phone call

So today while I was sitting at home doing a million weddingrama things, our home phone rings.

Now, here is the point where I must give you some backround. Walter and I thought it was smart to have a home phone to save money, and begin giving that phone number out vs our cell phones (because let's face it, sometime being able to be reached at any moment, on any day sucks). Unfortunately, we must have got a phone number that once belonged to a man named... we'll say Steve... and Steve obviously did NOT like to pay his bills... and didn't... for a very long time. So when we're not getting pay-us-now-or-we-will-throw-a-bomb-at-your-house phone calls, our house in consumed with the ringing of machines telling us that if we can't afford our house mortage and that if we're thinking of forclosure that they could help. Great. No thanks. The end, right? Wrong. Three months later, and we still get about 10 of those calls a day. No joke.

Anyways, so my phone rings today, and I look at my caller ID. It is a phone number. Good sign. It doesn't say "SERVICEMESSAGE", "CUSTOMERSERVE", "PRIVATENAME", "TOLLFREECALL", or "CALLERUNKNOWN". Another really good sign. It also doesn't say it's coming from another state. Third good sign, it makes a winner.

So I answer.

"Who is this?!" a man says roughly.

"What?!" I am shocked (and a little stupid I guess)>

"WHO... IS... THIS?!!" the man says lounder and slower (I'm guessing he guessed the latter reason on why I asked).

"Sir, I'm sorry, but YOU'RE not going to call ME and demand who this is." I'm done with the games.

"Well b****, your phone number was on my phone today and I was in mother f***ing class and I know I didn't call it so you don't need to be getting an attitude with me! I was in school!" This man continues to inform me he was in school about 5 times throughout our 5 minute conversation. Making momma and daddy proud, I'm sure.

"Well, (I repeat, being more of a pain) I didn't call you."

"I didn't say you called me! I said someone on my phone called you!"

*silence*

"I have no idea who would have called me from you phone. I've been home today and I haven't had anyone call me on this number today." I'm tempted to hang up now.

"B**** don't you lie! You called me!"

... and now I'm just plain confused.

"Sir, I promise it won't happen again.... because I'm sure I wouldn't associate myself with anyone who would even associate with you. Have a good day in school. Bye."