Story #50

The phone rang once. I forgot to pick it up. "Hello," I said. The phone rang again. Now I was suspicious. "Who is this," I demanded. The phone rang a third time and now was I worried. "Never heard of you. What do you want?" The phone rang a fourth time and now I was angry. "Listen, buddy," I yelled, "You call here again and I'll slit your throat." The answering machine picked up and I felt relief. I heard me telling the caller to try back at another time. I'm so much better at handling people than myself.