Receptionist Needs Better Phone Reception
The receptionist takes a call:
Receptionist: “Oh, hi [Coworker’s Name]. Running late today?”
Pause.
Receptionist: “Oh! Oh my God! You poor thing! Oh, that’s horrible!”
The receptionist actually starts crying. By now, everyone is paying attention.
Receptionist: “What do you mean you’ll only be a little late! You should take the day off! You’ve been through something traumatic!”
Pause.
Receptionist: “No, I am not overreacting! This is all so upsetting! I can’t process this!”
The receptionist hangs up and runs into the breakroom, sobbing. The boss goes in to try to console her, but we’re all in the dark regarding what happened.
About ten minutes later, the coworker who was on the phone arrives and looks around for the receptionist.
Me: “She’s in the break room with [Boss]. She seems pretty upset.”
The coworker rolls his eyes and walks into the break room, and asks why the receptionist is so upset. She answers him, and he scoffs:
Coworker: “I said log! Log! I ran over a log!”
Our animal-loving receptionist had misheard the word and got herself all upset.
