Send In the Clown--Don't Bother He's On Line Two
While working at the library yesterday, the phone rang. My coworker answered it.
"Williams County Public Library. May I help you?" she said.
After a pause, she said, "Sure, hold on just a moment."
Then she put the caller on hold and dialed the numbers necessary to transfer the call to the librarian downstairs in the children's department.
As she did this, she threw a quick glance at me to get my attention and see if I was listening. Her eyes were twinkling, and I knew something was up.
She now had the children's librarian on the line.
She said into the phone, "Ronald McDonald is on line two for you."
She was grinning big but managed to keep from laughing until after she hung up the phone. I joined her in the giggles.
Honestly, how often in your lifetime do you get to say a line like that and have it be true?
Yes, tomorrow, Ronald McDonald from the McDonald's restaurant is appearing at our library to meet the children at story hour.
It was amusing enough that she got to say that line into the phone, but it was even more amusing that he had represented himself as such instead of using his real name.
This is someone who takes his acting job very seriously! Talk about staying in character! He was calling to work out the final details about his visit tomorrow.
I just wish I had been the one to answer the phone. I would have asked him if he could bring along a grilled chicken salad and a diet Coke for me since he was going to be coming anyway!
"Williams County Public Library. May I help you?" she said.
After a pause, she said, "Sure, hold on just a moment."
Then she put the caller on hold and dialed the numbers necessary to transfer the call to the librarian downstairs in the children's department.
As she did this, she threw a quick glance at me to get my attention and see if I was listening. Her eyes were twinkling, and I knew something was up.
She now had the children's librarian on the line.
She said into the phone, "Ronald McDonald is on line two for you."
She was grinning big but managed to keep from laughing until after she hung up the phone. I joined her in the giggles.
Honestly, how often in your lifetime do you get to say a line like that and have it be true?
Yes, tomorrow, Ronald McDonald from the McDonald's restaurant is appearing at our library to meet the children at story hour.
It was amusing enough that she got to say that line into the phone, but it was even more amusing that he had represented himself as such instead of using his real name.
This is someone who takes his acting job very seriously! Talk about staying in character! He was calling to work out the final details about his visit tomorrow.
I just wish I had been the one to answer the phone. I would have asked him if he could bring along a grilled chicken salad and a diet Coke for me since he was going to be coming anyway!
