scene: the place of my work
characters:
me
esthetician E
client C
caller
receptionist
action: me sitting at the desk talking to client C pleasantly about all the things that have happened since we saw each other last.
phone rings. esthetician E answers as she is to the side of the desk.
esthetician E: "O____ S____ C_____ , how can I help you?"
caller: "I'm locked in the basement. I'm locked in the basement near the window."
esthetician E: "You're locked in the basement?!"
caller: dialtone....caller has hung up.
esthetician E: "An old man just said he was locked in the basement then he hung up."
me & client C: "What????"
esthetician E: "It sounded like an old man, he just said he was locked in the basement and then when i repeated he hung up."
we all looked curiously at each other. i reached for the phone and pressed the call id button. a local number was at the top of the list. i called it.
me: "I feel like i'm in a horror film. what if i'm calling his murderer and telling them where he is."
receptionist: "F____ Chiropractic how can I help you?"
me: "hi, there is an older man locked in your basement."
receptionist: "what??"
me: " this is O____S____C_____, we just received a call from this number from what sounded like and older man saying he was locked in the basement near a window."
receptionist: "an older man?! oh my goodness, that's dr. F___!"
THE END
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