to get a new service added to our account. I could tell English was not the first language of the guy on the other side of the phone – hence the long amount of time it took on the call.

Eventually, he asked me if I work from home. When I said I did, he said he did as well. I asked him where he lived and he said in The Philippines. While talking, he also said he was from Manila. Then I heard a rooster crowing in the background and I asked if it was a chicken. He said it was and reminded me it was about 4:00am there. Then the chicken started chirping again and he said “If that chicken doesn’t be quiet, I am going to go out there and make him my lunch.”

I don’t think he was kidding at all because he gave me the whole recipe of Chicken Adobo and told me why my adobo was always too sour.