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After waiting as long as six hours, these concert-goers are about to receive their reward in the form
of Fleetwood Mac concert tickets. Tickets went on sale at noon Monday.
Mouth works but talks break down
By E. K. Casaccio
Summer jobs are hardly ever entertaining. Particularly
when working a Friday night shift. And they're almost
unbearable while laboring at a hotel reservation center in
Omaha.
The dutiful operator sits at the computer terminal,
earpiece jammed against the ear for almost audible
reception waiting to answer the glutted WATS lines and
type in the reservation. - -'
One such Friday night while eating my pencil and
expecting Mr. and Mrs. We-have-ten-children-and-want-to-sleep-in-the-same-room
to call from 1-80 USA, a Celebrity
called. . - .
T Celebrity? A rather nebulous term applied to anyone
from a Hinky Dinky produce manager to the twin
grinners, Farrah and Jimmy.
Space cowboy calls . i
My star was that space cowboy of airwaves, Steve
Miller, of the Steve Miller Band.
Fortunately I was spared from star-struck stuttering
into the mouthpiece, because rock 'n roll stars often have
the diction of Eliza Doolittle before Prof. Higgjns
happened. And Ma Bell's connections sometimes sound as
if the customer's tongue had turned into a wobbly mass of
gelatin.
Consequently, I didn't know it was him until the end
of the conversation.
The following is a reasonable facsimile of the most
entertaining call of the summer.
Operator fin computer voice): Anonymous Reserva
tions. E.K. speaking. May I help you please? v
Miller (in heavy English accent): That's a nice name.
E. K. where are you?
Traveling incognito
Operator: Omaha, Nebraska.
Miller: Omaha? .That's a long way from Tampa. .
Operator: Yes sir, it is. How may I help you sir? (Get
to the point).
Miller: I'm with the Steve Miller Band. We have two
limousines outside. We're traveling incognito. I'm here
looking for James Taylor.
Operator: (Incognito? With two limousines? Is he at
least wearing sunglasses?) Sir, do you need a reservation?
Miller: I'm in the Anonymous Hotel in Tampa and I
want to bill it to Concerts West. I'm not drunk.
Operator: Sir, we don't handle billing. Talk to the desk
. clerk,"
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Miller; He told me to c.ui you.
Operator: Why won't he give, you a room?
Miller: I don't know. I'm here looking for James
Taylor, He's supposed to be here.
Operator : Alright sir, we have two hotels in Tampa,
Which one are you in? -
Miller (to the desk clerk): Hey, where are we? (Pause)
He says 1793. He says you'll know what it means.
Operator: Sir, I'm sorry neither of our locations in
Tampa have that code number. Where are you?
Miller: Just a minute, (Pause) He says we're in Treasure
Island.
Operator: That's in St. Petersburg, Florida. .
Miller: That's right. I'm here looking for James Taylor,
You know who James Taylor is, don't you?
Operator: Yes, sir. Let me talk to the desk clerk.
Clerk: Hello. ,
We can handle it
Operator: Sir, is there a problem? Why won't you give
this gentleman a room?
Cleric (in an announcers voice): Well, this is Mr. Steve
Miller of the Steve Miller Band.
Operator: I know (remaining calm). So why won't
you give him a room?
Clerk: Well, it's no problem. We can handle it here.
Miller: E.K. what's your address?
Operator: I'm not going to give you my address. (Sure
Steve. Send me an album, or better yet a Cadillac.)
Clerk (Sounding more like a Union Pacific Railroad
commercial); We can handle it.
Operator: Goodbye. Thank you for calling.
Miller; Thank you. Goodbye.
Phone: Click
(Damn, I should have given him my address.)
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