You're not wrong but then all this happened to the dead body (remember, we only get 25 words so have to be concise):

"Almost immediately the dead stiff, Melvin, far from being unnoticed, was given a desk and promoted to chief of operations, tasked with answering complaining phonecalls.

"But, the phone kept on ringing. It just rang...and rang...and rang...and rang...and rang...and rang...and rang...and rang...and rang...
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"...which is not much worse than robo-voices. So, though he was dead, Melvin made a good living. Meanwhile, Roxanne, headed out to meet her date."
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