Threatening Phone Calls: Not A Joke
Maybe, I don’t know, some of you prank call people, say you’re asking for Bill or Marjory, pretend to be a taxi company…etc.. Most people on this site will probably have done one, or had one done to them, they can be funny most of the time. But what about when these turn to threats.
On Friday I got a string of prank calls, nothing unusual, random crap, except for the threats it turned into. Normally, it wouldn’t affect me, but I was scared. Home alone, with phone calls coming to my house phone. We’re ex directory, meaning we’re not in the phone book or online or anything [because of my parents’ jobs]. The people also quoted my name. I was genuinely scared, no one has my number, and I was frightened of the lengths this person had gone to, to get my number. Luckily, after 30 minutes my parents came home and the police had to be involved.
I guess this blog is to inform you, I’ve sharing something that did scare me, in the hope that anybody that has made a threatening call as a joke will never do it again. I’m even against prank calling, [it’s just annoying].
There’s a thin line between irritating and scaring, if you really feel you have to make a prank call, don’t overstep the mark.
Thanks For Reading. x
On Friday I got a string of prank calls, nothing unusual, random crap, except for the threats it turned into. Normally, it wouldn’t affect me, but I was scared. Home alone, with phone calls coming to my house phone. We’re ex directory, meaning we’re not in the phone book or online or anything [because of my parents’ jobs]. The people also quoted my name. I was genuinely scared, no one has my number, and I was frightened of the lengths this person had gone to, to get my number. Luckily, after 30 minutes my parents came home and the police had to be involved.
I guess this blog is to inform you, I’ve sharing something that did scare me, in the hope that anybody that has made a threatening call as a joke will never do it again. I’m even against prank calling, [it’s just annoying].
There’s a thin line between irritating and scaring, if you really feel you have to make a prank call, don’t overstep the mark.
Thanks For Reading. x
Good blog. =]
Its the same for internet abuse as well...its not funny. Its horrible, childish, immature and embarrassing.
I hope these people learn...
The Brightside., April 24th, 2007 at 09:08:05pm
I prank called but i just dialed numbers.
then i cried and pretended that the person i was talking just broke up with me and i had teh wrong number by accident and i was crying begging and apolagising and whatever..
that was pretty funny. the guy i was talking to it cracked up laughing by the end of it. I nearly did too.
but i would never ever threaten someone, scare them, thats not funny.
Thats harrasment.
not nice.
what were they saying to you?
waiting_a_long_time, April 24th, 2007 at 03:47:14am
Good blog. I remember once, I got a prank call & someone just breathed into the phone a couple of times.. Then hung up on me. O_O
Skippy., April 24th, 2007 at 03:05:02am
Not only is it not funny, childish and just wrong, you can get into BIIIG trouble.
RhymesLikeDimes, April 24th, 2007 at 12:47:11am
don't be scared....It's just prank calls....nothing unusual
*hugs*
brompton cocktail., April 23rd, 2007 at 04:52:35pm