Return of the Mack

Awhile back on a Monday morning (7/13 to be precise), I arrive and immediately see that I have several messages on my work answering machine. Apparently people only leave messages for me when I'm not sitting at my desk. It's a shame, because my ring tone is super cool, and I never get to hear it (it's not that cool anyway, whatever).

I fly through the first 3 messages which are mostly internal messages of people asking me ridiculous questions (like if we have any A4 paper WHICH WE OBVIOUSLY DO). Then I get to message number 4 which is "Return of the Mack" (a 90s gangster rap song) playing on someone's radio, obviously muffled through their pants pocket. It lasts for about 2 minutes.

My first reaction is that the voice mail is from my girlfriend. "Return of the Mack" happens to be one of her favorite songs, and it seemed like maybe it was a cute gesture from her: "hope your week goes well, enjoy this 90's jam <3 <3 <3", or something similar. I call the number back, it goes to voicemail.

"Hello you've reached [Raph's Boss] please leave a message...". Yup. My boss listens to 90's gangster rap on the way to work. The best part is when he gets in to work he sort of defensively asks me "Why did you call?". I had to awkwardly point out that I was returning his call....and that all I could hear on the message was "Return of the Mack". We had a good laugh. Then we promised never to speak of it again.