"I was sitting at my desk one day and my phone rang, " Mr. Peitersen recalls.

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After thanking him and returning to my desk, my phone rang within about five minutes.

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One afternoon, my phone rang and a recruiter was on the other end.

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Flash forward to 2003, and my phone rang at my 5th Avenue offices.

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"They said, 'We want your wallet' and then my phone rang and they said, 'We'll have your phone as well', " he said.

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When my cell phone rang, he started dancing to the ringtone.

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"Ten to two or thereabouts, my mobile phone rang and I looked at it and it said private number and I went ignore because I thought it was some cold caller, " he said.

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Sometime in 1996, one night about 11 PM I was working at home at my desk and the phone rang, an unusual time for a call.

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He started the interview by asking about my resume (normal), then about 30 seconds into his questions, his phone rang and he took a personal phone call from a friend.

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