: Please say that again.
I’ve always had some difficulty making out what people say – especially when they talk fast or if there’s a lot of background noise going on. Some examples:
– At a loud party with a lot of people talking I find it difficult to make out conversations – I sometimes turn away my head to get my ear closer to the person I’m trying to listen to.
– Last month, I was trying to confirm a hotel reservation I had made. The hotel person confirmed my reservation, and then the conversation continued roughly like this:
Hotel person: “IseranythiesIcnhpuwi”.
Me: “I’m sorry, could you say that again please?”
Hotel person: “IseranythiesIcnhpuwi?”
Me: “I’m sorry, could you say that more slowly please?”
Hotel person: “Is there anything else I can help you with?”
Me: “Oh, no thank you”
– I’m terrible at playing the Telephone Party Game – where a phrase is whispered from person to person to see how it gets garbled. I can’t make out the whispering. In the TV detective shows – when the defendants attorney is whispering advice into the suspect’s ear about how to respond to a question? I would make a terrible suspect since I’d have no idea what was being whispered in my ear.
– One more example, The other day my wife Lisa picked me up at the train station after work. On the way home we had the following conversation in the car
Lisa: “All the people at the post office say hi”. {A least that’s what it sounded like at first. I mulled this over in my mind for a minute and tried to make sense of it. “All the people at the post office?” Huh? }
Me: “What was that?”
Lisa: “All the people at Dr. Post’s office say hi”.
Dr. Post is our family dentist that we both go to. Lisa had gone for a check up earlier in the day.
While you’re recovering from that exchange, let me whisper in your ear where I’m playing tomorrow night:
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June 17th, Saturday, 7:00PM-8:30ish – Shuffle, Jump, and Moan at Hat City, 459 Valley Street, City of Orange, NJ 07050 (862) 252-9147
Note the early start time here – this is ideal if you’re coming for the great food here. I believe there’s a cover charge of $10 – but you can call ahead to double check.
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