Sunday, November 26, 2017

Sort of a compliment, perhaps

Once, I answered the phone for a business and read off the required introductory spiel.  When I didn't get a response, I read the spiel again.  The caller responded, "Oh, I'm sorry.  Your voice is so well modulated, I thought it was a recording."

In one sense, that's a compliment; the caller thought I sounded professional.  By the same token, it could also mean I sounded robotic and soulless.

I imagine this has happened to a lot of radio announcers.