A couple of weeks ago, I received a phone call from an unknown out-of-state number. Generally, I ignore these calls ~ they're often junk ~ but it was convenient so I picked it up. I can easily hang up on robocalls, and if it's a credit card or other business I have some stock responses. If they say the call may be monitored I interrupt and say "I do not talk on recorded calls" and hang up. If it's a bank or other institution I ask if there's a problem. If they say no I respond "then I don't need to talk to you. Thank you" and hang up. I know they're doing a difficult job and I do try to not be rude, but they started it. Oh... the second junk call from the same number goes to a catchall contact called JUNK DO NOT ANSWER with the Monty Python "spam" chorus as the ringtone. :)
In any event, I picked it up and answered as a I always do "Hello, this is
The caller said "Is Meg there?"
Oops.
SOMETIMES (not often) I get calls from other t-girls but they're almost always in my phone already. And I know no-one in Utah (where this call was from). Colorado and Arizona, yes. But someone could have moved, gotten a new number and called me from it.
But it's rare. All of this went through my head in the half-second before I said "this is Meg. Hi."
The woman on the other end acted as if I had said "this is Meg" from the start. She wanted to confirm my address. I had ordered something from her company the day before and she said the address came up "as an error." I confirmed my address.
I don't think that was the actual problem though. The problem was, the website had only a single address for shipping and billing. Most places, when I enter my credit card information it wants the "exact name on the card" which is my male name.
Everything was right, except the package was to go to Meg. I do this a lot. More on that in a future post.
Immediately after I placed the order, my next stop was the credit card website to see if I could somehow add Meg. As I said yesterday, I could also request a card for Meg.
I should have done that a couple of years ago. I like when she seems more real.
