3PM I Should Write This Stuff Down

Coworker on phone: Hi, Sally*. How you been? Working hard, or.. (cough cough)
Voice on speaker phone: Hi--you okay?
Coworker: (cough) Yes... (cough cough)
Voice: Okay, then. Well, I took a look at the accounts...
Coworker: (cough cough cough)
Voice: And I noticed our balance...
Coworker: (cough) Or hardly working?
Voice: What?

Melville, New York