Random Thought: Phonetics

So you know when you make a phone call to a business or just to anyone in general where you have to spell something? Does anyone else do the whole phonetic lettering thing? You know, when you name something that starts with the first letter of the word? (A as in Apple, B as in Banana etc..) Well yeah, when I used to work in my previous job I would make a few calls to clients and ask for specific items to purchase. So I called a client and their secretary picked up... I asked to order a part called AMPW205... So I made the order and the lady on the other line read back my order to me but this time using phonetic lettering...before I go on let me explain to you why phonetic letters are useful... they are useful for letters that SOUND alike when you say them. For example "N" and "M", "T" and "P". So yeah, the lady on the phone read each letter, "A" as in "APPLE" etc...then she gets to "W"... Ok lady, if you ever read this, this is just a friendly advice... by trying to find a word that starts with "W" confuses the whole situation more than by simply saying "W". This was an asian lady as well so she had a thick accent... she was like, "DUBBA YOU as in...umm..WADDABUFFALOW"... I was like, what in the hell?..... What in the hell did she just say? What in the world letter in the english alphabet would I confuse the letter "W" for??? Did she think Id be like, "Wait, wait..did you just say 'double-you', or was that the other letter in our alphabet 'double-q's?'"... anyways yeah, lady you cracked me up. Stop doing that.

- Triggernuts