It's just the voices in your head

Something odd has happened to my office telephone, which is a problem I haven't encountered in years - we're getting old fashioned cross-lines again. People who call me hear another person (a man) talking on the phone, like it's a 3-way call. I can't hear it. If I hang up and call them back, then I get to hear another person (a woman) talking on the phone but the person I called can't hear it.

And it's not even a traditional cross-line where there's static and the other voice sounds like it's coming from far far away, this one is 'crystal clear'. Just like the Singtel tagline. Although I don't mean to be rude but I hope this is not what Singtel was referring to when they came up with that ad.

I told the first person who called me that this was just the voices in his head, and he should ignore them. Then it happened to the next person who called, and then the next. Chances are they're probably not all insane, although I wonder.

Anyway, Singtel seems to be taking our complaint seriously as they hope to be here by the end of the day. I hope so too. So does our office manager. We're a bunch of real hopeful people.