Thank you for your patience, your call will be answered as soon as possible.
lucky I'm here at all. I just spoke to Susan, a lady with an Edinburgh accent who also sounded like she was halfway up a mountain. The line crackled and swooshed and I could barely here her above the...
All of our advisors are busy at the moment. Please hold.
...wind whistling down the slopes of the cairngorms.
Here's the thing. I've got two electricity meters and no-one can figure out why. One looks like it crash-landed out of the 1960s, the other is all spinning dials and numbers.
Thank you for your patience, your call will be answered as soon as possible.
I've been on hold a lot. Even the tinny jazz music's starting to get on my nerves.
Just remember what your old pal said, yeah, you've got a friend in me.
A lot.
It's like having a conversation with someone who occasionally goes out of the room, talks about you with the door closed and then sends the other person in. Only the little whispered conversation in the corridor wasn't quite detailed enough so you have to go over it all again.
Ye, oh yes, hello!.
Two meters.
Yes.
No.
Three three one eight zero two...
Oh.
OK. Well what does it look like?
Really? Little numbers? Why is this so confusing?
OK. Day and night.
Yes.
Yes, but, oh wait a sec...
Unforgettable... that's what you are.
Funny stuff, Nat King Cole, funny stuff.
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