Some unknown woman has been calling me repeatedly and causing problems. This started on Friday as I was busy cooking dinner for my children. She called three times in succession. The first time she asked for a female first name and my last name. She pronounced my last name correctly. I informed her she had the wrong number. She called back immediately so I didn't pick up. She left a message asking for a different female first name and my last name. And then she giggled before she hung up. The phone rang again and I was a little miffed when I picked up the phone and it turned out to be someone I knew. And then she called again and I didn't answer and she just left a giggle on the answering machine. The next time she called was at 4:40 a.m. on Sunday. I answered expecting bad news. The same woman was calling and she asked for a female first name. I recognized her voice from Friday. I angrily said it was 4 o'clock in the morning and she had the wrong number. She giggled! I hung up. She called right back. She left a message. She said, "Did Larry watch the Twilight Zone like I told him to?" And then she giggled. Her giggle was super annoying at this time of the morning. My dang answering machine beeps every 15 seconds until I listen to the message so I had to get out of bed and play the message. She called again at 4:43 and I just picked up the phone and hung it up on her. I dialed *57 to trace the call in the morning which costs me a dollar but if she calls 3 times I can have her number blocked. She didn't call back until Sunday afternoon when I was out. Two of the the three messages were hang ups. The third message said, "Hi. This is Timmy's wife. Um, I want a baby doll. And you guys have lots of them laying around the house. Just to borrow until I get my own. I am going to buy them at the antique shop. Just a couple. You know Tim was laughing at me. It's not even funny. Then I explained that you have all these dolls sitting around the house. It's perfectly natural for a woman to like them. You start out as a little girl liking them. Not me though I had a little brother. Ever since I was 2 and a half. So plastic couldn't measure up. Bye now." After hearing that message I am convinced that this woman has problems. She might be mentally ill or she might have dementia but she has some kind of problem. Poor soul. I couldn't call *57 after the call on Sunday because I don't know for sure that she was the last number who called. Someone else might have called after her and didn't leave a message and I don't want to trace the number unless I know for sure it was her. I want to be compassionate because someday I might be the forgetful one leaving strange messages. I sure hope I don't call anyone at 4:40 on a Sunday morning. But I get what she is saying. I had a little brother too. Plastic doesn't measure up to little brothers. Even with her brain problems she has profound thoughts.
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