Lucie The Loser

It's called a wrong number.

I misdialed. I realized it after two rings so I hung up. I redialed using the correct number, completed my call, and then went on with my life.

A little while later, the phone rings. I, struggling up the the stairs with too large a load of laundry for one trip, race (if you can call those moves "racing") back down for the phone. Not an easy feat while carrying a triple load of laundry.

I'm home. The only calls I expect in the middle of the day are 1) Beans and 2) family. If I can get to it, I'm going to try and grab it. It could be important, like, an invite to lunch (hint hint).

Me (slightly winded): Hello?
Lucie: Hi, I'm Lucie "The Loser" (She gave her full name, but I dropped it to protect her identity. This twit needs all the help she can get.) Somebody just called me from this number...?
Me: Absolute. Dead. SILENCE.
Lucie: Well...?
Me: It wasn't me (snort of contempt). Click (or whatever sound the phone makes when you hit the "end" button). I could still hear her yammering questions while I hung up.

You have got to be kidding me, right?

How big of a loser do you have to be to go around calling unknown numbers that show up on your caller ID? Seriously, people, if someone needs/wants to talk to you, they would let the phone ring; leave a message; or, hey, they would call again later. It's really not a complex system.

Calling unknown numbers begging for an explanation...? "Who called me? Why did you call me?" Could you be more pathetic? Is your life so empty that you have time to scan your phone for missed calls AND are you so desperate for contact that you're compelled to dial back?

I don't know who she was expecting. Maybe she was waiting for an important call from her doctor/realtor/whatever. If so, see above: Not. A. Complex. System. Don't tie up the line chasing down phantom calls!

Maybe she was waiting for another kind of call? Sorry, honey, I guess he's just not that into you. If he hasn't called you by now, he ain't callin'. (HINT: Try to ease up on the desperate. He can smell it.)

Obviously, I did not call "you". Let it go.