11/12/2006 - CARRIE THE FANTASY STALKER
I'm well-known for my pranks - remember the "email Mandy to remind her about the spaghetti feed" prank? At any rate, here's the latest:
Okay, a bit of history. Mark always comes in late, or doesn't come in at all. On Thursday, Lance had a hard time getting to work because of the snow. He called Mark Jackson FOUR times asking if Mark could pick him up and give him a ride to work. Mark never called back and Lance managed to get into work, albeit late, as he had to wait for the snow to melt. Needless to say, Lance was more than just a little irritated that Mark never returned his calls - but it's what he's come to expect from Mark.
Lance was telling me about this and I said: "Hey, you should have text messaged him. He sits and plays with this text messaging phone all day anyway, so he probably would have gotten right back to you."
And with that, I hit on an idea - to prove my point. "Lance," I said. "I will send Mark a text message. I'll bet he gets RIGHT back to me." And, lo and behold, Mark answered my text message within two minutes. As you can see, I had to pick a name out of the air so he wouldn't know it was me. I picked Carrie - first name that popped into my head - as I just finished reading "Carrie" by Stephen King. The following conversation took place via text messaging over a twenty minute time frame:
JIM: You are late to work.
MARK: Who is this?
JIM: Carrie :) - I was looking for you this morning.
MARK: Carrie?
JIM: Surpised?
MARK: Yes. LOL. Carrie who? :-)
JIM: Oh now come on, Mark. Think about it. You know who!
MARK: Hint #1. When did I see you last?
JIM: Don't get squirrely on me!!! I am coming to the play tomorrow. Will
you be at work Friday?
MARK: Hey! Are you visiting?
JIM: Visiting? I don't understand. I came in looking for you this
morning but the room was dark and locked. Kinky!
MARK: Is it open now? :-x
JIM: I have not gone back down - was in meetings all morning. I can send
someone down to look if you'd like.
MARK: Ok. Which show are you going to see?
JIM: Nutcracker. At Bremerton High. You are in it, right?
MARK: Right! I'll be at work Friday, and maybe later today.
JIM: Ok, will see you later today! Gotta run, Karen needs me for a bit.
TTYL!
MARK: Is this Carrie W?
With that, I didn't respond, as I'd already told Mark that I had to run. Mark did show up later that afternoon (after I had left work). I'm told that he questioned his coworker(s) about who had come looking for him - someone named Carrie. Everyone played along and now Mark (not here today) is still left to wonder about all this ... about the secretive Carrie who "likes him" enough to text him and is coming to see him in the "Nutcracker" Friday night...
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