Well….shit!
Now I’ve lost my voice. To those that have to listen to me
on a daily basis, that is a gift from God, but for me it is a royal pain. I
have to concentrate to croak out one syllable words and hopefully I will be
understood. Of course I had to make a phone call to the Toyota
dealership to see about getting a flat tire repaired. It went pretty well, but
I’m sure the person that took the call thought I was trying to disguise my
voice. If they were old enough, they might have thought I was from the “Our Gang” series.
When I dropped the car off, I was smart enough to take Louise
to explain just what we needed. The problem was that the guy kept addressing me
and I would turn to Louise who would then explain what we needed. It was like I
imagine how royalty talks to commoners. They don’t want to lower themselves to
actually converse with the lowlife scum, so they take an acceptable lowlife
scum to talk to the unacceptable lowlife scum. Just to be clear, I am not now,
nor have I ever called Louise a lowlife scum.
While we were at the dealership, Louise wanted to look at
some new cars, so I parked the car while she browsed. I came in the front
entrance and the receptionist said “Hello”, to which I replied with a wave and
a smile. “Can I help you find anything?” I shook my head. “Do you want the
service department?” Head shake. “If you need a sales representative…?” Oh for
fucks sake! Try to read my mind…LEAVE ME ALONE!
I know I am just going through a little bump in the road,
but I can’t help but think just how frustrating it would be for those who are
mute. I was thinking that if this lasts any longer, I can get an app for the
phone that will talk for me; all I need do is to type my questions or response.
I could change my voice from day to day as well. One day I could be a sexy
French girl, the next day I would be a hunky Australian beach bum, and for the
holidays I could sound like Santa. I guess the only problem would be if I was
auto corrected all the time.
Well, I’m getting tired of this as I’m sure you are.
Hopefully I will be able to talk tomorrow, but until then…
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