I placed the call, and after a few rings, someone began speaking in Japanese.
I was stumped, since I was expecting our coordinator to pick up the call. But then I realized it could be a common number, and that the person speaking right now was probably a receptionist. I waited for him to finish, after which I thought of asking him to transfer the call.
But he didn’t. He continued speaking.
After a few minutes of this, I said, slowly in English, “Hello. Can I please speak to <coordinator name
No response. Receptionist keeps speaking.
I try again, but this time, just repeat the name of the coordinator, in case he did not get what I was speaking.
Still the same.
Finally, I call up my team leader and tell him that someone is just speaking on and on in Japanese.
He said, “Keep the receiver down. Its voice mail”.
