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 It was near the end of my work day on Friday when my desk phone rang. I answered and heard a brief pause before a man spoke: "Hi... this is going to be... embarrassing, but are you... Amy?" "Yeah, this is Amy." "Okay... I, well, are you on Match.com by any chance?" "Uh, no, I'm not..." Quickly realizing what the situation was, I began to enjoy this man's awkwardness immensely. These are my favorite kinds of awkward, in which I'm not directly involved nor the cause of the awkwardness. I'm just this innocent bystander who, by chance, stumbled upon something awkwardly wonderful. "Okay, then this is REALLY embarrassing then. And your name is Amy, right?" "Yes. Who are you?" "Steve. Amy, can I ask how old you are?" I say my age and he replies, "Oh, you're a little too young for me..." Creepy? Not creepy? The reaction in my head was, "HMMM..." He continued on, as if he had gone so far into the unknown, there was no turning back. The embarrassment and awkwardness was beyond him. "And you're not on Match or JDate?" "No, I'm definitely not on those sites." "And this is (says my work number)?" "Yeah... that's so weird. I mean, sometimes people use my line to make calls. Maybe someone left you a message from my line..." "I don't think so... and below it says... 'natural beauty'..." At this point, I'm incredibly amused and incredibly baffled. Clearly, no one left him a message or a text message (I asked). He had all this information in front of him. "I'm sorry, I wish I could help you find the right person. Do you have any other information?" "No. You must be bored at work if you're humoring me! (laughs nervously)" Well, it was near the end of my work day and true, I had nothing better to do. But a large part of me wanted to figure this out and also, I like helping people find their potential other halves. It's all about the love, my friends. "Yeah (laughs). Well, I hope you find her! I'm sorry, she's not me." "Well, thanks for helping. And, um, have a great weekend!" "Thanks, you too!" I hung up the phone and burst out laughing. I've had my fair share of strange and bizarre phone calls, but this is probably my favorite. This has never happened to me before! I sat at my desk for a few minutes, thinking of two logical explanations: 1) one of my coworkers made a profile with my work info on Match.com for kicks or 2) a few years ago my work number used to be a residential number for another Amy. Otherwise, I'm baffled. But more amused than anything! |
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Hi, my name is Amy. Be well, and say hello!
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Hah! That's wonderful.
That is indeed hilarious and random!
oh man. i've had phone calls where people have asked me for toilet seats, but nothing that great.
that's a great story!
Haha! Poor guy. Very random indeed.
Probably you have a profile on match.com set up by someone you know as a joke. Eek. Might want to check that out.