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October 22, 2009 Columns » I, Anonymous

I, Anonymous

WRONG NUMBER

by Anonymous

I lost my phone, and in a panic I told my mom. We both started calling until after an hour, you finally picked up. You sounded unsure and sketchy. You told me to meet you at Sweetpea bakery in five minutes. I drove right over and waited out in the cold because it was closed. You turned off my phone and it took you 40 minutes to get there! You seemed in no hurry to meet me when you arrived with your boyfriend. The first thing out of your mouth was "Yeah... it looked like an expensive phone... so...." I informed you that it was only $20 and that what was important were my numbers and pictures. If you thought I was rich and were expecting a reward, sorry to disappoint you. When I walked away and turned on my phone, I realized you had changed all of my settings, checked my unread texts, deleted phone calls, and took pictures on it. You typed "GO VEGAN!" on my background!? Where do you get off invading my privacy and pushing your personal morals onto a complete stranger?! I thought you were nice not to steal my phone, but you raped it, and my privacy.—Anonymous

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Hey, at least you got your phone back.

Posted by Graham on October 21, 2009 at 6:10 PM | Report this comment

Once again it is demonstrated that no one should say that they -- or something associated with them -- have been "raped" unless they've actually been raped. Sorry, but someone else using the phone you lost as if it was their own is pretty small potatoes compared to sexual assault.

Posted by dmitrir on October 21, 2009 at 6:52 PM | Report this comment

put a password on your phone if you don't want your privacy invaded and backup your pictures. and please stop using rape so flippantly!!

also i don't know how a phone that can take pictures is only $20 unless you bought it used off of craigslist and it was originally someone else's stolen phone.

Posted by sueno on October 21, 2009 at 6:53 PM | Report this comment

phone rape FTW

Posted by jamdox on October 22, 2009 at 12:04 AM | Report this comment