daughter looks up from book that she's reading while laying on the couch and then goes back to reading. Phone continues to ring.
HF mutes phone and says, "Pick it up and be quiet, I'm on an important call."
MD rolls eyes and heaves her body off the couch as if she bears the weight a circus elephant on her shoulders.
HF takes phone off of mute..."Say that again please..."
MD answers phone, stands in the middle of the living room and yells "MOM!"
HF quickly mutes phone ..."I'm working!"
MD looks at me, wanders over to the basement stairs that are around the corner and a few feet down the hall from where I sit. Her voice echos down the stairs "MOM, AUNT KAREN'S ON THE PHONE!!!!"
HF didn't bother taking phone off of mute so this exchange isn't heard but then he starts answering a question and gets 10 seconds into it before he realizes that the phone is still on mute and everyone is waiting for him to answer.
School starts in a couple of weeks...school starts in a couple of weeks...
Posted by bbarton at August 20, 2004 12:36 PM