[ravenne]

I´m trying to speak to someone of the German telekom (common communication carrier). And, of course, a nice female voice of a machine was answering my phone call. It goes like "Are you a business client? Please answer yes or no". Problem is: I can´t. Well, I try to, but apparently my voice sounds that strange today (it´s still the flu), that this woman (the machine, of course) won´t understand me, not even a simple one-word-answer. She makes me repeat it over and over again ("I´m sorry, I didn´t understand you. Are you a..."). After about 10 times this stupid switch-bitch-machine tells me I should try again later and kicks me out!!! My colleague is lying on the floor laughing, because my voice sounds so "old", like a "grandfather after four packs of cigarettes". I had no cigarettes, I swear, and I´m neither male nor that old - and even if I had or was, would that be a reason to ignore me, you stupid machine, you, grrrr. I asked my colleague to do this phone call for me, but he refused, because it´s so much fun (!!!) to listen to me. Pardon me??!! Men and machines - I hate you both today