over to you, Jocelyn

[redbird]

I've sent in the revised prehistory chapter. Shorter sentences (which was largely a matter of taking out colons and semicolons, and making the things after them into separate chapters), more boldface, and new material on Australia and on Clovis (early North American site). I really hope they're satisfied and I can do something else now, instead of being asked for another revision based on new requirements from the eventual client.

I also had a brief, odd conversation with Rafiq this morning--the phone rang and I said hello, a voice said "Who is this?" and I said "No, who are you?" at which point Rafiq recognized my voice, and I recognized his when he said my name. He said he was updating his phone book and had called me by mistake. Yet another bit of evidence that they're not very well-organized.

Comments

[elynne.livejournal.com]

[peeve] I absolutely hate it when people call and cheerfully say "Hello! Who is this?" without identifying themselves. There are very few people who I can identify by voice that quickly, and even when I can, there are even fewer who I will accept that kind of behavior from. I consider it hideously rude. [/peeve]

Just had to share that. ;)

[hawkida.livejournal.com]

I was once babysitting and I got a call where the person on the other end's first words were "Is that you?" I floundered a bit before asking who THEY were. The response was "Who do you fucking think?" then a pause and the line went dead. I'm told that the woman I was babysitting for had frequent affairs. I assume that the caller was her husband but I never did find out for sure.