Didj'ever?

[Paul McCloud]

A few weeks ago, I had an appointment with the name Bailey.  I do evening
appointments after my day of salaried work at a store, so it was dark, and
my old Palm Pilot is a little hard to see.  Sometimes, while entering
information using the "Graffiti" method (handwritiing recognition) there
are mistakes. Since I already know which part of town I'm going to (this is
entered in the Calendar screen, along with the name, phone and service
description), when I searched the name Bailey, I was sure I had the right
place, even though the name Bailes appeared.  I had already been to that
house, some years earlier, so when I arrived I recognized the place.  I
rang the bell, and when the lady came to the door, I could see the piano in
the same place I had remembered.  I said, "Am I in the right place to tune
a piano?"  I always say this, and fully expected to be greeted with, "Oh,
yes!  Come on in."  The surprised look on her face made me a little uneasy,
and as she told me we didn't have an appointment, I stammered that "Oh, I
must have made the mistake!"  I apologized as I looked at my Palm and
realized that I'd gotten the name mixed up.  Anyway, her husband appeared
and they admitted that they indeed needed to have the piano tuned, so I
made an appointment on the spot.  As I was leaving, I again looked up the
name Bailey in Contacts.  It seems that they both lived in Scripps Ranch
area, so I retraced my steps back to the main road.  Before I could get 2
blocks, I recognized the street I was looking for.  The Baileys lived only
2 blocks away!  
Kinda weird.  

Paul McCloud
InSane Diego


> [Original Message]
> From: Kenneth Jankura <kenrpt at earthlink.net>
> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 02/10/2007 6:53:58 AM
> Subject: Re: Didj'ever?
>
> I tuned the pianos for two different Teresa Millers on the same day.  
> I think I screwed the times up, though.
> And then, just for fun, I pre-scheduled them for the same day next time.
>
>
> Ken Jankura RPT
> Newville, PA
>
>
>
> On Feb 10, 2007, at 12:30 AM, William R. Monroe wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Alan writes:
> >
> >>> Didj'ever ... have two people to call (in this case two new or  
> >>> potential  >> customers) and you dial one number while having, in  
> >>> your head, all >> the information about the other, then having a  
> >>> bizarre conversation that  >> confuses the heck out of them and you?
> >
> >> Yup, and I have three customers, each of whom have names similar  
> >> enough to three other customers to put me into yet another level  
> >> of alternate universe when they call. Let's see, are you the Fong  
> >> Lee with the otherwise decent Kawai needing regulation, or the Lei  
> >> Dung with the Wretched Wurlitzer? Or maybe the Dan Long with the  
> >> Baldwin with concrete hammers, the Lanny DeLong with the  
> >> harpsichord, or...  ? Maybe if you could hum it.......
> > Ron N.
> >
> > How about showing up for a tuning where the slightly bemused wife  
> > says, "I guess my husband forgot to tell me he was having the piano  
> > tuned."  Tune piano, continue on the day.
> >
> > Return home to find a message from the client you (thought) you  
> > tuned for that morning wondering where you were?  And, oh, by the  
> > way, did we give you our new address?  Kept both clients, BTW.
> >
> > Interesting job,
> > William R. Monroe
> >
> >
> >