Getting Off The Phone

Have you ever been on the phone with someone and told them you have to get off because the water is boiling and you have to put the pasta in? They keep talking. Have you ever told them, when they called, that you have just sat down to dinner so you'll have to call them back? They keep talking. Have you ever answered the phone and told them that you were just walking out the door to go to an appointment so they can call you back later? They keep talking. Why is it that some people don't listen or, worse, think that what they have to say is more important than what you are doing? Have never figured it out. It is frustrating - right?

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