Missed Name Sends Physician to Viral Britney Spears Voicemail (Unique)

• Connor Patterson missed a name from his physician, who despatched him a message complimenting Patterson’s old-school voicemail pre-recorded by a younger Britney Spears
• The 26-year-old posted concerning the interplay in a now-viral TikTok, together with each the soundbite of Spears and his physician’s response
• Patterson tells PEOPLE that he set the voicemail message when he was in highschool and plans to “hold it eternally”

Oops! Connor Patterson did not reply his cellphone once more — however he did be taught he and his physician have comparable tastes in music.

The medical skilled wrote Patterson to notice his try to get in contact and to share his appreciation for Patterson’s hilarious voicemail greeting — an old-school recording of Britney Spears. The 26-year-old tells PEOPLE he set the “classic” audio to reply missed calls again when he was a sophomore in highschool, and he is stored it ever since.

Patterson posted a TikTok concerning the interplay together with his physician and shared the total answering message, which begins with a soundbite from Spears’ 1999 hit single “…Child One Extra Time.”

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The singer’s voice then addresses the caller, saying, “Hello, that is Britney Spears and generally my pal cannot come to the cellphone, and that is a kind of instances. So depart a message on the beep, and child, they’re going to name you again another time. And thanks for calling!”

The TikTok additionally encompasses a screenshot of Patterson’s physician’s response, which merely reads, “Simply known as you (unbelievable voicemail btw).”

Patterson admits that he was initially a bit embarrassed to know Spears greeted his physician on the cellphone, however the Chicago resident additionally understood his physician’s appreciation was real.

“He acquired a kick out of it too … I feel he appreciates it,” says Patterson. “I am additionally assuming as a homosexual male, he most likely loves her too. So I feel he liked all of it.”

The TikTok creator says that the physician equally appreciates how a lot social media customers liked their interplay, which has reached 3.9 million views and over 419,000 likes since Patterson posted it in Could.

“I truly despatched him a message being like, ‘Hey, simply letting you realize I screenshotted your message and I put it on TikTok,’ ” Patterson remembers. “He was like, ‘That is hilarious. I am unable to imagine this occurred.’ It simply occurred in a single day, actually.”

Regardless of Spears’ longtime presence on Patterson’s cellphone, he tells PEOPLE that he typically forgets that her voice greets callers after they cannot attain him.

“I by no means actually reply my cellphone except I am anticipating a name or if it is a title I bear in mind. So lots of the instances I simply let it go to voicemail after which somebody makes a touch upon it,” the skilled occasion coordinator explains. “I am like, ‘Oh s—, that is nonetheless my voicemail,’ after which I am similar to, ‘No matter, it is humorous.’ ”

Spears clearly sounds youthful in her message, however Patterson provides that the audio high quality can be an indication of the time when he set it as his voicemail. He remembers holding his cellphone as much as a pc to seize the sound immediately from a YouTube video.

“It was only a straight-up recording, and that is why it sounds so muffled. I have to’ve been on my iPhone 4 or one thing like that,” he says.

Whereas the sound high quality is not completely as much as immediately’s requirements, Patterson says he has no plans to exchange his voicemail greeting.

“Oh my God, I’ll hold it eternally,” he tells PEOPLE, including that he now will get calls from pals who aren’t even seeking to have a dialog: “Generally individuals will inform me, ‘Oh, I’ll name you, however do not reply it as a result of I would like to indicate somebody your voicemail,’ ” says Patterson.