I have absolutely no patience for telephone calls anymore, and I had little to begin with. Other party: “first name?” Me: “Rúnar, R U N A R” Them: “Bernard, so B as in Boy, E as in...” Me: “ROMEO UNIFORM NOVEMBER ALPHA ROMEO” Every time.
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I tell you what though learning the NATO alphabet has been amazingly useful for spelling out a whole variety of things whenever I have to call customer service, etc.
