Acquaintance random call at 4:30am

[Anonymous]

I once got a call like that from a work acquaintance who was clearly very high. He was in a different time zone where it was a little less ridiculous of an hour, and thought he was calling someone else he knew with the same first name. It was my birthday and not the best way to start the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I picked up because it was an unknown VA number"

Ha hahahaaa

Those are exact reasons not to pick up

Right, I thought most people would pick up because it’s a KNOWN number.
I once had a former landlord call me about 10 times while I was in a meeting. We haven’t spoken for 5 years, and he simply called because he just wanted to chat…

I know a guy like this. At first, I thought he was bipolar, but now I think he's just abnormally chatty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone I haven't spoken to for 3 years (I dropped out of an activity) randomly called me at 4:37am. I picked up because it was an unknown VA number. I don't have a local number, so my spam calls come from non-DC region area codes. It was a somewhat accusatory tone, asking if I was causing their current problems. I said no, hung up, and blocked him. This person knows where I live. Sigh. It threw my whole day off.

This person is mentally ill and likely not organized enough to come after you.

Or drunk.

[Anonymous]

Drugs. Drunk. Mental illness. Chances are they won’t even remember calling you, and if they do, it’s doubtful they’ll call back. Just block them.

[Anonymous]

Wow, I would have been so annoyed! 😠

You definitely did the right thing here OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Pp, that is what I assumed. Still makes me question the choices I made that led to that phone call.

What choices? This story has some holes...

[Anonymous]

Sometimes people develop schizophrenia or OCD around middle age. Happened to a buddy of mine. He's a functional schizophrenic with a white collar job, but every once in a while I get random and crazy phone calls from him. I just listen.

[Anonymous]

Wow. 4 am calls are NEVER good news. Someone died or got locked up. In which case they’ll still be dead or in jail in the morning. Anyway, I can’t help you at 4 am so you will have to resolve the issue on your own.

[Anonymous]

Why would you ever answer an unknown number at 4:37 am?

[Anonymous]

My MIL called spouse at 4:50 this morning! So much for catching up on sleep. She had no idea what time it was, just wanted to ask a random question. And if course dh has his ringer on high volume.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I picked up because it was an unknown VA number"

Ha hahahaaa

Those are exact reasons not to pick up

Why would you pick up an unknown number? I thought you picked up because you had your acquaintances contact saved.

Clearly, they have some issue happening and you need to block them. Or, if you want to keep track of any further contacts, don’t block them, but keep a log.

[Anonymous]

A guy I was in a league with sent a completely random assortment of words and letters to all of us on the contact list. Turns out he had a stroke.