I am continually calling Emergency-911 from my work.


It's not that there are a whole lot of emergencies - at least they are not emergencies that the people from 911 can help us with...


I do a lot of long distance calls to publishers in Eastern Canada and the US. This requires a lot of phoning in the beginning of my day in order to get in during their work hours. Those East Coasters don't know how good they have it - we may have the good marijuana but they have the Eastern Standard Time on their side.


As well, to get out of the bookstore you must first dial "9".


So you can see what's happening. I'm in a early morning fog, rushing everything in while trying to get other deadline such affairs in order while dialing and pressing the code to get to a certain rep.... blah blah blah


I press "9", then find my publisher's number by my phone, all the while pressing "1", then finding the number and dialing, "1-800-***-&#!$".


Can you see how I do it?


The lady at 911 must think I'm a tool.