socal78
Well-known member
Men, how would you want someone to respond to your messages if you're making them uncomfortable in a place of business? Please only include kind, helpful replies. Since it involves a place I have to visit frequently, I really need to keep things on good terms.
Yesterday, I had to give my "meat man" my phone number for a very legitimate reason, to pass on to someone else -- a lady he used to work with who I wanted to get in touch with.
Tonight @ 10:29 p.m.: I get a missed phone call from an unrecognized number. No voice mail.
10:32: A text from the same unrecognized number. Message pasted, name redacted. -- "Hey beautiful it's [Todd] from the meat department...just wishing you a merry Christmas
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... I was shocked by this. Red heart emoji?? He barely even speaks to me in person. Doesn't make sense. I'm also very skeptical. He's in his 20's(?) - maybe 30 tops. And I'm... ummm... not. He's also a petite 5'4" or so and I'm... uh... not. Funny! First thought was it's a wrong number as evidenced by him not actually addressing me by my name. But I realized that's impossible because I'm not a contact of his. He would have to manually type my number into his phone or Copy & Paste. Can't accidentally mis-dial that. Next thought was he's drunk. 10:30 is kind of late to call someone. It's a Friday night. It is "Christmas Eve-Eve". Totally possible. I even wondered if it's really him or someone just pretending to be him. Maybe he threw my number away and his coworker dug it out of the trash, not wanting to use his own name so pretending to be [Todd]. But there's that missed call. Not afraid to use his real voice? Hmmmm. Still not 100% sure this is legit, though. He is the LAST PERSON ON THE PLANET I would expect to receive a message like this from. I can't stress that enough. It just doesn't add up. But I need to make sure things are not awkward when I have to see him again soon.
Do I:
A) Not respond
B) Say: "[Todd], it's [SoCal]. I think you got the wrong number."
C) Say, "Merry Christmas".
C) "Merry Christmas from my husband and I."
D) "Hope you're okay... sounds like a rough night. Take care."
E) Other
I'm totally open to the possibility this is all one big misunderstanding. I hope it is! I don't want my response to sound like I'm assuming that his message is sincere but at the same time, I don't want to embarrass him if he actually has been drinking.
Yesterday, I had to give my "meat man" my phone number for a very legitimate reason, to pass on to someone else -- a lady he used to work with who I wanted to get in touch with.
Tonight @ 10:29 p.m.: I get a missed phone call from an unrecognized number. No voice mail.
10:32: A text from the same unrecognized number. Message pasted, name redacted. -- "Hey beautiful it's [Todd] from the meat department...just wishing you a merry Christmas
... I was shocked by this. Red heart emoji?? He barely even speaks to me in person. Doesn't make sense. I'm also very skeptical. He's in his 20's(?) - maybe 30 tops. And I'm... ummm... not. He's also a petite 5'4" or so and I'm... uh... not. Funny! First thought was it's a wrong number as evidenced by him not actually addressing me by my name. But I realized that's impossible because I'm not a contact of his. He would have to manually type my number into his phone or Copy & Paste. Can't accidentally mis-dial that. Next thought was he's drunk. 10:30 is kind of late to call someone. It's a Friday night. It is "Christmas Eve-Eve". Totally possible. I even wondered if it's really him or someone just pretending to be him. Maybe he threw my number away and his coworker dug it out of the trash, not wanting to use his own name so pretending to be [Todd]. But there's that missed call. Not afraid to use his real voice? Hmmmm. Still not 100% sure this is legit, though. He is the LAST PERSON ON THE PLANET I would expect to receive a message like this from. I can't stress that enough. It just doesn't add up. But I need to make sure things are not awkward when I have to see him again soon.
Do I:
A) Not respond
B) Say: "[Todd], it's [SoCal]. I think you got the wrong number."
C) Say, "Merry Christmas".
C) "Merry Christmas from my husband and I."
D) "Hope you're okay... sounds like a rough night. Take care."
E) Other
I'm totally open to the possibility this is all one big misunderstanding. I hope it is! I don't want my response to sound like I'm assuming that his message is sincere but at the same time, I don't want to embarrass him if he actually has been drinking.
Another reason to be skeptical of the true meaning behind his message.
