Ray

Ray is a vendor of ours. He's the guy who does the professional printing for my company (marketing materials, business cards, etc.) This is a near-verbatim exchange he and I had today over the phone:

ME: Hey, Ray. I got the proofs and they look good. I have a couple of questions about the colors, though.

RAY: Well, we were unclear what text should be gray and what should be black.

ME: Right. Should I just mark the proof and get it back to you, then?

RAY: You bet.

ME: Yeah, everything else looks right. I'll give it a closer look this afternoon and get back to you.

RAY: Sounds good.

ME: Thanks, Ray. I'll talk to you soon, then.

RAY: Sure thing. Man, did I have a bad kidney stone this weekend.

ME: Oh. Uhhh..

RAY: Not as bad as last year's, but I woke up, and there was the blood.

ME: Ray, you poor guy. Sorry to hear that. Um.

RAY: Yeah. I says to my wife, I says, "Here we go again."

ME: Oh. Wow. Um.

RAY: I says, "Hon, just bring me some fresh sweat pants and let me lie here."

ME: ...

RAY: Yeah. Well, here I am. Old self again! Talk to you soon!

(Ray hangs up.)