Scream your name.

[hannah]

When the land line rang, I mostly picked up because I was expecting my dad to call. What I got was clearly some sort of spam call, a lot of background noise and someone pronouncing everything badly when they asked for me by name.

I was still flying high on an espresso, so I blurted out the first thing that I could think of: "YOU'RE NOT MY DAD!"

"Well, no, I'm not..."

"I have to hang up now. Good-bye."

I didn't stay on to hear his response, but I hope he's sharing this, too.

Comments

[deelaundry]

I bet he is. :) When I had just had a baby, I got a telemarketer call and burst into tears because it was too overwhelming. I bet that caller told the story of the sobbing new mom.

[hannah]

One wonders what anecdotes about you exist out there that you never know about.

[blackmare]

Well, I think I may borrow this from you. Next time some telemarketer (scammer) calls me, I will accuse them of not being my dad, and it will be true, and that’s a perfectly sound reason to hang up.

[hannah]

By all means, go on ahead.

[pwcorgigirl]

I am also going to borrow that response from you -- it's perfect!

Back when AT&T was particularly tenacious about telemarketing, I told the guy on the phone that very, very bad things would happen if I changed the phone service. (This said in a low, quavering voice because I was sick and had just dealt with my kid having a melt-down.) He said, "Oh!" and they never called again. :-D

[hannah]

Technically truthful is one of the best kind of truth.