Ready to Get This Over With!

I am currently waiting for a lovely girl from Orbitz Customer Service to call me at home. After hours of trying to book flights for my parents through the website, they continue to reject my purchase. We called the credit card company. No problem there.

No one likes calling customer service, but fortunately this non-native English speaker has been quite pleasant. Her English is excellent, but there are always little hints that remind you you're not speaking with a native.

I couldn't help but smile when she attempted to repeat an expression I used:

Her: "Ma'am, is there a number I can call you back at because this is going to take a few minutes."

Me: "Yes, my number at home is..."

Her: "Are you going to be home this afternoon?"

Me: "Yes, I'll be home until we get this over with." (i.e. until we solve this problem/finish this)

Her: "Ok, I'll try to call you as soon as possible so you can get over with this."

I always tell my ESL learners to try to use appropriate words and phrases they read or hear from native speakers. This is exactly what she was doing, albeit she meant to say "get this over with."

I hope she calls me back...