I think I find phone calls funnier than I should

Once again, the phone has caused another issue [Blogger's note: excuse me, my phone just rang...okay, back now] to come to my attention. Today, I had to call a PCB manufacturing place to see if they could undercut our current manufacturer to save money. Anyway, after they answered, I explained that I was waiting for a quote. To which they asked me to hold on a sec. I wasn't put on hold or transferred - instead, the phone was simply put down. When the next person answered, I had to explain my situation again. Now I can understand why the info wouldn't be relayed when the call is transferred, but why not in this situation?

My theory is that we would end up with a situation like the old telephone game. I would call for my PCB quote status, it would get passed around a few times, and pretty soon the CEO is on the phone not-so-calmly asking how I knew about his top-secret idea for deodorant geared towards skunks. I would then have to explain that all I wanted was a quote for PCBs.

Afterwards, I would have to cross deodorant geared towards skunks off my ideas for patents.