Mr. Kristen

A couple of the girls that I work with and I are listening to an audio book about how to hold important conversations effectively. One of the things we learned yesterday was that when adrenalin is flowing through your body more blood goes to your muscles groups and blood actually leaves parts of your brain. Which is why sometimes when you are emotional you say things that seem smart at the time but not so smart later, when all the blood is back in your brain.

Anyways. I discovered that I am not immune to this today when I received the following phone call.

Me: "Human Resources, This is Kristen."
Indian-accented Pharmacist: Silence
Me: "Hello?"
Indian-accented Pharmacist: Can I speak to Mr. Kristen please.
Me: (Already a bit annoyed having received an email from this person addressed to a Mr. Kristen.) "This is Miss Kristen"
Indian-accented Pharmacist: I received an email from Mr. Kristen asking me to contact him.
Me: I'm Kristen
Indian-accented Pharmacist: Something I don't remember because the blood is leaving my brain, but I think it had something to do with, can I please speak with Mr. Kristen.
Me: I'm Kristen. I'm a girl.
Indian-accented Pharmacist: Oh

Yeah. Thinking back on this dialogue, I probably should just asked what he wanted and used a deeper voice...... ;)