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August 31, 2006
I hate phones
I am having a hell of a time with the telephone lately. A few days ago I was at Bennigan's with Christy and our friend Katy, and we were planning to see Ferris Bueller's Day Off at the park. But, being as it was raining quite heavily, we nixed that and decided to decamp to my house and watch it there. When we called Blockbuster, it turns out everyone in the city had the same idea, because all copies were rented and the clerk said everyone was asking for it.
Then we decided to buy a copy at Best Buy, but because none of us had a phone book or internet handy, we called 411 to get the number. I must have pressed the wrong button, because the voice on the other end started speaking in Spanish. I then meekly asked, "Uh. Habla ingles?" and the voice on the other end sounded annoyed, and said yes she did. She was more annoyed because I couldn't stop giggling, and when she asked me for the third time what city and state I wanted, I finally got the listing. Indeed we did watch Ferris Bueller, and it was a grand old time.
Just now, I have finally stumbled in from class. It's 9:30 at night, and I'm hungry. I want Chinese. My current favorite spot for Chinese is Chinalite, even though they are all the way in Lakeview. Their website has coupons for free delivery, so I called and started giving them my order. At the end, I told them I had a coupon for free delivery, and the voice on the other end sounded annoyed, because his place doesn't have coupons. He asked me what restaurant I thought this was, and is was definitely not Chinalite. I had somehow called Jia's, which is much closer to me. After some more confusion, I said sure, I'll try your food. Hell, I'd already ordered it.
But I really have no idea how I called the wrong restaurant, because the number of the coupon is the number I called, and it was definitely the right number. Either I am losing my mind, or somebody at Chinalite is really messing with my head. I suppose when my order arrives here shortly, I will have my answer. It had better taste good, too. Or I will be super duper PO'ed.
UPDATE: I checked. Chinalite is 244-0300, and *I* dialed 244-3300. I bet you these Jia's people knew Chinalite's number, and got the 3300 because it's close to Chinalite, and they can pinch unsuspecting customers. Hmmm!
Posted by oz115 at August 31, 2006 08:48 PM
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Ahh Chinalite.
I ordered from there once. I tried to it online like the big banner states you can. Sadly their site is not mac-friendly. Bastards. That's why I only ate there once.
Posted by: G at August 31, 2006 10:35 PM