Shea, Pace and I
went for a bite to eat before a doctor's appointment late this
afternoon to check on the status of my leg (I'd gone to a clinic to get
it looked at originally so my family doctor hadn't seen it yet.)
Pace, not having
had a nap today, was a bit restless so we gave him my iPhone to keep
him occupied. (He sorta knows how to use it – he can swipe to get to
different pages, click to open programs and knows which icons represent
his favourites – a drawing program, a car racing game and a golf game –
mainly for the animated sequence at the start of it.)
A few minutes later, Shea looks over and goes “Why does this say 'Click here to return to call'?”
Turns out Pace
had somehow managed to click on the phone icon and dial one of the
numbers in my Contact List – namely the switchboard at Regina Public
Library! So for two or three minutes, a co-worker got to hear our
pre-dinner conversation as we encouraged Pace in his car playing game,
talked about my upcoming doctor's appointment and who knows what else!
I called back as
soon as I realised what had happened and had a good laugh with the
co-worker. She said she heard us clear as day and would occasionally
yell “Hang up, Jason” but of course I didn't hear her, not having the
phone up to my ear.
The funniest
part of the whole story was the message the co-worker left on my
answering machine at my home number (she didn't realise we were in a restaurant) saying she could hear me playing cars with my
son and suggesting that I turn off my phone! 😊
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Awesome! That is hilarious.
I was helping a friend get her twins bathed and ready for bed when her husband was away, and the fussier one could only be calmed down by playing with the cell phone. And darn it if she didn't manage to dial out every single time. I was on phone duty, to hit the off button before she could hit send. Sounds like you need a similar person for Pace!
Kids are too darn smart for their parents' good.
But that story could have been so much worse. You could write a lot of good sketch comedy by changing up what your co-worker heard!
Hope the news on your leg is positive.
HANG UP JASON!
Well, immediately after I realised what happened, my first thought was “Oh crap, I really hope I wasn't bitching too bad about my day at work!”
Yep, kids are too smart these days…