The call

Hello!


As promised, the area code 333 call that I botched up.

Yesterday evening I got a call, it was area code 333. That's fine I don't know anybody from that region, I'll take it and run with it. I answered the phone and there was this guy who actually said "hi uncle Carlos" in Spanish. Nope, this must be somebody trying to sell me some long distance plan so I will speak English. I answered back with the usual "I'm sorry, I don't speak Spanish.". The guy kept on asking me in Spanish if I didn't remember him, I kept on telling him that I only spoke English. Then he asked me about his aunt, no dice kiddo, no hablo Spanish. The guy got fed up and hanged up the phone. So I went on the Web and tried to see where area code 333 was from, lo and behold: Mexico!

Wow! Then I started to read on these calls people get from that area code where the guy starts by saluting them as "uncle" or "aunt" and eventually asks for money because they are in trouble. Well I'm a skeptical person and I don't believe anything that people tell me, for Pete's sake even when my daughters tell me they love me I ask myself if it's true or is it because I am Dad in the true sense of the word: Dollar automatic dispenser. So whenever I get a call or whenever somebody promise me something I usually don't believe it. So this kid had no chance, even worse, all my nephews and nieces live in Canada and are under 20... So good luck scraping some bucks kid!

I then realized that I had fucked up the call, I could have come up with so many stories it's not even funny! I could have said something like "how about I send you $10,000 dollars?". No, I never listen to what people want to tell me. I hope he calls back because I will promise the moon to him if he does...

So be careful out there if you get a call from area code 333, it might be my nephew trying to get some money.

Take care folks!