Miss Rhino
In my other life, I do promotions for
Zippo at concerts. It's an amazing job. I get to go to concerts for free and all I have to do is give away prizes for a few hours. And as an added bonus, I get to meet a lot of cute boys.
Last weekend I was working at the 311 concert when I happened upon a nice young gentleman. I did the usual "Hi! Would you like to win a free lighter from Zippo?" and he took the bait. We exchanged names, where we lived, the whole nine yards. Meanwhile, I'm discreetly leading him over to the Zippo tent. What kind of a promotions girl would I be if I wasn't always trying to make a sale. He eventually asked for my number to which I responded: "Will you buy a lighter?" A little quid pro quo action never hurt anyone right?
This guy essentially paid $35 dollars for my number. Color me flattered. He called my phone so I would have his and made me promise to call him soon so we could go out.
Before the concert was over, I decided to send him a text: "Enjoy your lighter ;)" No response. Finally, around 1 a.m. I got an answer back from him.
"Enjoy my lighter? Who is this?"
It took a whole series of text messages reminding him about our entire conversation and a friend request on Facebook before he finally remembered meeting me. Not only was I completely embarrassed but I felt a little bit bad. I had convinced a guy who apparently was completely blacked out to buy a $35 dollar lighter. This is a cautionary tale. Drinking heavily does not pay, people.
This is just another addition to a long list of drunken number exchanges that have occurred in my 22 years of living. Only thing different was that I was the sober one this time. I went through my contact list in my phone and realized, I do this more often than I thought.
"Brian met at Dark Horse"
"I hated you at Sona 13"
"Longhorn shirt grasshopper"
"Ohasvju"
Who are these people?? And why are they in my phone book?
What about you? Can you safely say that you know every person in your contact list?
Comments (41)
no there atre a lot of people i dont remember
lol i meet them at raves and forget about them
like tabs. who is tabs?! lol
Haha, yeah. I can.
There was one guy that was uber persistent about getting my number, though, so I finally said, "My phone's not working great right now," (not a lie. My phone never works well) "so I'll just get your number and put it in, and after it gets fixed, I might call you."
I literally said "might". I didn't want him to get his hopes up, but he just was NOT getting the fucking HINT.
So as he was giving me his number, I realized I forgot his name. I put it in my book under "t", and then deleted it when I got in my car.
i dnt giv eout my own number but these weird ppl seem to know it for sum reason :S
yes!
First off: I don't just give away my number esp. to STRANGERZ! You don't know what these people are capable of. It's like you're giving them the chance to hurt you or sumthing...good thing i'm allergic to alcohol! LOL
I know everyone in MY contact list, but I don't know everyone that has my number. :P
Yes, i go through my contacts every so often and delete the ones that i don't remember or talk to any more.
Hahah I had a bunch of people I didnt know in my contacts list. About a year ago I deleted all of them, and I dont really talk to anyone anymore, or go to parties or concerts so I dont have any. I have given my number out to alot of people so I use to get alot of phone calls and I would be like WHO DIS BE?!?!?! and They would try to explain to me who they were and I would just act like I was really fucked up and lesbian, so I didnt know why a guy would have my number. Its funny to fuck with people.
omg that's crazy, but i know of all the people on my phonebook :]
Mhmm.
yes i can because i don't really have a lot of friends in my phone book sadly..... LOL
I clean out my contact lists (msn, FB, phone book) every three to six months. If I don't remember who they are or where I've met them from by looking at their names (and/or pictures as on MSN and FB) then I delete them. It would mean that I haven't talked or seen them in the last three to six months and therefore, they probably have done the same. I see no point in keeping contact with people I don't actually plan of being in contact with; I can only keep so many numbers, eh? I just don't see the point...lol
yes i can. i don't drink.
"Brian met at Dark Horse"
"I hated you at Sona 13"
"Longhorn shirt grasshopper"
"Ohasvju"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh my goodness!
I forget just about everyone in my contact list because it's just so easy to be devoid of emotional attachment these days. If they go, no big deal... another faceless number will replace theirs' and the world will continue spinning. So go ahead, continue to take advantage of these people and add them... who knows, they could end up being repeat customers. It's not our place to decide how drunks should spend their money. That would be morally presumptuous.
No. I have my mom's old phone. so her contacts are still on the phone along with mine.