BasketCase
Username sez it all
As the old saying goes, learn from your mistakes.
Me, I prefer to learn from other peoples' mistakes, and having been cursed with a cell phone for Christmas, given to me by my loving (?) family, I've seen plenty of other people make mistakes.
You see, as part of a time honored tradition, my cell phone number was once someone else's. That someone else (who will remain nameless to spare her an enormous amount of embarrassment) is named Sandy. I can't get her last name right. It sounds like "Schadenfreude", which is German for taking pleasure in the misfortune of others, which actually sounds quite relevant here.
Now, here's the fun part: ever since I got this cell phone and acquired Sandy's old number, a whole lot of people keep calling me, looking for her. I cannot describe the strange combination of annoyance and malicious glee I get when these people call. Most of them seem to be too dumb to grasp the fact that Sandy has changed her cell phone number. They keep asking me if I know where to find her. Why would I???
One of the better moments was when I received an Instant Message intended for Sandy. I look at my cell phone screen, and it says "Love you. Still thinking of you". I can only imagine the shocked horror that passed through this person when I messaged him back saying I was not Sandy and also that I was in fact a guy and that he had just done something.....well......gay.
And the jewel in the crown was the message left for Sandy.....by a debt collection agency. Looks like Sandy has some monetary deficiency issues!
I don't know who or where Sandy is. But I do know a lot more about her than I would like to, and a lot of it is pretty personal stuff. Some of it is downright criminal.
Heed this warning, fellow CFC'ers. You never know who's really at the other end of the line. Be careful what you say. (I personally do not follow this rule, as anyone who has read the current Communism thread can attest, but two-thirds of the stuff I wrote in there was completely made-up anyway. Or maybe this text I'm writing now is made-up.....
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Sleep tight. And think twice next time your cell phone rings.
Me, I prefer to learn from other peoples' mistakes, and having been cursed with a cell phone for Christmas, given to me by my loving (?) family, I've seen plenty of other people make mistakes.
You see, as part of a time honored tradition, my cell phone number was once someone else's. That someone else (who will remain nameless to spare her an enormous amount of embarrassment) is named Sandy. I can't get her last name right. It sounds like "Schadenfreude", which is German for taking pleasure in the misfortune of others, which actually sounds quite relevant here.
Now, here's the fun part: ever since I got this cell phone and acquired Sandy's old number, a whole lot of people keep calling me, looking for her. I cannot describe the strange combination of annoyance and malicious glee I get when these people call. Most of them seem to be too dumb to grasp the fact that Sandy has changed her cell phone number. They keep asking me if I know where to find her. Why would I???
One of the better moments was when I received an Instant Message intended for Sandy. I look at my cell phone screen, and it says "Love you. Still thinking of you". I can only imagine the shocked horror that passed through this person when I messaged him back saying I was not Sandy and also that I was in fact a guy and that he had just done something.....well......gay.
And the jewel in the crown was the message left for Sandy.....by a debt collection agency. Looks like Sandy has some monetary deficiency issues!
I don't know who or where Sandy is. But I do know a lot more about her than I would like to, and a lot of it is pretty personal stuff. Some of it is downright criminal.
Heed this warning, fellow CFC'ers. You never know who's really at the other end of the line. Be careful what you say. (I personally do not follow this rule, as anyone who has read the current Communism thread can attest, but two-thirds of the stuff I wrote in there was completely made-up anyway. Or maybe this text I'm writing now is made-up.....
)Sleep tight. And think twice next time your cell phone rings.
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