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author | Case Duckworth | 2015-03-06 22:08:20 -0700 |
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committer | Case Duckworth | 2015-03-06 22:08:20 -0700 |
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1 | telemarketer | ||
2 | it | ||
3 | was | ||
4 | one | ||
5 | of | ||
6 | those | ||
7 | nameless | ||
8 | gray | ||
9 | buildings | ||
10 | that | ||
11 | could | ||
12 | be | ||
13 | seen | ||
14 | from | ||
15 | the | ||
16 | street | ||
17 | only | ||
18 | if | ||
19 | larry | ||
20 | craned | ||
21 | his | ||
22 | neck | ||
23 | to | ||
24 | almost | ||
25 | vertical | ||
26 | he | ||
27 | never | ||
28 | had | ||
29 | of | ||
30 | course | ||
31 | having | ||
32 | heard | ||
33 | when | ||
34 | he | ||
35 | first | ||
36 | arrived | ||
37 | in | ||
38 | the | ||
39 | city | ||
40 | that | ||
41 | only | ||
42 | tourists | ||
43 | unaccustomed | ||
44 | to | ||
45 | tall | ||
46 | buildings | ||
47 | did | ||
48 | so | ||
49 | he'd | ||
50 | never | ||
51 | thought | ||
52 | about | ||
53 | it | ||
54 | until | ||
55 | he'd | ||
56 | heard | ||
57 | the | ||
58 | social | ||
59 | injunction | ||
60 | against | ||
61 | such | ||
62 | a | ||
63 | thing | ||
64 | it | ||
65 | was | ||
66 | now | ||
67 | one | ||
68 | of | ||
69 | the | ||
70 | things | ||
71 | he | ||
72 | thought | ||
73 | about | ||
74 | almost | ||
75 | every | ||
76 | day | ||
77 | as | ||
78 | he | ||
79 | rode | ||
80 | to | ||
81 | and | ||
82 | from | ||
83 | work | ||
84 | in | ||
85 | gritty | ||
86 | blue | ||
87 | buses | ||
88 | inside | ||
89 | the | ||
90 | building | ||
91 | the | ||
92 | constant | ||
93 | sound | ||
94 | of | ||
95 | recirculating | ||
96 | dry | ||
97 | air | ||
98 | made | ||
99 | larry | ||
100 | feel | ||
101 | as | ||
102 | though | ||
103 | he | ||
104 | were | ||
105 | at | ||
106 | some | ||
107 | beach | ||
108 | in | ||
109 | hell | ||
110 | listening | ||
111 | to | ||
112 | the | ||
113 | ocean | ||
114 | or | ||
115 | more | ||
116 | accurately | ||
117 | at | ||
118 | a | ||
119 | gift | ||
120 | shop | ||
121 | in | ||
122 | a | ||
123 | landlocked | ||
124 | state | ||
125 | in | ||
126 | hell | ||
127 | listening | ||
128 | to | ||
129 | the | ||
130 | ocean | ||
131 | as | ||
132 | represented | ||
133 | by | ||
134 | the | ||
135 | sound | ||
136 | a | ||
137 | conch | ||
138 | shell | ||
139 | makes | ||
140 | when | ||
141 | he | ||
142 | holds | ||
143 | it | ||
144 | up | ||
145 | to | ||
146 | his | ||
147 | ear | ||
148 | the | ||
149 | buzz | ||
150 | of | ||
151 | the | ||
152 | fluorescent | ||
153 | bulbs | ||
154 | overhead | ||
155 | sounded | ||
156 | like | ||
157 | the | ||
158 | hot | ||
159 | sun | ||
160 | bearing | ||
161 | down | ||
162 | all | ||
163 | day | ||
164 | in | ||
165 | this | ||
166 | metaphor | ||
167 | a | ||
168 | favorite | ||
169 | of | ||
170 | larry's | ||
171 | his | ||
172 | cubicle | ||
173 | was | ||
174 | made | ||
175 | of | ||
176 | that | ||
177 | cheap | ||
178 | grayish-blue | ||
179 | plywood | ||
180 | that | ||
181 | cubicles | ||
182 | are | ||
183 | made | ||
184 | of | ||
185 | inside | ||
186 | it | ||
187 | his | ||
188 | computer | ||
189 | sat | ||
190 | on | ||
191 | his | ||
192 | desk | ||
193 | as | ||
194 | larry | ||
195 | liked | ||
196 | to | ||
197 | think | ||
198 | an | ||
199 | eagle | ||
200 | perched | ||
201 | on | ||
202 | a | ||
203 | mountainous | ||
204 | crag | ||
205 | much | ||
206 | like | ||
207 | the | ||
208 | crag | ||
209 | that | ||
210 | was | ||
211 | his | ||
212 | desktop | ||
213 | wallpaper | ||
214 | the | ||
215 | walls | ||
216 | were | ||
217 | unadorned | ||
218 | except | ||
219 | for | ||
220 | a | ||
221 | few | ||
222 | tacked-up | ||
223 | papers | ||
224 | in | ||
225 | report | ||
226 | covers | ||
227 | explaining | ||
228 | his | ||
229 | script | ||
230 | when | ||
231 | larry | ||
232 | made | ||
233 | a | ||
234 | call | ||
235 | to | ||
236 | a | ||
237 | potential | ||
238 | customer | ||
239 | it | ||
240 | always | ||
241 | went | ||
242 | the | ||
243 | same | ||
244 | way | ||
245 | hi | ||
246 | mr/mrs | ||
247 | customer's | ||
248 | name | ||
249 | my | ||
250 | name | ||
251 | is | ||
252 | larry | ||
253 | and | ||
254 | i'm | ||
255 | with | ||
256 | client's | ||
257 | name | ||
258 | and | ||
259 | was | ||
260 | just | ||
261 | wondering | ||
262 | if | ||
263 | i | ||
264 | could | ||
265 | have | ||
266 | a | ||
267 | minute | ||
268 | of | ||
269 | your | ||
270 | time | ||
271 | oh | ||
272 | no | ||
273 | sir | ||
274 | i | ||
275 | don't | ||
276 | want | ||
277 | whatever | ||
278 | it | ||
279 | is | ||
280 | you're | ||
281 | selling | ||
282 | customer | ||
283 | terminates | ||
284 | call | ||
285 | larry | ||
286 | had | ||
287 | only | ||
288 | ever | ||
289 | read | ||
290 | the | ||
291 | first | ||
292 | line | ||
293 | of | ||
294 | the | ||
295 | script | ||
296 | on | ||
297 | the | ||
298 | wall | ||
299 | sometimes | ||
300 | he | ||
301 | had | ||
302 | an | ||
303 | urge | ||
304 | to | ||
305 | read | ||
306 | more | ||
307 | of | ||
308 | it | ||
309 | to | ||
310 | be | ||
311 | ready | ||
312 | when | ||
313 | a | ||
314 | customer | ||
315 | expressed | ||
316 | interest | ||
317 | in | ||
318 | whatever | ||
319 | it | ||
320 | was | ||
321 | larry | ||
322 | was | ||
323 | selling | ||
324 | but | ||
325 | something | ||
326 | in | ||
327 | him | ||
328 | he | ||
329 | liked | ||
330 | to | ||
331 | think | ||
332 | it | ||
333 | was | ||
334 | an | ||
335 | actor's | ||
336 | intuition | ||
337 | that | ||
338 | told | ||
339 | him | ||
340 | it | ||
341 | was | ||
342 | best | ||
343 | to | ||
344 | improvise | ||
345 | though | ||
346 | he | ||
347 | worried | ||
348 | it | ||
349 | was | ||
350 | the | ||
351 | futility | ||
352 | of | ||
353 | it | ||
354 | kept | ||
355 | him | ||
356 | from | ||
357 | reading | ||
358 | further | ||
359 | into | ||
360 | the | ||
361 | script | ||
362 | so | ||
363 | when | ||
364 | jane | ||
365 | said | ||
366 | sure | ||
367 | i | ||
368 | have | ||
369 | nothing | ||
370 | better | ||
371 | to | ||
372 | do | ||
373 | he | ||
374 | was | ||
375 | thrown | ||
376 | completely | ||
377 | off | ||
378 | guard | ||
379 | um | ||
380 | alright | ||
381 | mrs | ||
382 | mrs | ||
383 | loring | ||
384 | i | ||
385 | was | ||
386 | wondering | ||
387 | it's | ||
388 | ms | ||
389 | not | ||
390 | mrs | ||
391 | em | ||
392 | ess | ||
393 | miz | ||
394 | no | ||
395 | r | ||
396 | larry | ||
397 | she | ||
398 | sounded | ||
399 | patient | ||
400 | as | ||
401 | if | ||
402 | she | ||
403 | were | ||
404 | used | ||
405 | to | ||
406 | correcting | ||
407 | people | ||
408 | about | ||
409 | the | ||
410 | particulars | ||
411 | of | ||
412 | her | ||
413 | title | ||
414 | but | ||
415 | how | ||
416 | often | ||
417 | can | ||
418 | that | ||
419 | happen | ||
420 | larry | ||
421 | thought | ||
422 | and | ||
423 | he | ||
424 | was | ||
425 | suddenly | ||
426 | deeply | ||
427 | confused | ||
428 | oh | ||
429 | sorry | ||
430 | ma'am | ||
431 | uh | ||
432 | miz | ||
433 | loring | ||
434 | but | ||
435 | i | ||
436 | wanted | ||
437 | to | ||
438 | know | ||
439 | whether | ||
440 | you'd | ||
441 | like | ||
442 | to | ||
443 | ah | ||
444 | buy | ||
445 | some | ||
446 | larry | ||
447 | put | ||
448 | his | ||
449 | head | ||
450 | in | ||
451 | his | ||
452 | hand | ||
453 | and | ||
454 | started | ||
455 | twirling | ||
456 | his | ||
457 | hair | ||
458 | in | ||
459 | his | ||
460 | finger | ||
461 | a | ||
462 | nervous | ||
463 | habit | ||
464 | he'd | ||
465 | had | ||
466 | since | ||
467 | childhood | ||
468 | and | ||
469 | closed | ||
470 | his | ||
471 | eyes | ||
472 | tightly | ||
473 | why | ||
474 | don't | ||
475 | you | ||
476 | have | ||
477 | anything | ||
478 | better | ||
479 | to | ||
480 | do | ||
481 | immediately | ||
482 | he | ||
483 | knew | ||
484 | it | ||
485 | was | ||
486 | the | ||
487 | wrong | ||
488 | question | ||
489 | even | ||
490 | before | ||
491 | the | ||
492 | silence | ||
493 | on | ||
494 | the | ||
495 | other | ||
496 | end | ||
497 | moved | ||
498 | past | ||
499 | impatience | ||
500 | and | ||
501 | into | ||
502 | stunned | ||
503 | larry | ||
504 | had | ||
505 | a | ||
506 | mini-drama | ||
507 | written | ||
508 | and | ||
509 | staged | ||
510 | within | ||
511 | his | ||
512 | mind | ||
513 | she | ||
514 | would | ||
515 | call | ||
516 | customer | ||
517 | service | ||
518 | and | ||
519 | complain | ||
520 | loudly | ||
521 | into | ||
522 | the | ||
523 | representative's | ||
524 | ear | ||
525 | the | ||
526 | rep | ||
527 | would | ||
528 | send | ||
529 | a | ||
530 | memo | ||
531 | to | ||
532 | the | ||
533 | head | ||
534 | of | ||
535 | telemarketing | ||
536 | requesting | ||
537 | disciplinary | ||
538 | action | ||
539 | and | ||
540 | the | ||
541 | head | ||
542 | would | ||
543 | delegate | ||
544 | the | ||
545 | action | ||
546 | to | ||
547 | larry's | ||
548 | immediate | ||
549 | supervisor | ||
550 | david | ||
551 | david | ||
552 | would | ||
553 | saunter | ||
554 | over | ||
555 | to | ||
556 | larry's | ||
557 | cubicle | ||
558 | sometime | ||
559 | within | ||
560 | the | ||
561 | next | ||
562 | week | ||
563 | depending | ||
564 | on | ||
565 | when | ||
566 | he | ||
567 | got | ||
568 | the | ||
569 | memo | ||
570 | and | ||
571 | when | ||
572 | he | ||
573 | felt | ||
574 | like | ||
575 | crossing | ||
576 | fifty | ||
577 | feet | ||
578 | of | ||
579 | office | ||
580 | space | ||
581 | and | ||
582 | have | ||
583 | one | ||
584 | of | ||
585 | what | ||
586 | david | ||
587 | liked | ||
588 | to | ||
589 | call | ||
590 | chats | ||
591 | but | ||
592 | what | ||
593 | larry | ||
594 | knew | ||
595 | were | ||
596 | lectures | ||
597 | after | ||
598 | about | ||
599 | half | ||
600 | an | ||
601 | hour | ||
602 | of | ||
603 | chatting | ||
604 | david | ||
605 | would | ||
606 | give | ||
607 | larry | ||
608 | a | ||
609 | warning | ||
610 | and | ||
611 | ask | ||
612 | him | ||
613 | to | ||
614 | come | ||
615 | in | ||
616 | for | ||
617 | overtime | ||
618 | to | ||
619 | make | ||
620 | up | ||
621 | for | ||
622 | the | ||
623 | discretion | ||
624 | and | ||
625 | walk | ||
626 | back | ||
627 | slowly | ||
628 | to | ||
629 | his | ||
630 | office | ||
631 | making | ||
632 | small | ||
633 | talk | ||
634 | with | ||
635 | the | ||
636 | cubicled | ||
637 | workers | ||
638 | on | ||
639 | the | ||
640 | way | ||
641 | the | ||
642 | world | ||
643 | suddenly | ||
644 | felt | ||
645 | too | ||
646 | small | ||
647 | for | ||
648 | larry | ||
649 | or | ||
650 | he | ||
651 | too | ||
652 | big | ||
653 | for | ||
654 | it | ||
655 | quietly | ||
656 | with | ||
657 | the | ||
658 | same | ||
659 | patience | ||
660 | but | ||
661 | with | ||
662 | a | ||
663 | bigger | ||
664 | pain | ||
665 | jane | ||
666 | said | ||
667 | my | ||
668 | husband | ||
669 | just | ||
670 | left | ||
671 | me | ||
672 | and | ||
673 | i | ||
674 | thought | ||
675 | you | ||
676 | could | ||
677 | take | ||
678 | my | ||
679 | mind | ||
680 | off | ||
681 | of | ||
682 | him | ||
683 | for | ||
684 | just | ||
685 | a | ||
686 | minute | ||
687 | and | ||
688 | hung | ||
689 | up | ||