The Busyness of Business

One day, at the office, Ned called Ted.

But Ted didn’t answer Ned, since he was calling Fred.

Voicemail: Hi, Ted here. I’m too busy to take your call right now because my job sucks. I’ll call you back. (Beep.)

Ned: Hi Ted, it’s Ned. I need some information from you. Call me back.

And Fred didn’t answer Ted, since he was calling Ned.

Voicemail: Hi, Fred here. I’m too busy to take your call right now because my job sucks. I’ll call you back. (Beep.)

Ted: Hi Fred, it’s Ted. I need some information from you. Call me back.

And Ned didn’t answer Fred, since he was calling Ted.

Voicemail: Hi, Ned here. I’m too busy to take your call right now because my job sucks. I’ll call you back. (Beep.)

Fred: Hi Ned, it’s Fred. I need some information from you. Call me back.

Later in the day, Ted called Ned back.

But Ned didn’t answer Ted, since he was calling Fred back.

Voicemail: Hi, Ned here. I’m too busy to take your call right now because my job sucks. I’ll call you back. (Beep.)

Ted: Hi Ned, it’s Ted. I need to know what information you needed from me. Call me back.

And Fred didn’t answer Ned, since he was calling Ted back.

Voicemail: Hi, Fred here. I’m too busy to take your call right now because my job sucks. I’ll call you back. (Beep.)

Ned: Hi Fred, it’s Ned. I need to know what information you needed from me. Call me back.

And Ted didn’t answer Fred, since he was calling Ned back.

Voicemail: Hi, Ted here. I’m too busy to take your call right now because my job sucks. I’ll call you back. (Beep.)

Fred: Hi Ted, it’s Fred. I need to know what information you needed from me. Call me back.

The next day, at the office, Ned, Ted and Fred called their bosses to quit.

But their bosses didn’t answer, since they were calling their bosses to quit.