A Case of The Pitch Call Sweats

For work I just had to make a pitch call to a major
Art Critic at The Village Voice. As I was leaving a
message on their voicemail, it cut me off so I had
to call back. Only problem was they picked up
the second time.

I got nervous and instead of saying, "Sorry, I was calling
back because I got cut off from your voicemail"

I said instead, "Sorry, I was calling back because I got
chopped up from your voicemail".

It would be one thing if I was from another country
but I'm not.