I think your brain is broken...

[MoonCat]

I would love to know her answer to, "How would you get the call if you don't have a phone?"

I'm picturing this woman standing over the sink with an ear to the faucet, or something...

[Seshat]

Maybe the gate should call her refrigerator.

Then it can write down the message and stick it to itself with a fridge magnet.

Like the next iteration of this fridge?

[Raveni]

Sooooo, how can this person not understand the concept of the telephone?

How does this person not have a phone?

I sometimes get people who tell me that they don't have email or they don't have a phone number. They think that I'm going to do something evil with it. Honestly, all of the evil stuff goes by mail...

Most suddenly remember that they really do have email or a working phone once I tell them that I can't accomplish their request without it.

Today, he called (on what?) my office to complain that we should install an intercom inside his condo so his guests could reach him. Never mind that this would cost WAY more than a landline to buy or maintain. I entered in the phone number from the caller ID to the gate system, so we will see if the gate suddenly starts working.

[Argus]

They make a T-shirt for situations like this.

[Bandit]

I am SO getting one of those.

Especially if I have to go back to working for Wally.

The blue vest should hide the logo perfectly.

B

[EricKei]

Argus - Someone here has, or at least had, that as their avatar at some point. ^_^

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Call you at the phone number you don't have? Sure.

[sms001]

Raveni, I'm a little worried.

Most of us here have learned that attempting to parse "Customer Logic" is like teaching a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys your brain.

But here:

Me - Do other people call you on the phone that you don't have?
SC - Of course not! That's silly!

you step a little too comfortably and quickly into Bizarro World and actually communicate effectively with one of Them.

I suggest a CAT scan and maybe some therapy.

[Argabarga]

SC "logic" like this can best be summed up as:

It's the 21st Century! Do what I want.... because... TECHNOLOGY!!!!

[vikingchyk]

Maybe the gate should call her refrigerator.

Then it can write down the message and stick it to itself with a fridge magnet.

True story the first : one of my friends emailed out a list of funny answering machine messages, including that one (wording was slightly different.) It tickled me so much, I changed my outgoing message. Later that day, I called up my boyfriend. He had changed to the same message, not knowing I had changed mine! Yeah, we're married now 15 years, this month <3


True story the second : One day not too long afterwards, I got a call from my mom. "Honey, what's wrong with your answering machine?"
"Huh?"
"When I called earlier, the refrigerator said it was broken!"
"MOM!"
"What?"
"..."
"... Oh...."
Yeah, she's still my mom

[Raveni]

Raveni, I'm a little worried.

you step a little too comfortably and quickly into Bizarro World and actually communicate effectively with one of Them.

Ah, that would be my many years of Child Psychology. It taught a lot of ways to approach things with people who aren't quite aligned with reality.

[wildman]

I've gotta get that shirt! LOL!

They make a T-shirt for situations like this.

[Mytical]

I know that SC's and logic are as foreign to each other as fish are to the sand in a desert..but this goes beyond a logic problem. I .. have no terms for what the problem is, I think I would have to learn Galactic Common to even come close..but it is not just a simple logic issue....

[42_42_42]

Elderly person with dementia?