Wrong Number
ONE NIGHT ON A TROUBLE
CALL OF A TRANSFORMER MAKING NOISE, I PULLED UP TO THE ADDRESS . GOT OUT OF THE
TRUCK AND WALKED UP TO THE HOUSE AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. THE CUSTOMER STATED
THAT THEY KEEP HEARING THIS LOUD BUZZING NOISE AND THAT IT HAS TO BE THE
TRANSFORMER. OK, SO I GO BACK OUTSIDE AND WALK ONE SECTION AWAY TO WHERE THE POT
IS. NO NOISE, EVERYTHING LOOKS NORMAL. BACK TO THE HOUSE, TELL THE CUSTOMER THAT
EVERYTHING IS NORMAL AT THE POLE. THEY ASK ME INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND TELL ME
THEY JUST HERD IT AGAIN AS I WAS OUTSIDE LOOKING AT THE POT. SO AS WE ARE
TALKING WE ALL HERE A LOUD BZZZZZT SOUND FROM THE CORNER OF THE ROOM WE ARE
STANDING IN. THE METER IS LOCATED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WALL WE HERD THE NOISE
COME FROM. SO I GO BACK OUTSIDE, OPEN THE METER PAN AND CHECK EVERY THING
INSIDE, ALL OK. THEN I GO INSIDE AND WE HEAR IT AGAIN, THIS TIME IT SOUNDS LIKE
ITS COMING FROM THE BASEMENT, SO WE ALL GO DOWN STAIRS AND WE HEAR IT AGAIN. NOW
IT SOUNDS LIKE ITS UPSTAIRS. BY NOW I'M SCRATCHING MY HEAD, THE CUSTOMERS ARE
LOOKING TO ME FOR AN ANSWER, AND I HAVEN'T GOT ONE. WE GO BACK UPSTAIRS AND I
ASK EVERYONE TO BE QUIET. BZZZT, AGAIN!!!! NOW I WALK OVER TO THE CORNER OF THE
ROOM WERE I HEARD THE NOISE AND DOES IT AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME I FEEL THE
VIBRATION THROUGH MY FOOT. IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM SAT A SMALL WOODEN TABLE
WITH VARIOUS NICK KNACKS AND A SMALL VASE, NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. I LOOKED
AT MY WATCH AND BZZZZZT, IT HAPPENS AGAIN!! I STARTED TO TIME THE NOISE. EXACTLY
EVERY 2 MINUTES THE NOISE WOULD GO OFF. I ASKED IF IT WAS OK FOR ME TO LOOK
THROUGH THE TABLE FOR THE SOURCE AND THEY SAID OK. AT FIRST I DIDN'T SEE
ANYTHING, THEN I LOOKED INSIDE THE VASE AND FOUND A PAGER! I ASKED WHO IT
BELONGED TO AND IF IT WAS ON! THE WIFE SAID THAT IT WAS HERS, AND THAT SHE HAD
BEEN LOOKING FOR IT FOR ABOUT TWO DAYS, THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME THEY HAD BEEN
HEARING THE NOISE! SHE ALSO STATED THAT HER AND HER HUSBAND WERE THE ONLY ONES
THAT HAD THE NUMBER FOR THAT PAGER. I PICKED IT UP AND ASKED HER TO HOLD IT.
SHORE AS CAN BE TWO MINUTES GOES BY AND THE DARN THING VIBRATES IN HER HAND, BUT
NO MORE NOISE!! THE ROOM HAD HARDWOOD FLOORS , AND THE WOOD TABLE SITTING ON IT,
WITH A CERAMIC VASE MADE A PERFECT SOUNDING BOARD, EVERY TIME THE PAGER WENT OFF
THE VIBRATION WENT THROUGH THE VASE TO THE TABLE LEG. IT DROVE ME NUTS TRYING TO
FIND IT BUT I WASN'T LEAVING TILL I FOUND WHAT THE TROUBLE WAS! WHEN THE WOMEN
CHECKED THE NUMBER ON THE PAGER SHE CALLED IT AND SPOKE TO THE PERSON ON THE
OTHER END AND FOUND OUT THAT THE PERSON CALLED THE WRONG NUMBER!!! I WONT FORGET
THAT CALL, THE DISPATCHERS AND I HAD A GOOD LAUGH WHEN I CALLED THIS ONE IN!!
DOUG MERRILL P.S.E.G.