Well, believe it or not, but we finally got our new phone line on Monday. I will have to admit, this was probably the first time I have ever been nearly brought to tears by getting a phone line. Unfortunately, that is not where this saga ends.
I called home yesterday to talk to Ginger and as we were talking, we heard the old rotary dial tones coming through on the line. Hmmm… That was a bit strange, so I told Ginger I would hang up and call her back. When I called her back, the line was busy. I tried a couple of more times and got the same thing. So I called her back on her cell phone and had her try to call me. Surprise, when she picked up the home phone, she heard somebody talking on it!
So as I was sitting at home last night (with Ginger having driven in to base to use the Internet), the phone rang once and then quit. Thinking that was odd, I went over and picked it up and surprise – a couple of people were speaking in Greek on our telephone line. They hung up while I was on the line, so I decided to try calling my number from my cell phone to see what happened. It rang once, twice, and on the third ring, a Greek lady answered my phone!
This morning I talked to Christina in our phone office, who has been helping me get this all sorted out this past week (definitely one of the benefits of working where I do). I explained to her the latest situation. So, she waited a little while (8 is a little early in the morning to call somebody) and then called my number and of course, the Greek lady answered. It turns out that the lady that is answering our phone is the same lady whose phone number we were given originally! Imagine that!
So, the phone company has been notified and we will see where it goes from here. I am just hoping that this doesn’t interfere with the order I placed yesterday for Internet access.