The man is staying in a hotel in Paris. He just rang me - in Bruges (which fiy is nowhere near Paris) - to extend his stay in the very hotel he is at right now, by one night. Clearly going down to the desk or picking up his room phone is beneath him.
Ah but this is a man who takes great delight in ordering people around! Fresh sushi at 3am, get it for me. A brand new juicer on New Year's day, find me one.
The sushi is not simply dialling out, since we have our own Japanese restaurant connected to the hotel, it means waking up the chef and getting him here, because fresh means fresh.