Ugghhhh...Kent, the phones ringing...
Whaaaa..
The phones ringing...
Huh, waa..where?
By the bed, 
No, that's just the alarm...
No it's 4 in  the morning we didn't set the alarm.
Who's calling at 4 in the morning?!
I don't know, Oh no! Maybe something's happened back home! Get the phone, get the phone!!!
Where is it? There, on the floor by the bed...
I got it!
What's the number...
934 730-4000!
Who's that? I don't know, just answer it it must be important.
Hello! This is Kent, Hello?
Hi, this is Meredith, is Christian there?
Who?
Christian...
No, No Christian here...there is a Christina, but no Christian.
Oh Christina, yeah that's it Christina, is she there?
Christina, Christina...it's for you...
Who is it?
I don't know, its Meredith looking for you...we did give this number as an emergency contact for Lars...
Well give it here quick...
Here...
Hello? This is Christina...
Hi Christina!!! How are you? This is Meredith from Publishers Clearing House...
Click!

This happened four nights in a row in a cabin in Kallioranta Finland at a charge to us of $2.99 a minute. We finally had to call home and get a friend to put our cell phone on the "do not call" list.


 


Comments

Terrie Turner

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:35:27

haha! I love this. I work in direct marketing (direct mail more specifically) so I have experience with call centers (internationally) and this is priceless! Will have to share with my colleagues that work with PCH and call centers!

 



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    Kent Zimmerman, Christine Lanier Zimmerman

    Kent and Christine Zimmerman upon the graduation of their son from college, left their great jobs and headed out into the world on an extended adventure. Their travels have taken them from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Kivilahti, Finland and through four continents. Along the way they have spent time studying Spanish in the wackiest Spanish school in South America and learned that their hundred dollar pizza in Norway will pay for two weeks of surf side lodging in Ecuador.

    Kent was the CEO of the University of Colorado Alumni Association for 13 years and spent a decade as the Executive Vice President of the Boulder, Colorado Chamber of Commerce.

    Christine (pronounced Christina in German) was raised in Hamburg, Germany, and taught German, Spanish and French in a Colorado high school. She loves to try anything new and is most known for her smile and putting up with Kent.

    The two of them, along with their son Lars, now working in Boulder have always known that they were not quite normal...and this adventure just proves it.

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