So last night around 11:30 p.m. my cell phone rings and I pick it up, "hello?" . This older chinese woman starts yelling her face off at me in what I think was mandarin.
So I'm like, ummmm I think you've dialed the wrong number.
She says: No! and hangs up.
A few minutes later, she calls me back. I say "hello?" and again she starts in on me - and believe  me, regardless of what my friend Tang says - I do NOT speak Mandarin or Cantonese. I might have an understanding of chinese people because I used to work at a chinese restaurant when I was kid and I loved every second of it, but I do not speak their language and I did not understand what she was screaming at me about. I do, however, understand Tang's mother. Mrs. Tang and I have a mutual understanding and we carry on conversations that are understood by the both of us - me speaking english, she in whatever language it is she's speaking.We can do that over the phone or face to face.
Anyway, the woman hangs up again. It's now about midnight. This goes on for 3 or 4 more calls and at one point I understand she is looking for her daughter and the number she has is my cell phone number - then she hangs up again. I think to myself: is this Mrs Tang and she can't find Tang or Tang's sister?
So I take a leap of faith and call her back out of concern. She's obviously upset and I want to find out what's going on. It's now 1:12 a.m. She's called me about 5 times so far and all I get is yelling and hang ups.
I say....hello?
She says: yeah! my daughter this is her phone ***-***-****
I say, no that's my number and I've had it for years. What is your daughter's name?
Linda! This is Linda's number (repeats the number).
I say, well ok but I don't know Linda and this is not her number.
She says: No! This is her number (repeats it again) and then hangs up.
OMFG! Now I'm getting pissed. Why does she keep hanging up? It's fucking 1:30 in the morning and she isn't going to stop calling until I sort this out. I call her back. She picks up, "hello?"
I say: Don't hang up on me again! Listen, did Linda just get this number?
"Yes"'
Ah, so it's a NEW number for Linda?
"Yes that's her new number and she gave it to me and I call it and you keep talking on it."
I'm thinking: SERIOUSLY????????????? OMFG
So I say, well maybe you've got the numbers mixed up? Maybe is 98 and not 89?
She says: Oh yes! Maybe! Maybe it's 98. I will try that, thank you. So sorry. Sorry.
I say ok, no problem, I hope you find Linda. Goodnight.
She hangs up. I didn't hear from her again.
You can't make this shit up, I tell ya, it's crazy! Why me?
 
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