The Rathluirc Irregular informs me he just had a cold call from one of these newfangled telecos borne out of "the great leap forward" a.k.a. the unbundling of the local loop. It is important to emphasise that the caller was well-spoken with an impeccable English accent. For the sake of symmetry, we must also concede that the callee has long since mollified his Cork blás and now cuts a rather suave conversationalist in educated company.
The brief exchange went roughly as follows:
“Brrrrrr…Brrrrrr……Brrrrrr…Brrrrrr……Brrrrrr…Brr —”
“Hello?”
“Hello! May I speak to the person responsible for your telephone account?”
“That would be me”
“Can you put me through to Me please”
“Eh…speaking?”
“Oh, hello Me, would you be interested in reducing your phone bill by up to sixty percent?”
“Sorry, we are already tied into a contract”
“Uh…okay Me. Thank you for your time. Have a nice day”
“Eh...Goodbye!”
The brief exchange went roughly as follows:
“Brrrrrr…Brrrrrr……Brrrrrr…Brrrrrr……Brrrrrr…Brr —”
“Hello?”
“Hello! May I speak to the person responsible for your telephone account?”
“That would be me”
“Can you put me through to Me please”
“Eh…speaking?”
“Oh, hello Me, would you be interested in reducing your phone bill by up to sixty percent?”
“Sorry, we are already tied into a contract”
“Uh…okay Me. Thank you for your time. Have a nice day”
“Eh...Goodbye!”