"Sure not a problem Bobbi," Joe says. Joe is just about ready to thank her when his phone rings and he turns to answer it. This effectively terminates his conversation with Bobbi.
"Joe here," he automatically says.
"Ah, is this Acme?" a shy voice on the other end of the phone asks.
"Yes, it sure is the last time I checked," Joe's reply is robust.
"Ah, my name is Stephen and I got this number from our files. I was hoping I could talk to someone about our machine...."
Joe interrupts and asks, "Is it broke?"
"Uh, yes sir it is," Stephen eagerly offers. "Oh well, you'll need to call our service folks. They're the best. Got a pen Steve? Great, dial 800 AOKACME." "800 AOK -ACME?" "Yeah, just dial 1-800 A O K - A C M E. You know spell it out on your phone's number buttons. You do have a push button phone don't you, Steve?" Again Joe chuckles a bit too loud. Steve quickly thanks him and calls yet another Acme number. Joe decides to wait until after his afternoon meeting to call All Square Construction. No reason to get yelled at now.

I'll wait until I'm sure their box has been delivered.

It's only a couple more hours and hopefully they won't be as mad then. I better get going, if I'm going to grab lunch before my one o'clock meeting. Joe turns off his computer and gathers his stuff before arranging his briefcase. On the way out he looks to see if there's any coffee. Bingo, he's in luck. It looks to be a fresh pot.