convo of the week

to be fair, i've had similarly circuitous conversations with people, in person, in english, in my home country.  but this made me annoyed, and then it made me laugh.

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phone ring.............................

hello ma'am, this is qtel.  {qtel is the phone/cable/internet monopoly company here.}

hello.

we are here at your apartment.

but i changed my appointment.  to saturday.

 

but we are here.

 

but i changed my appointment.  to saturday.

to sunday?

no, to saturday.

{him to others near him} she changed her appointment to saturday.

yes, at 4 o clock.  i called yesterday.

4 o clock?

yes 4 o clock.

morning or night, ma'am

oh you have morning?  then i can switch to morning.

no, 4 oclock is in the afternoon ma'am.

uhh ok.  yes, afternoon.  ok.

so we will come back at 4 oclock in the afternoon.  

 

yes.

 

is that ok?

 

yes, 4 oclock on saturday.

 

yes, ma'am.  don't forget, ok?  don't forget, ma'am.