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In an attempt not to seem overeager, 9-1-1 call center operator Emily Tarnaw waited until the third ring to answer her phone.
“People notice these sorts of things,” Tarnaw explained. “You don’t want them to think you were just sitting there waiting for the phone to ring.”
“Even if you were,” she added, giggling coyly.
Tarnaw reported that her efforts seemed successful. “If anything, the guy on the other end of the phone was the one who sounded desperate,” she said. “That’s good, because it puts me in the position of power. Make him be the one to come to you. I’m a 21st-century woman.”
Tarnaw went on to lament her friends’ and colleagues’ clingy habits. “I see people pick up the phone as soon as it rings, and they’re all like, ‘What’s the problem? What do you need?’ I don’t ever want to be at a guy’s beck and call like that. That’s a red flag.”
As of press time, Tarnaw had reportedly hung up on her caller. “He told me to come over right now," she said. "I’m nobody’s booty call.”
