Radio
The Runaround
(:60)
Operator
1: Consolidated Bank.
Man: (Brightly.) I'm calling for Peggy my personal
banker.
Operator
1: Peggy's been transferred.
Man: (Alarmed) Transferred?! But just yesterday . .
.
Operator
1: I'll connect you with her new office.
Man: In?
Operator
1: Portland.
Man: Maine or Oregon?
Operator 1:
Hmm. Good question. (Sing song) Hold please.
Operator
2: (Tired) Consolidated Bank Portland office.
Man: I'm trying to reach Peggy my personal banker.
Operator
2: No one by that name here sir.
Man: But they said . . .
Operator
2: I'll transfer you to personnel.
Man: And where is . . .
Operator
2: Anchorage.
Man: Alaska!?
Operator
2: Hold please.
Operator
3: (Youthful) Consolidated Bank C personnel.
Man: (quickly) I'm trying to reach Peggy my personal
banker who used to work out of the local office but was transferred
to Portland Maine or Oregon yesterday but isn't there at all.
Operator
3: Peggy, Portland, oh yeah, I think she went to regional
headquarters.
Man: But . . . w-w-where . . .?
Operator
3: Poughkeepsie.
Man: What the ?!
Operator 3:
Hold please!
Operator
4: (Recorded voice) Thank you for calling Consolidated Bank .
. .
Man: (Testily, not realizing he's speaking to a
machine) Peggy my personal banker please.
Operator
4: Regional headquarters has been temporarily closed, but all
calls are being taken by our processing center . . .
Man: (Quietly) Oh no.
Operator
4: . . . in Milan Italy! Hold please.
Announcer: Want to keep your money in the community?
Consider your local credit union. It's a financial cooperative that
invests in its members, not in global expansion. It's easier to
join than you think. The number's in your yellow pages.
[jingle]
Operator
5: La Banca Consolidata di Milano
Man: (Feebly) Peggy my personal banker please.
Operator
5: (Derisive) Eh? Peggy? No, no, no, no.
Man: (Sighs)
