I have a phone that does a little “fake ring” every now and again. Know what I mean? It just rings once, and then stops. No one’s actually calling.
I figure it’s just stretching. It’s probably bored, considering the dearth of phone calls I receive. It’s got to check to make sure it’s still functional. Even phones have feelings. They want to fulfil their phone destinies by placing and receiving calls.
Every once in a while, however, my phone’s little idiosyncracy causes me some trouble.
One morning in college, having “worked” very late the night before, I was sleeping in and was rudely awakened by the phone. I grabbed it after one ring and lit into the person on the other end.
Twenty minutes and a number of expletives later, I had really given it to this crazy person who dared to wake me so early, and by early, I mean college early, which is like 9:30.
Then I realized there was no one there, and I had yelled at a dial tone for all that time.
Stupid fake ringing phone…