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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
  2. From: aescherm@iastate.edu (A Person of Awareness)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
  4. Subject: Re: Funny Answering Service Error (was How Do I Locate Graybar?)
  5. Message-ID: <telecom12.674.10@eecs.nwu.edu>
  6. Date: 31 Aug 92 17:28:06 GMT
  7. Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
  8. Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  9. Lines: 32
  10. Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
  11. X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
  12. X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
  13. X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 674, Message 10 of 10
  14.  
  15. Speaking of miscommunications:
  16.  
  17. I worked for US West Paging in Iowa this last spring and we had a
  18. radio so we could act as an intermediary point between the police
  19. department and the towing company that does their impounds.
  20.  
  21. I listened to a conversation one night that I will relate:
  22.  
  23. Base: [name deleted], you might want to grab the private tow at 10th and
  24.       Locust.  It's a 79 Gray Dodge Van.
  25.  
  26. Mobile:  What color did you say it was?
  27.  
  28. Base:  Gray
  29.  
  30. Mobile:  What color, didn't get that?
  31.  
  32. Base:  Graaaaay    GRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
  33.  
  34. Mobile:  Sorry still didn't get the color.
  35.  
  36. Base:  It's ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaa
  37.        aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy   GRAY!!!!!
  38.  
  39. Mobile:  You say it's a GAY van????
  40.  
  41. At this point I was laughing so hard my headset fell off and I almost
  42. disconnected some poor woman trying to reach an insurance company.
  43.  
  44.  
  45. Anthony Clifton
  46.