Kooky Revelation of the Day

[Cloud]

Ghostbusters is so classic, lol! Don't cross the streams!

don't know if this is a "revelation" but -- one of my very first jobs was as an answering service operator where we used the old-style pbx exchanges with the cords that you plugged in. Just like Ernestine. I was awesome at it, too! And we dispatched taxis after hours, which is where I met my (now very ex-)husband. He heard my voice and had to come and check me out.

here's the second part of the story;

I was pregnant when I was working there (not by the guy I married), and I worked the swing shift by myself ending at midnight. One night, when I was nearing the end of my shift, I started to bleed. i got on the radio and asked my cabbies, um -- can anyone take me to the hospital? Please? I got a ride (bleeding all over the poor cabbies' seats), but here's the thing that has me shaking my head in hindsight: I felt I had to wait until my relief shift got there. Stupid--I could have lost the baby, and almost did anyway because I was early and bleeding. (My placenta had ruptured, and I had my BD#1 at 35 weeks the next day.)

I realize now my priorities weren't quite right there, but it turned out okay in the end