So, Friday morning I get a call from my wife on the cell phone while at the office. I’m only talking to her like 30 seconds when I hear a page from one of my business partners, “Keith, there is a call on line 11 but I need to talk to you first.”
I tell my wife “sorry, gotta go, talk to you later, love you, bye.” in a 2 second burst - she says “love you, bye” as well, and I give my partner a quick call.
“Whassup” i say.
He cuts to the chase and tells me a supplier is interested in some web work and some of the details. He’s been waiting on the phone a couple of minutes and I don’t really want to keep him waiting any longer. So I hurry the conversation so I can grab the blinking line. Without a thought, I burst out, “ok, thanks for the info, talk to you later, love you, bye.”
As I go for the the line, I hear one of my sales reps say “keith, did you say you LOVED HIM!?”
How absurd! “Of course not!” I counter, only to have another one of the sales rep speak up “yes you did! I heard it!!”
Ugh. Must be true. After the laughter, and jokes die down, I try to regain my composure and grab the phone call.
Once i’m through with the call, I figure it’s time to face the music. I duck out of my office and head to his office. I walk in and throw out a “I don’t really love you man.” He looks at me quizically and says “what did i do?!”
“You know, I kinda slipped on the phone earlier.”
“huh?”
“You know, I accidentally said ‘love you’ just before hanging up”
He returns a blank, but somewhat concerned stare. It’s obvious he has NO IDEA what I’m talking about. It turns out he had hung up the phone before I blundered out my goodbye.
What a great way to start the day.
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