Track 14: Vacation Mail

• SPEAKER_04: Hello?
  
• SPEAKER_04: Hi, may I speak to Jenny, please?
  
• SPEAKER_04: This is Jenny.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Oh, hi.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Yeah, my name's Samuel.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Yeah, I just moved in next door.
  
• SPEAKER_04: I'm new.
  
• SPEAKER_04: I moved here.
  
• SPEAKER_04: And I have to go back out of town this weekend.
  
• SPEAKER_04: So I just had my mail vacation hold just sent to your address until I get back.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Oh, you have the wrong number.
  
• SPEAKER_01: You have the wrong number.
  
• SPEAKER_04: I got your number from the Postmaster.
  
• SPEAKER_04: It's just for two and a half.
  
• SPEAKER_04: weeks.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Okay.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Yeah, but I live in Ohio.
  
• SPEAKER_01: I live in Ohio.
  
• SPEAKER_04: So do I.
  
• SPEAKER_04: I'm new to the area here, and I didn't know who else to call.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Oh, okay.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Oh, okay.
  
• SPEAKER_01: I'm sorry.
  
• SPEAKER_04: I tried to call you before, but no one asked her, gin, gin, gin, gin, gin, gin, gin, so I couldn't get through until now.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Oh, what is your name?
  
• SPEAKER_04: I'm Samuel.
  
• SPEAKER_04: I got a leak in my roof.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Uh-huh.
  
• SPEAKER_04: So I'll be back.
  
• SPEAKER_04: late August.
  
• SPEAKER_04: And if you could just have my mail ready for me when I get back, that would be super, okay?
  
• SPEAKER_01: Oh, I sure.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Where do you live?
  
• SPEAKER_01: In Ohio.
  
• SPEAKER_04: I got a leak on my roof here.
  
• SPEAKER_04: I can give you $5, six dollars, you know, a week.
  
• SPEAKER_01: No, no, I don't need any money.
  
• SPEAKER_01: I'm just saying, what's your address in Ohio?
  
• SPEAKER_04: Oh, okay, okay, okay.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Well, like I said, you didn't pick up your phone the other times I called.
  
• SPEAKER_04: I couldn't ask you in advance.
  
• SPEAKER_04: But the postmaster's a friend of mine.
  
• SPEAKER_04: going to stop by every day, each and every day, bring you my mail as well as your own.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Okay, okay, okay, and we'll just work it out when I get back.
  
• SPEAKER_01: All righty, sure. Okay.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Okay, and if you could just make sure it's sorted alphabetically, that would be preferable to me.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Okay, okay. Would that be all right?
  
• SPEAKER_04: Okay, all righty. Sure, sure. Okay. Okay, and if you just keep it all good, and if there's
  
• SPEAKER_04: anything real urgent, just go ahead and, you know, respond to it or pay it, and I'll, of course,
  
• SPEAKER_04: births you when they get back. Would that be all right to do something like that?
  
• SPEAKER_01: No, not really. Oh, no?
  
• SPEAKER_04: I, um, no. Well, I don't see why not. I'm a neighbor here, so. You know, if the water bill comes in,
  
• SPEAKER_04: I've got a leak, like I say, but if the water bill comes in, just pay it, and I'll, I'll pay it back, okay?
  
• SPEAKER_01: Um, no, not really. Um, I really don't know. I don't know who you want.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Um, you said you're a neighbor here?
  
• SPEAKER_04: I'm Samuel.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Oh, what's your last name?
  
• SPEAKER_04: Uh, Riddle. That's two D's.
  
• SPEAKER_01: All right.
  
• SPEAKER_04: And, uh, three else.
  
• SPEAKER_04: So, all right, I'll come over in about two hours. I'll just go over everything with you, how I'd like to have everything sorted.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I'm just saying, what street do you live on in Ohio?
  
• SPEAKER_04: Well, no, I'm going out of town.
  
• SPEAKER_01: I think you might have, yeah, I know, but I think you might have the wrong number.
  
• SPEAKER_01: I'm just saying that where is your permanent address?
  
• SPEAKER_01: Because I don't think I have any neighbor's name, person named Samuel.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Well, I'm a new neighbor.
  
• SPEAKER_04: I'm just over at a 45-degree angle from you.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Yeah, on what street?
  
• SPEAKER_04: Well, the same street as you.
  
• SPEAKER_04: But what's the name of the street?
  
• SPEAKER_04: Well, I'm new. I can't really pronounce it.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Okay.
  
• SPEAKER_04: Okay, then.
  
• SPEAKER_04: I appreciate it.
  
• SPEAKER_04: And if you have time to feed my fish,
  
• SPEAKER_04: or anything and I'll drop off a key as well tonight when I when I stop by.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Hello?
  
• SPEAKER_02: Hello.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Hello.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Jenny, hello, Jenny. Hello?
  
• SPEAKER_01: Hello?
  
• SPEAKER_02: Yes, request your hold order online at uspsps.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Or by calling the 800 number, one 800. Do you have a pen?
  
• SPEAKER_01: Um, what is this about?
  
• SPEAKER_02: Are you going on vacation?
  
• SPEAKER_02: Did you want to hold your mail?
  
• SPEAKER_01: Oh, um, I don't need you to do anything.
  
• SPEAKER_02: I can't do anything for you except tell you how to do what you want to do.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Okay.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Who's calling?
  
• SPEAKER_02: This is the U.S. Postal Service, Westminster College.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Colorado. Okay. I'm told that you would like to hold your mail.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think you might have the wrong number.
  
• SPEAKER_02: I don't think so. A man just caught. Isn't there a man next to you?
  
• SPEAKER_02: No. No. No. I think someone's trying to commit fraud. And there's a new a ploy.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Somebody called the other.
  
• SPEAKER_01: day saying he wanted me to hold his mail for him. He said he was going to California,
  
• SPEAKER_01: and I don't know who it was.
  
• SPEAKER_01: That's strange because he claimed to be a neighbor or something and, you know, moved in the neighborhood,
  
• SPEAKER_01: and I know my neighbors and nobody moved in, you know.
  
• SPEAKER_02: That's the same call that I just got that connected me to you.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Did he say he's going to be in California for a while?
  
• SPEAKER_02: No, he said you were going to California for a while. No, he said you were going to California for a while.
  
• SPEAKER_02: else.
  
• SPEAKER_01: No, no.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Uh-uh.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Hello.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Something strange is going on.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Hello?
  
• SPEAKER_01: Yes.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Hello.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Hello.
  
• SPEAKER_02: There he is. Speak of the devil.
  
• SPEAKER_03: Who is the devil?
  
• SPEAKER_03: You.
  
• SPEAKER_03: How do I become the devil?
  
• SPEAKER_02: Jenny, can you hear him?
  
• SPEAKER_02: Yes, I can.
  
• SPEAKER_03: My phone just rang.
  
• SPEAKER_03: I suppose you two ladies are
  
• SPEAKER_03: are in different parts of the country. Is that fair? Is that right? Hello?
  
• SPEAKER_02: Something strange is going on, definitely.
  
• SPEAKER_03: There is somebody, yes, something strange is going on.
  
• SPEAKER_03: There is somebody who has managed to develop a system of interfering with the phone service
  
• SPEAKER_03: and getting three people's phones ringing pretty much at the same time.
  
• SPEAKER_03: My phone just rang, and I picked up.
  
• SPEAKER_03: Are you guys in different parts of the country?
  
• SPEAKER_03: I'm in Southern California.
  
• SPEAKER_03: Yes.
  
• SPEAKER_02: We're in Colorado.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Is that true for you, Jenny?
  
• SPEAKER_02: I don't know.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Okay, so...
  
• SPEAKER_03: Did your phones ring just now?
  
• SPEAKER_03: Or have you been on the line for a bit?
  
• SPEAKER_01: We were on the line for a bit.
  
• SPEAKER_03: Oh.
  
• SPEAKER_03: Hello?
  
• SPEAKER_03: That's unusual because...
  
• SPEAKER_02: And a fellow who's voice sounded a lot like yours called me
  
• SPEAKER_02: and said, just a little.
  
• SPEAKER_02: minute, I'm going to put Jenny on the line, and then Jenny joined in.
  
• SPEAKER_02: And you weren't the person that created that conference call?
  
• SPEAKER_03: No, ma'am. I'm not.
  
• SPEAKER_03: As I said, I've had this happen to me many times before, but usually what happens is that two or three
  
• SPEAKER_03: phones all ring at the same time.
  
• SPEAKER_03: And when we all pick up, somebody says, yes, and they say, you know, what's your order?
  
• SPEAKER_03: Like it'll be a restaurant or a market or something like that, or somebody else.
  
• SPEAKER_03: and we're all very surprised, but I'm no longer surprised because it's happened so many times.
  
• SPEAKER_03: Somebody is jerking the phone system around, and I guess they're getting a big thrill out of doing it.
  
• SPEAKER_03: So don't all hang out now and let you, ladies.
  
• SPEAKER_03: Go ahead.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Yes.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Hello?
  
• SPEAKER_02: I think there's study, thank you.
  
• SPEAKER_03: Hello?
  
• SPEAKER_03: Hello?
  
• SPEAKER_03: Hello?
  
• SPEAKER_03: Hello?
  
• SPEAKER_03: Hi.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Okay, I can hear you.
  
• SPEAKER_03: Who's this?
  
• SPEAKER_01: I don't know who you are.
  
• SPEAKER_01: I just got a call from the post office, the lady from the Postal Service, from Colorado.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Oh, my phone just rang.
  
• SPEAKER_00: I'm in Canada.
  
• SPEAKER_03: Oh, ho.
  
• SPEAKER_03: You see, is it Jenny?
  
• SPEAKER_03: Are you still on the line?
  
• SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
  
• SPEAKER_03: Well, you see what I was just saying?
  
• SPEAKER_03: This gentleman's phone just rang.
  
• SPEAKER_03: So somebody is jerking the system around, so I'm going to hang up, and you guys should hang up, too, and hopefully the Looney Tunes is responsible for this.
  
• SPEAKER_00: All right, okay.
  
• SPEAKER_03: Oh, are you in Canada, too?
  
• SPEAKER_00: Nope.