While we were in WI for Thanksgiving, Pat noticed that he did not have his cell phone. We assumed that he had forgotten it back at our house in MN. So when we got back home to MN, we started looking for it. After days of searching it was no where to be found.
As I was checking email one day, I noticed an email from Verizon telling me a change had been made to my account. Hmmmm, that is strange. I called Pat's phone and realized a nice Christmas tune had been added as background music....but neither of us had made the change. Upon peeking at our monthly activity, I realized that over 2000 text messages had been sent from Pat's phone in the last week. Now all the pieces were fitting together...somebody had stolen Pat's phone and wracked up $500 in charges....EEEK!
We cancelled Pat's old phone immediately and Pat went in and got a new phone with the same number. This is where the fun began as the text messages started to roll in.
Several of them were inquiring as to what their "Homeboy" was up to?
One bragged about how cool it was to smoke pot.
And yet another clearly wanted something else from the homeboy that would not be fit for children to read.
One message revealed that Homeboy's name was Kevin.
And last but not least came from Mom. We learned that Kevin's mom kindly refers to him as Bear.
Pat sent the same response to every text message. It was a very blunt, "Please don't ever text or call this phone number again."
One person responded to Pat's text, "This must be the girlfriend huh?"
HAHA! Nope...not a bitter GF, but rather a bitter victim of theft.
Well Mama Bear must have wondered what was wrong when she received the "Do not call" text because she immediately called Pat's phone to find out what was the matter. Pat kindly told her that this phone did not belong to her son Kevin and that it had been stolen by him. "Ohhhh no," she said. While apologizing profusely, she explained all the troubles they have had with Kevin through the years and how embarrassed she was of his behavior and how she thought they were done with these stunts and so on. She promised that either Kevin or herself would be in touch to make sure everything was taken care of. What a sweet Mama Bear.
We learned a valuable lesson. If you want something to get taken care of don't go to the cops, just go straight to the mom:)
Haha! Rolling, linds! that's hilarious!
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