The past few years I've received some strange but consistent calls, usually every 2 months or so. It usually goes like this:
*RING RING*
Me: Hello?
Person: YO IZ DIS [insert stereotypical black male name here]?!
Me: No, I think you have the wrong-
Person: WHERE [same muffled name] AT!?
Me: I don't-
*CLICK*
The unifying theme being that I can tell that most if not all of these callers are black, and that they're calling with a sense of uncertainty. There's no assumption on their part that they have the right number, and the conversation ends pretty abruptly after it's clear that they're talking to some young white boy.
About a year ago, this culminated with a barely discernible voice mail from some dude. From what I could make out he said something about being "at the spot" and was apparently looking for me (or my black doppelganger). I think I remember "running low" being a term thrown in there as well. No, I'm not joking. It was every bit as stupid and stereotypical as it sounds.
I live in a fairly white area, so I'd expect that if these were truly wrong numbers that I'd hear a white voice the majority of the time. Not the case. My area code does extend into the wastelands of Philadelphia, though. So given the nature of the calls, and the fact that, well, most drug dealers are black, that's my best guess as to who they're trying to reach.
So anyway, tonight I received a text from a number I didn't know, the mysterious figure breaking the ice with a simple "Hi". I told them I lost my phone awhile ago and all the numbers with it, and the only response I ever received was "Ok". Bored, I decided to spend $7.95 on a reverse cell phone look up. The owner of that phone turned out to be a fat, black, and weed loving lesbian from Philadelphia (thanks Facebook).
So what's my next steps, Sanctuary? Other than hoping someone doesn't reverse my phone and murder me when this guy gets in debt with the Tyrell from the **EaSt SiDe, NiGgA**.
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