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In response to "The number of people on the phone who get forwarded to me that are calling looking for some specific information that when I say "yes. what you need -- (edited)" by Andie

"What's the number?" "Okay, 845-" "WHOA SLOW DOWN!" -- nm

Posted by Tim (aka othertim) Mar 10 '17, 13:27

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This drives me nuts. I say three digits and then stop. *AFTER* I stop they say "Hold on!" -- nm - mara Mar 10, 13:56
admittedly, I ask this of people constantly. I'm good at remembering about 4 consecutive numbers and then my brain just seizes. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 10, 13:30 11
- Would you like your order number? (Starts to read off more digits than the latest found prime number or bit coin chain) uh, no -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 10, 13:32 5
  - I get peeved at people who machine gun out a phone number. - Mel Profit Mar 10, 13:44 4
    - ~362436? Only if it ends in 53 oh wait that's too many numbers~ - Max Mar 10, 13:46
    - also - people who leave a big long giant voicemail, and then at the end say their number supersuperfast. -- nm - Andie Mar 10, 13:44 2
      - I had one guy who stuttered who felt compelled to read my whole mailer back to me about weddings, then finally his number in one sylable -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 10, 21:37
      - locusts on their house. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 10, 13:50
- I try to read off numbers musically to help people remember them. -- nm - Max Mar 10, 13:30 4
  - Eight! It is the cube of two / Four! Comes between three and five / Three! The number of wise men. - Max von Trapp Mar 10, 13:39 1
    - "it's just every third number in Pi, gosh!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 14:12
  - You sold advertising to Cheers, didn't you. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 13:33 1
    - ghost writer for an 80s one hit wonder, is my guess. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 10, 13:37

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