This past September we gave
SuperStar a cell phone - I probably blogged about it - in fact I am fairly certain I have said something or another about how she has a twisted sense of what to text about and when to text......but this blog isn't about that - although there is a thought provoking one coming.
This blog is about MY cell phone. See when we gave
SuperStar a phone we upgraded my phone too. I had a pay as you go phone. It worked fine, but I had gotten to the point of being in so many groups that I was using it more and more and paying more for minutes then a regular plan with the extra phone for
SuperStar would have cost us a month (we don't have a data plan so our costs are relatively low). I have to admit that I was excited about getting a phone that I didn't have to say "hey I am paying for these minutes, can you please get to the point?" when I was talking with someone...........because let's face it my friends - some of you all ramble on and on (and yes that is the pot calling all you kettle's out).
When we got the phones we played with them -
SuperStar more successfully, but still fun.
And I kid you not......the FIRST DAY that I had my brand new phone I received a phone call for the previous owner -
ACK - who wants to field calls for someone that used to own the phone? Worse yet - it was a COLLECTION call!! 2 in the first day. And the companies didn't sound like they believed that I was not the person they were asking - who funny enough was named
BJ!! Thought I was going to say
HalfPint? Yeah, no.......BJ......great right? Barney's little friend used to own my phone (come on - get your mind out of the gutter - this is a family blog ;0) ).
The next few weeks I received many many many many collection calls. Some from the same few companies who promised over and over and over to take the number off their call list (and never did) and some from random companies. It was a true treat.
I also got a few calls from the Diabetic society. Who also didn't believe me. One day the woman asked at least 5 times if I were really sure there was NO ONE in my home who had diabetes. I assured her we did not, but to give us 10 years and call back. They gave me 2 days and called back.
So last night we were driving home from Christmas Caroling at a retirement village with our schools Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. I got a text from a number that I did not have in my phone. It said, "Do u have any ideas for
BigGuy for Christmas?? He need new boots or coat to wear around the barns?" Now this was different - not a collection agency - not the diabetics - just a number I didn't know who knew
BigGuy. Nice change. But STALKER came to mind since I didn't know the number and they knew my husband.
Weird - we don't have a barn - and they wanted to buy
BigGuy a gift. Who was this? I felt badly that I didn't recognize the number, so instead of admitting it I went fishing......."My
BigGuy?" I asked.
"Yeah.....I don't know any other
BigGuys's.
Hahaha how u feeling?" they responded.
Hmmmm.......I have a really really bad cold - I think it might be turning into a sinus infection. This is totally someone I know. I would feel badly admitting I have no clue who they are.......so I responded with, "Well you threw me off with the barn & boots - why are you wanting to get him a gift - isn't he on the naughty list?"......I was thinking maybe it was one of his
BS's. I added, "You really don't know any other
Daves" and they said, "Not that I would buy a gift for......
hahaha"...........
Hmmm......so I asked, "Why are you buying him a gift?" to which they responded, "For
Christmas and
bc we love him." ........sweet.......maybe it is a female stalker.........so I thought I should find out for certain who this was and said, "I need to put you in my phone - how do I spell your name?"
Then the person said, "
BJ this is
PumpkinHead (not her real name), your daughter in law." I
texted back, "That is awesome, my oldest kids is 11, but my husbands name is
BigGuy - oops - we don't have a barn - have a great holiday!".........then it hit me - wait she means
BJ.......the collection callers from hell focus person.......
BJ!! after a few other texts I sent, "Wait were you trying to get someone by the name
BJ SuperStar?" (if you know
SuperStar's real world name you get the reference. And they responded, "Yes, who is this?"........so I sent my real name and let her know that I get tons of calls for
BJ SuperStar all the time - and she never
texted me back.
BigGuy says that I should let her know that her mother in law is being searched for. I really really really do not like the collection calls I am still getting still 4 months later............
What would you do? Would you start forwarding the calls to
BJ's family? Or ask the daughter-in-law how to get a hold of
BJ.......or just keep fielding collection calls from rude people who think I am lying to them?