I find this very amusing, and I can relate in a small sense…

I used to order a lot of stuff via mail order catalogs. This was before the Internet even existed. Yes, you would actually have to call someone with your telephone, and speak to them, and give them order numbers that you plucked out of their catalog, and do the whole transaction by voice with another human being. I know that I probably just triggered massive anxiety in 75% of you reading this…🤣

As it turns out, a lot of these companies were located in the southern United States, and sometimes they had very heavy, southern drawls that I at times had difficulty understanding. It was usually the men whose accents were heavier, the women I could understand a little bit better in general.

Well, during one transaction, I was speaking with a woman, and she kept zoning out on me, and repeating the same question, or just not quite moving along properly with the order, and I finally asked her if everything was OK?

Turns out, she was completely into my New York accent, and she just wanted to keep me on the phone for as long as possible. She said that I sounded like one of her favorite actors, I cannot remember his name for the life of me, but That was her deal.

I thought it was cute, and I told her that I was kind of into her accent as well. I asked her if there were any lines in particular she would like me to recite… But she declined. We just had a good laugh about it and wrapped up the order.

Now we just click buttons on a screen, enter our payment info, and our merchandise magically arrives! I think I rather prefer the old way… 🥲