Hello, Who's There?

I was sitting in my office working when the phone rang. I answered, "Hello." The voice on the other end said, "Who's that?" Here he was calling me, but he asks who I am! I felt quite startled and replied, "Well, who's that?" The caller promptly hung up! The telephone can be a very private, and some times annoying, thing. Just by dialing a number you can almost instantly be in someone's bedroom, bathroom or lounge. Some people have phones all over the place! The very sound of a phone ringing demands attention. Usually we answer it pretty quickly because we are anxious to know who is calling us. We put off eating, run from the shower all wet, do almost anything to answer this demanding, noisy, ringing sound that's designed to get our attention.

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