Sometime ago I worked with a great friend with whom I stayed in contact. I know, stay with me. Anyway, I got the 800 number for her company and used it to chat with her on occasion. Nothing horrible. We didn’ t fleece the company or anything. So once I mis-dialed the number and got some guys’ cell. Why it was an 800 number I do not know. He didn’t sound very business-y. He was really short with me, which is ok, fine. Uncalled for, though. It doesn’t take any effort to not be a douche. So I redialed and got him again, still by accident. This time he recognized my voice and yelled “Get the F*() off my phone!” and hung up.
Let the games begin.
From that point, anytime I was feeling annoyed at work I would call him and waste his time and incoming minutes. Repeatedly. I would also put his number into any web form that I thought might actually use to call me. In the same way, I use spam@[websitei'mat].com for my email address. And guess what? It’s often already in the system. But I digress.
So the moral of this story is don’t be a douche. It doesn’t take time or effort to simply not be a jerk. And if you are and your number ends up on some list somewhere, maybe you’ll know why. Just sayin.
