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   Notes on a second overheard phone conversation shortly after a previous
   overheard phone conversation with an unexpected observation about a name

Ring.

Ring.

“Hello?”

“Hi. I'm calling on behalf of a national marketing firm to see if you quality
for a study group that will pay you $500 for your opinions. What is your
name?”

“Um … I'm afraid you, that's you in the company sense, not you in the
personal sense, but well … it is you in the personal sense, because just
called me [1].”

“I did? Oh! I did! I'm sorry, I forgot to mark your number as being called!”

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2018/01/03.1

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