When you listen in on someone else's phonecall

I was chatting with my neighbour, soon to be 100, when her phone rang. Being hard of hearing she sets her phone to speakerphone so I heard both sides of the conversation.

The caller was ringing on behalf of ‘Gym and Tonic’ – Would she be interested in a membership at the newly opened gym?

H replied that as she was nearly 100 she was not interested in joining the gym.

The caller expressed amazement and said she sounded no more than 50. (How do you tell that from someone’s phone voice?).

The caller then asked would anyone else in the family be interested in a gym membership. H politely told them that no-one else in her family would be interested in a gym membership and ended the call.

We laughed at the picture conjured up by H working out in the gym.

I think it’s tough to make a living by telesales.