Persistant
I had a day off work the other week, which meant I was in the very unusal position of being there to pick up the landline when it rang.

I answered with a "Hello" only to be met by about 10 seconds of silence. I say hello again, only this time in a more questioning manner. Another 5 seconds or so of radio silence pass, and my thumb is reaching for the off button, when a very, VERY heavily accented voice replies!

"Hello...?"

Having already said this myself twice, I'm a little unsure if saying it again is really the right thing to do here. I settle for "Yes, hi". It seems ambiguous enough at this point...

"Is that Mr Kitimariana's-Boyfriend?"

"Um... no." Clearly. I am not a fella, and my voice is sufficiently ladylike to attest to this. There's another lengthy pause.

"Is that Mrs Kitimariana's-Boyfriend?"

"Er... no." Which is technically correct. We may be living together, but we are not married. This has him baffled for at least another 10 seconds. Yes, I know I could have thrown caution to the wind and said I was, but I am now starting to become bored.

"Can I speak to him?"

"He's not in at the moment I'm afraid, can I ask who's calling?" Again, that looooong pause.

"Can I speak to Mr Kitimariana's-Boyfriend?"

"Who's calling, what's the company?" More silence.

"Can I speak to Mr Kitimariana's-Boyfriend?"

"Who the hell is this and what do you want?"

*click*

I'll chalk that up as being persistant, if nothing else. He phoned another three times before the man of the house actually answered. Turned out to be some Indian phone company asking if he wanted their service. No, thanks very much. BT may be the spawn of Satan in many ways, but I think we'll stick with them for now, rather than someone who can't actually understand what I'm saying when they phone me.
(Kitimariana, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 16:31, 3 replies)

took me a while to figure out that he wasn't actually saying the word boyfriend
a little confusing
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 16:40, closed)

Sorry...
It's late afternoon and that was the best my work-addled mind could come up with to put as my other halfs' name...
(Kitimariana, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 16:57, closed)

that's ok
it is a difficult thing to get across. I was probably being a bit dense too.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 17:03, closed)