Unfiltered Story #99519

(I have recently started working at my university’s bookstore, and as such have yet to have had a chance do everything in the job description, including answering the phone. I am alone at the registers when the phone rings.)

Me: *picking up phone and reading the script* Hello, [University] Bookstore, my name is [Name], how may I help you?

Caller: Heeeeeyyy [my name drawn out slowly]…

Me: *increasingly creeped out* Um… Hello?

Caller: It’s [Coworker].

Me: Oh my god you TERRIFIED me! I had no idea who you were! Jerk!

Caller/Coworker: *laughing*

(Turns out, he was just calling in sick! Thanks for almost giving me a heart attack my first time picking up the phone, Coworker!)