“A BUSY MAN” — by Steve Nadis
The interview last week for my Science Magazine article was going badly. My wife’s aunt was calling constantly and our second phone was ringing in the background. I tried to turn off the ringer but couldn’t find the switch. (It was concealed by a plastic piece attached to the phone for some odd reason.) “I assume you’re a busy man,” the guy said. (I was thinking of saying, “Not really,” but did not as I was sure that would provoke him.) “Well I’m a busy man too. I can’t work under these circumstances.” The conversation could have ended right there but instead I apologized and took the other phone off the hook. We talked for awhile more but, as B.B. King says, “the thrill was gone.”
Posted by in 18:01:54
Sounds like you have the blues. Unfortunate that the “gentle”man was so impatient. You deserve better.
Don’t really have the blues, GM, much as I like the song. I also like most of the people I interview, but sometimes it just doesn’t work out… –S