| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Whenanswer the phone they act as ifwere their long-lost rich relative Whenexpress doubts thatI know them they say Surely you remember Joe from the XYZ Company Fact is donremember him ve never heard of him before althoughmay have hung up on him at some time in my life Sove devisedsystem to thwart them may not keep the new ones from calling me butdoubt that any of them will give mesecond call Herethe scenario The phone rings andanswer Messenger this is Max How canhelp you This is Joe with the XYZ Company How are things in Man-tee He mispronounces it Man-tee and that always makes me angry Thatnot Man-tee itManti snarl Oh he says some of those Arizona towns arelittle hard to pronounce They sure are say Besides we re not in Arizona we re in Wyoming Oh yes thatright he says At this pointrecognize the call for what it is so when he says just wanted to tell you about our new interrupt with Where is the XYZ Company located Chagrined at being interrupted in his sales pitch and being aware that his long distance calls are paid for by the minute he answers irritably Itin New Jersey Is that part of the USA innocently ask Of course he says Now aswas saying our product What part of New Jersey ask Andalways thought that was pronounced New Joisey Only New Yorkers say New Joisey he explains And whereNew York ask You know the Big Apple City Oh yes that wasdance we danced during World War IT days Well wasnthere then but aswas saying Did you say that was the XYZ Company ask 236 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
