I'm translating as I read.
So I'm in my office again, reconfiguring the router when the phone rings. Somehow I knew this was going to happen.
Translation: I'm frustrated and exhasperated. I've gotten a lot of phone calls before.
I'm obviously going to have to change my number (and Operator) YET AGAIN.
Translation: I need space, predictability, and peace very badly, and this is very poignant when I get these phone calls.
I pick it up.
"Start talking."
"Hey, I appreciate that you've taken the effort to contact me. I'm very busy right now and that's very pressing for me. What's up?"
"Is this the network engineer?"
Sigh.
"Yes it is," I say, resigned to my fate.
"Honestly, I feel some pain when you ask that. There are very few people with my skillsets, so I get a lot of requests for work. I can tell you're not sure whether this is my number or not, and I question if I'm really the most effective person for you talk to in that situation."