Quote from Jerry in The Cheever Letters
Jerry: [on the phone] Hi, is Elaine there? Oh, uh, Hi, Sandra. Uh, yeah. I can hold. [to George] Every time I call I gotta chit-chat with her assistant for, like, twenty minutes. [back on the phone] Oh, hi, Sandra. Listen, I'm at a pay phone, and there's lots of people here waiting to use it. [yells] I'll be off in a minute! Yeah, could you just put me through to Elaine? Okay, thanks!