Okay, I know that this post might ruffle some feathers of you who already have your feathers ruffled. Why don’t you sit back and preen yourself before you read this. Fair warning.
A couple of days ago, I was standing in line at our local independent coffee shop, and wouldn’t you know it, there was this guy in line, a few people ahead of me, who had things sticking out of his ears, an iPod in one hand, two cell phones strapped to his waist, a Blackberry, a Blueberry, a Strawberry, a Nextel walkie-talkie thingamabob wedged in his shirt pocket, a laptop strapped to his back and a battery pack that looked like a weight belt straight out of Lloyd Bridges’ “Sea Hunt”. (Lloyd just happens to be the father of Jeff and Beau Bridges – for those of you who just might want to know). I also think he had his garage door opener stuck someplace, but I’m not going there.
Anyway, when he got to the front of the line – you know what’s coming- he ordered a halfcaf-decaf-mocha-java-latte-soy milk-rice dream-crappachino-spirullena -wheat grass-omega one flakes-with no foam, and wanted it no hotter than 162 degrees with chocolate shavings and a dusting of cinnamon. Holy donkeyvoids! (Think about it – it’ll come to ya.)
So, after getting my double-shot, straight-up espresso, I went over (I know I shouldn’t have) and asked this guy why he needed all these appliances, accused him of causing global warming and didn’t he know that he could unload all this crap with one single move to TalkPlus?
He gave me a funny look, kinda like the look of a deer in your headlights, and uttered a most charming response of “Huh?” (I wanted to give him a smack, but that would tarnish my reputation of being a nice guy).
So I told him TalkPlus is an independent telecom service that makes the separation between work and personal life (like this guy had a personal life) easier and clutter-free. You can give out one phone number to friends, a different one to clients, and receive both calls on the same phone. There are two versions that you can opt for and the whole thing would take about $11.00 smackeroos a month for two numbers and any additional numbers would only be $3.99.
Well, his jaw dropped so far, he hit his chin on the Nextel. He said, “What was the name of that company?”
I replied, TalkPlus and here’s where you can get it.
Quote in header – Pink Floyd, The Wall, Comfortably Numb, 1979
MorganLighter
