An unrecognized number popped up on my cell phone. Figuring it might be someone calling me from a different phone than usual, I picked it up.
Me: Hello?
Stranger: What’s up, bottom-feeder?
Me: (laughing) Not much, who’s this?
Stranger: Is this Ted?
Me: No, this is Thom.
Stranger: Uh, lemme see, XXX-XXX-6482?
Me: No, 8462.
Stranger: Oh, geez, sorry for calling you a bottom-feeder.
Me: No problem.
Stranger: Have a nice night.
Me: You, too.
The Woman: You see, answering strange phone calls can be fun.
Reminds me of the time someone swapped two digits of a Texas representative’s phone, and got my old work #. I briefly weighed the opportunity to cause a media scandal in another state vs the chances I would be jailed for impersonating an elected official, and decided it might not be worth it.