I don't know why I was reminded of this story today, but there it came unbidden into my head. My mother died quite a while ago, and for quite a while before that she suffered from dementia. She had better days and worse days but needless to say it got progressively worse over the years.
One day I saw an ad, I don't remember if it was Craigslist, ERS, whatever was going a the time. I called the number listed and the voice on the other end said "Hello". It sounded familiar but I paid it no heed. I said that I had seen the ad. The voice on the other end inquired "the ad?". I said yes and I asked if she was available. The voice on the other end said she wasn't doing anything right then so was available. The ad said the provider supplied BBBJ as part of the service I was about to ascertain if that was part of the base price or an extra charge when something made me look at my phone and notice it was my mother's number. I quickly apologized and said I had dialed the wrong number, which was true. It turns out the ad contained the same number as my mother's phone number but the province code was different and I guess auto pilot kicked in and I just dialed my mother's number. I was horrified that I almost asked my mother if she provided BBBJ's as part of her base price. She never asked me if I had called. I hadn't said anything really incriminating or embarrassing, strike one up for never being too blatant or vulgar on the phone. I assume she was just having one of those days where she didn't recognize my phone number. It was a land line and although it had call display, she never figured out how to put anybodies name in and just recognized numbers of people she had known forever.
Thank you for allowing me to share.
One day I saw an ad, I don't remember if it was Craigslist, ERS, whatever was going a the time. I called the number listed and the voice on the other end said "Hello". It sounded familiar but I paid it no heed. I said that I had seen the ad. The voice on the other end inquired "the ad?". I said yes and I asked if she was available. The voice on the other end said she wasn't doing anything right then so was available. The ad said the provider supplied BBBJ as part of the service I was about to ascertain if that was part of the base price or an extra charge when something made me look at my phone and notice it was my mother's number. I quickly apologized and said I had dialed the wrong number, which was true. It turns out the ad contained the same number as my mother's phone number but the province code was different and I guess auto pilot kicked in and I just dialed my mother's number. I was horrified that I almost asked my mother if she provided BBBJ's as part of her base price. She never asked me if I had called. I hadn't said anything really incriminating or embarrassing, strike one up for never being too blatant or vulgar on the phone. I assume she was just having one of those days where she didn't recognize my phone number. It was a land line and although it had call display, she never figured out how to put anybodies name in and just recognized numbers of people she had known forever.
Thank you for allowing me to share.
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