DANA Sather of Kennedy Town told us yesterday of an incident concerning a friend of hers, whom we shall call Ms Angry.
Ms Angry came into contact with a particularly rude telephone receptionist in Hong Kong (we know, it's hard to believe, isn't it?).
By the time she put the phone down, she was fuming. She decided to ring again - but this time using her fax machine.
Ms Angry's fax was one of those with which you can hear the voice of the person answering.
''Hello? Hello?'' said the receptionist.
''Beep. SCREEEECCHH ZXBRRZRZXZXXRZZRZBXXZZ, '' said the fax machine at ear-splitting pitch.
Ms Angry then let technology take over. The fax automatically re-dialled and re-triggered the same message 20 times, turning the receptionist's life into a prolonged nightmare.
