Public Service Annoucement - Check Your Cell Numbers BEFORE Texting

[CommsNBombs]

Just to add to a PITA week I am already having...I am going to share something that just happened 10 minutes ago.

 

If anyone didn't know, I'm currently AD Army stationed on Campbell and been trying to sell my WASR-10. One of my coworkers asked me to send him a picture and typed his number into my phone...apparently he fat-fingered my touch screen and put a "0" where there should have been a "1"

 

A few minutes later I get a call from a Louisiana number - from a VERY IRATE lady working at a counseling clinic of some sorts, she was demanding to know who I am. A quick synopsis:

Her: WHO ARE YOU?!

Me: Umm, I don't know this number so who are you?

Her: Well I just received a picture of a machine gun at my work phone and called the police to file a threat report!

 

Then...I knew what had happened. Instead of SGT So-and-So getting my picture, apparently it got sent to the work phone of a youth counselor near Ferguson....holy crap. She said she called the police to file a hate crime report or something.

 

Finally explained the situtation to her: 1) It is not a Machine Gun 2) I am a resident of Tennessee and in the Army 3) It is a legal weapon 4) This is a big misunderstanding.

 

She lightened up after that - kudos to her confronting the threat, I apologized and she said she would call of the Local PD and tell them it was a misunderstanding - hopefully CID or some other wierdos do not come and try to ball me up over this, it would just add to the level of stupidity that I am undergoing lol.

 

So folks, make sure you confirm the number of the person you are trying to text before you send it. Especially if they do not say it to you.

 

Hopefully nothing more comes of this...

[felinesNfreedom]

I highly doubt that anything will come of sending a picture to a wrong number. Maybe if you threatened to eat her children, praise be Allah! you might be in trouble.

[CommsNBombs]

I sure hope not, she was SUPER salty before I was finally able to get out what happened.

 

I did get a chuckle about her calling it a machine gun.

[glowdotGlock]

My dad called my M&P 15-22 a machine gun when he first saw it. He isn't a shooter. Edited August 11, 2015 by glowdotGlock

[E4 No More]

I highly doubt that anything will come of sending a picture to a wrong number. Maybe if you threatened to eat her children, praise be Allah! you might be in trouble.

^ This! The picture in and of itself without a threat or prior knowledge of the person to whom the picture was sent is a bit of a no-brainer. On second thought I just realized who was appointed the AG position. Perhaps you should go into hiding? :)

[Spots]

Just don't mix up numbers and send a picture of your gun to the wrong person. Had a guy I was stationed at Miramar do that and accidently sent it to some Butter bars wife. That took some explaining lol.

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[Grand Torino]

Machine gun.........idiot.

[10-Ring]

I think an apology for getting the wrong number was all that was in order. I would feel no need to make an explanation to someone that got that butt hurt over a PICTURE of a gun.

[Ugly]

She must've been scared, geez!

[Trekbike]

I'd charge the co-worker an extra $50 for your trouble if he buys your machine gun.

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[Pain103]

 At least you weren't sending dirty pictures.

[Sam1]

I would have sent her a text message and said "sorry about sending that pic to the wrong number, I guess it's a good thing I didn't send this pic on accident"

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