Reply #13: Funny story about being asked to return calls - about a year ago my husband

[LibertyLover]

called me at work in a panic. He had been out shopping and returned to find a message on the answering machine from that told him he had a long overdue bar tab at X Bar in Brooklyn, NY in the amount of several thousand dollars (we live in Maryland and the first time he was ever in NYC was after we got engaged and I took him up to the Met Museum) and threatening legal action if he did not pay it. The message ended with a "please return this call at this number" . After he calmed down (he has a very low freak-out point and does not handle stress well) he called the number. It turned out that the person who called was looking for an old friend, had googled the name, which was the same as my husband's and had called our number to see if it was his friend's. The message, threatening to my husband, would have been absolutely hysterical to the long-lost friend, who would have recognized the name of the caller, the bar and the old joke about an overdue bar tab. The caller, an old man in his late 60s or early 70s as it turned out, was devastated to learn that his message had caused my husband to have a panic attack and chest pains (of course he has chest pains when I tell him I'm going to be delayed at work so you will forgive me if I'm somewhat cavalier about them). He apologized to my husband profusely.