males: breaking the serve

my teammate and i were discussing talking on the phone yesterday. my view is that phones are tools to be used quickly and tersely, because anything worthy of a conversation can be handled face-to-face.

he was saying how it's difficult to keep track of all the different people in the conversation, and how one's expected to pay attention even when the call's come at a bad time.

but our previous teammate walks a different path. he avenges all the rest of us men by doing the exact same thing to his girlfriend, only he takes it to the next level. by next level, i mean he explains in detail how he struggled to find parking in the morning. he explains what was going through his mind and gives vivid descriptions of the different lots, then an account of how he parked the car.

not forgetting to mention any trouble with locking the car door.

he lists everything that was on his plate during lunch, when he took bathroom breaks, what everyone said during any arbitrary conversation... this man is our mobile warrior, guys, this is our champion.

now i think i'm going to brief him and then set my phone's call-forwarding to his number.