Everyone in the US is expected to have a phone. If you sign up for a newsletter, they will ask you to give them a phone-number. When you tell them you don’t have one, they will be stunned, shocked and upset. They will look at you in utter disbe­lief, and wring their hands in despair, faced with the terrible act of leaving that field blank.

You feel guilty that you have been the cause of this awful situa­tion. You try to calm them down. You stammer an excuse. You will be getting a phone in a day or so.

They heave a sigh of relief. Gradu­ally, every­thing returns to normal; they ask you to update them with this infor­ma­tion as soon as possible.

You are normal after all.

Tags: Phone, USA

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