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Every day after work, I drive 80 miles home from Tampa to Orlando. Except for the occasional traffic slowdown, my long commute is uneventful.
I usually listen to my iPod in the car, but this particular Friday evening,
I'd just recently saved the radio station's phone number to my cell phone for just such an opportunity, so I decided to try my luck. I dialed the station's number and received a "Network Busy" error on my phone. I couldn't get through!
I tried one more time... and the phone started ringing. It rang and it rang and it rang. My heart was beating fast as I anticipated a voice coming on the line to tell me that I was "Caller #12" or "Caller #17", anything but "Caller #15." Suddenly, the phone stopped ringing and someone was telling me that I had just won tickets to the Epcot Food and Wine Festival and $50 in Disney Dollar spending money! I'd won! I was the 15th caller! I couldn't believe it! I'd never won anything before! I was very excited! I didn't even realize that my conversation was being recorded until moments later, while I was on hold, I heard my own voice on the radio. I thought I sounded very flustered and stupid... but it didn't matter! I'd won! I then provided the radio guy with my information and, as soon as I have a chance, I will go to the radio station and pick up my prize. Needless to say, it was a much more exciting car ride home from work than usual! |
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Posted: 9/24/06 |
I had a short in my car adapter and listened to the radio instead. My favorite Orlando station is Mix 105.1, a nice variety of music from the 80's, 90's and today. In between songs and commercials,
the radio personality was announcing a prize package of two tickets to the Epcot Food and Wine Festival and $50 spending money in Disney Dollars to the fifteenth caller.
The Epcot tickets didn't particularly interest me since Sarah and I have annual passes to Walt Disney World and can go to Epcot whenever we want. As often as we do go, though, the $50 in Disney Dollars spending money was certainly very appealing.
I tried again... and again... and again, and each time I received the "Network Busy" message. Of all the times to not be able to get a phone signal out! I was sure my chance to win had slipped away.