Man: Can I speak to Red?WTF? I am at a complete loss. I tell Mini Red to unplug the phone in her room and I unplugged the phone in my room.
Red: Well, who exactly do you need to speak to?
Man: YOU NEED TO STOP CALLING MY NUMBER!
Red: No one has used this phone all ev…
Man: I WORK FOR THE FBI AND I CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS!
…click…
I get online to get the number for the phone company so I can call and report this problem.
The phone rings again.
Man: Can I speak to Mr. Red?At least he was much calmer this time.
(Here's my first mistake)
Red: There is no Mr. Red. I am contacting the phone company to resolve this.
Man: You need to stop calling me
Red: Sir, I am not calling you but I am trying to contact the phone company to resolve this issue.
Man: ok
So I call the phone company and the more I think about this the more it scares me cause I don’t know what the hell is going on and anyone who works for the FBI wouldn't announce it like that. I tell the phone company what is going on and I give them the number my phone is supposedly calling. Even the woman I was reporting this to thought it sounded scary.
The stooped shit always happens to me. I keep telling myself I shouldn’t be scared because it’s not like it was 25 years ago before Caller ID. When my Mom was a single Mom scary crap like this happen every so often and she would call the police.
After I got off the phone with the phone company Mini Red comes up to me and rattles off this phone number of the man yelling at me.
Red: WHAT?As she is getting the phone I called Mr. FBI back. Now he is all nice.
Mini Red: This is the number my friend So-in-so gave me to call her.
Red: WHAT? DID YOU CALL THIS NUMBER?
Mini Red: No I didn’t call it. Well... I started to but I stopped.
Red: You were using that crappy phone in your room?
Mini Red: Yes.
Red: Bring it here.
So now I’m upset and releasing the fear that welled up in me cause I didn’t want to frighten Mini Red. The phone rings and I unplug it. I can’t help but wonder why this man started by yelling and hanging up on me. By the time I called him back he was reacting like we were friends. What a stoopid dumb fuck!Red: Hello this is Red.
Man: Oh yes.
Red: Do you have a daughter named So-in-so?
Man: Why yes.
Red: She's friends with my daughter.
Man: Oh I’m so sorr…
Red: YOU SCARED THE CRAP OUTTA ME ESPECIALLY CAUSE THERE IS NO MR. RED!
Man: I’m sor…
…click…
Oh, and I threw her cheap ass phone away. There was no need for it anyway
I’m exhausted.
Oh crap! What a rude man! Glad it didn't turn out to be anything too serious.
ReplyDeleteIn his defense he was probably feeling the same fear that you were, based on some unknown stranger repeatedly calling his house... doesn't excuse yelling, but it expains it...
ReplyDeleteE: Yeah me too!
ReplyDeleteAlex: It was like shoot now, hang up and ask questions later.
What a jumpy guy.
ReplyDeleteSuggestions:
ReplyDeletea. http://needtsza.blogspot.com/2007/01/jury-duty-scam-watch-out-all-people.html#links
b.
Call the phone company and put a block on the number
c.
Call the police and state that you have received numberous sexually harrassing phone calls and would like to make a formal complaint. If they say that you have to come down there, state that a child has been involved. They will show up in 5 minutes flat!
d.
Unplug the phone
e.
Use the caller ID to trace where they live and who they are and turn the game on them: pizzas, spam phone calls, etc.
f.
Sorry that you have to deal with rejects of the world!
Maybe he became nicer because his mind started working like yours...asking himself questions. "Could they be calling for my daughter maybe? Could it be some kind of confusion? Maybe I shouldn't have yelled." Things like that. He is still an azz for yelling at you though. And what the hell was that whole asking for Mr. Red thing about? What...he wanted to yell at the man of the house? AZZ!
ReplyDeleteThis almost sounds like a script for a bad horror movie or bad comedy. Whatever, I am sure you don't want to feel like you are living in a script. Glad it got resolved, but what wasn't clear was if there was some sort of defect in Mini Red's phone that caused it to keep redialling or exactly what the problem was.
ReplyDeleteKilgorsky: Yeah right! You get more bees with honey than vinegar.
ReplyDeleteNeedtsza:
a) I heard about that scam and Verizon lists it on their site.
b)Evidently there is a code and everyone can block any number they want to. I'll be researching this tonight.
c)Mom wanted me to call the police and I was going to if Verizon came up blank.
d)All phones are unplugged and Mini Red's is thrown away because i believe that phone may have been the culprit.
e) Good idea
f) Me too!
Diva: You know shit happens but to start out by yelling was UNCOOL.
Jeremy: I think it was Mini Red's phone and I think she is omiting information.
The next time someone asks for Mr. Red, tell them he's temporarily out celebrating his release from federal prison. Then tell the caller that you're worried 'cause he kept talking about not being afraid to go back... for murder.
ReplyDeleteWhat in the WORLD???????
ReplyDeleteAre you okay? Do you need me to put on my Ninja suit???
I'm feeling better chica. Thank you so much for being such a beautiful, beautiful spirit.
Love you!
Heh, I know this girl who used to get calls from telemarketers for "Mr. So-and-So," even though she is single. She would respond by saying "he's deceased." Which would end the convo quickly. :)
ReplyDeleteMini Red probably dialed the complete number before she hung up. That in turn caused his phone to ring & your number to show up on his caller ID. But when he answered, there was no one there.
ReplyDeleteI have on occasion been on the receiving end of such hang ups and they royally tick me off. Even if it is a telemarketer, they should give me the courtesy of staying on the line long enough for me to curse at them.
What a freak this guy is...
ReplyDeleteWhat loser screams I work for the FBI within 10 seconds on a call with someone he doesn't know...
I agree with Wanderinggirl; she says it best... :)
Hi Red,
ReplyDeleteHow very upsetting!! I would have been freaked out, too.
why do people think that talking to other people on the phone gives them the right to be ruder than they would ever be face to face?
Personally I love being rude to people on the phone. They can't hit me.
ReplyDeleteWanderingGirl: I like the way you think.
ReplyDeleteCreoleSistah:I will remember the "ninja suit" for next time.
Alex:I could say I just got out of jail for killing the BASTARD!
Lugi: Shit happens and I hate telemarketers too but I ain't selling nutin.
Seal: The freaks got my number. So what else is new? Ha
Holly:You never know when you might meet someone face to face... I will definitely be avoiding this fuck nut at the kids school.
Lugi:You rude? Never!
UPDATE: Dude was sitting at home drinking that night. Oh wait... Word is he's drunk most nights.