What to do when having a bad day
Don't take that bad day out on someone you know, take it out on
someone you DON'T know.
Now get this. I was sitting at my desk, when I remembered a phone
call I had to make. I found the number and dialed it. A man answered
saying, "Hello?"
I politely said, "This is Fred Hanifin. Could I please speak to
Robin Carter?"
Suddenly the phone was slammed down on me! I couldn't believe that
anyone could be that rude. I tracked down Robin's correct number and
called her. She had transposed the last two digits.
After I hung up with Robin, I spotted the wrong number still lying
there on my desk. I decided to call it again. When the same person
once more answered, I yelled "You're an asshole!" and hung up.
Next to his phone number I wrote the word "asshole," and put it
in my desk drawer. Every couple of weeks, when I was paying bills, or
had a really bad day, I'd call him up. He'd answer, and I'd yell,
"You're an asshole!"
It would always cheer me up. Later in the year the phone company
introduced CaIler ID. This was a real setback for me; I would have
to stop calling the asshole.
