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[[Megan]] gave her number to [[Cueball]] at a party, but now doesn't want to talk to him. Because Megan works with recording voice messages at {{w|Verizon}}, she can with no effort put on the characteristical semi-lifeless tone of professional automated answers, and answer the phone with the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkF1wbBlSz0 "call cannot be completed"-message]. Perhaps it was even she who recorded it in the first place.
 
[[Megan]] gave her number to [[Cueball]] at a party, but now doesn't want to talk to him. Because Megan works with recording voice messages at {{w|Verizon}}, she can with no effort put on the characteristical semi-lifeless tone of professional automated answers, and answer the phone with the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkF1wbBlSz0 "call cannot be completed"-message]. Perhaps it was even she who recorded it in the first place.
  
The title text is a reference to Randall's [[My Hobby|Hobby series]].
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The title text is a reference to Randall's [[My Hobby|Hobby series]] and can be interpreted as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_Turing_test Reverse Turing test] with [[Cueball]] imitating an [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interactive_voice_response Interactive voice response (IVR)] system.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==

Revision as of 15:29, 30 January 2015

Avoidance
Hobby: seeing how many menu selections you can get someone to go through before they realize you're not an automated system and/or hang up.
Title text: Hobby: seeing how many menu selections you can get someone to go through before they realize you're not an automated system and/or hang up.

Explanation

Megan gave her number to Cueball at a party, but now doesn't want to talk to him. Because Megan works with recording voice messages at Verizon, she can with no effort put on the characteristical semi-lifeless tone of professional automated answers, and answer the phone with the "call cannot be completed"-message. Perhaps it was even she who recorded it in the first place.

The title text is a reference to Randall's Hobby series and can be interpreted as Reverse Turing test with Cueball imitating an Interactive voice response (IVR) system.

Transcript

[Cueball is standing talking to friend in a chair, who is holding a phone.]
Cueball: Did you call that hot girl from the party yet?
Friend: I've been trying.
Friend: It's weird. I swear I got her the first time. But now it says the number's wrong.
Cueball: What did you say she did, again?
Friend: Voice work. At Verizon, I think.
Friend: Why?
Cueball: No reason.
[Megan is talking into a phone, in an italic voice.]
Megan: We're sorry, your call could not be completed as dialed.
Friend: Damn.
Click
Megan: Please check the number and try again.


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Discussion

Randall, being male, obviously doesn't know that if the woman isn't interested in the guy asking for her number she will just give a made-up number! -- The Cat Lady (talk) 16:04, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

"I swear I got her the first time." Perhaps she was interested at first, but lost interest and is doing this in hopes he'll stop contacting? Tsumikiminiwa (talk) 23:40, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Mmmmm, sweet sweet stereotyping. 172.70.85.221 14:11, 19 August 2022 (UTC)