I hope that you folks can see the humor in this...
I just got a phone call from a fella named Art, that I have sold software to about 5 or 6 years ago. He worked for a company in El Paso, TX.
He was happy with the custom software that I wrote for him, so I never heard from him again.
One time about 5 years ago, I was on travel to a tradeshow in California - and heard this fella in a meeting... his voice sounded familiar - so I asked him if he was Art of El Paso. Turns out he was, and we talked a bit. It's always good to meet someone you have only dealt with via e-mail or over the phone. Nice guy.
Anyway... I have gotten divorced and moved since the last time I talked to this fella - and he lost his job - so he tries to call me at the old phone number - where my ex-wife now lives, thinking that I might help him with a new job lead or two.
He gets the answering machine - and starts leaving a message on it... "Art from El Paso - looking for Jim..." etc. The ex picks up the phone and talks to him.
She tells him my new phone number (nice of her to do)... and then he sez, "Didn't I meet you?" (Thinking she was with me at the trade show... which she wasn't. I just happened to be sitting on a row with some gal, I suppose... I don't remember.)
Very icily she replies, "No! I haven't been to El Paso." Thinking I musta been there when Art saw me... with some floosie... which I wasn't.
Well... things just sorta went from bad to worse after that, when Art said, "Oh. It must've been someone else."
hahahahahahahahahaha
Ya know... I'm gettin a reputation that I didn't earn. I feel cheated!
Regards,
Jim TX
P.S. This is a tad convoluted... I hope yall can make sense of it. It was funny as heck when Art told me what happened - and we both laughed!