Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 27, 2013
October 26, 2013
October 28, 2013
Transcript:
Pig: So then I- Darn. Call got dropped. I better... Goat: ...Call Pig back. But what if... Pig: ...He tries to call me? Then he'll just go... Goat: ...To voicemail. I'll wait for him to... Pig: ...Call me. But what if he's waiting also? Then I'll... Goat: ...Look rude. I better... Pig: Call him. Goat: Call him. Pig: Hi. I'm not available right now. So please- Goat: Hi. I'm not available right now. So please- Pig: AUGGGGHHH. Goat: AUGGGGHHH. Pig: There should be a name for that phenomenon.
Ron Schnell came up with the following protocol to follow concerning dropped phone calls:
“Whenever a call is inadvertently dropped, the party who initiated the original call shall initiate the new call.”
This works well because:
The person being called doesn’t necessarily have the phone number of the person who called (or doesn’t have easy access to it).It’s easy to redial.I tell my friends to use this protocol and it has saved us a lot of time and frustration. I recommend that everyone use it!