emergencies

[trochee]

working late, and there's an emergency phone call to the lab: somebody's dad in India has had an emergency, and they're trying to reach him.

they do this through the network of Indian grad students -- the guy calling up from the lab downstairs has never met A, and I don't know what to do except give them his cell phone number. (beckyb, this is not the A currently in the Bay Area, don't worry.)

First, though, I asked them for a call-back number, and left a message on A's cell phone, with the numbers. Then I got a call from someone in India, with the message to contact his family right away. I gave up on the privacy precautions, and shared his cell phone number with the poor guy. I hope that I haven't just given away A's phone number to a very clever bill-collection agency. But I also hope that the emergency isn't as dire as it sounds.

I'm going to leave....

Comments

[tulip-tree.livejournal.com]

Oh my. I, too, hope that the emergency isn't as dire as it sounds.

The network of Indian grad students here is a pretty cool thing... but much more fun when it's used for happy/non-emergency reasons.

[beckyb.livejournal.com]

Thanks for clarifying. Hope they were able to make contact.