I've never texted the wrong person by mistake myself*, but I suppose it must be easy-ish to do. I occasionally get a random message, or sometimes am treated to a long voicemail message consisting of the sound of half heard muffled voices through the phone owner's pocket.Am in Lon tmw so could meet you at waterloo after my meeting around 5? All well my end. Speak tmw Tx
There's a strange illicit thrill to receiving a random unintended moment of someone else's life. Who is meeting whom? Why at Waterloo? Is that kiss a meaningless friendly thing, or something more significant? Before you know it, I've constructed an entire scenario of affairs, desire, deception, furtive assignations and stolen kisses on train platforms. It's one of those rare moments when you're suddenly taken out of your own life and catch a glimpse of the normally unimagined, unnoticed, hidden or ignored world of others. A reminder that as we shuffle through our own concerns, other lives are happening, everywhere, indifferent to us.
*My phone's decided to text or call random people by itself plenty of times, though.
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Did you text back?
Yes, I did. It turned out to be someone I haven't been in touch with for ages, whose number I must have lost in one of the many phone deaths I've had over the years, who'd sent the message to me by mistake. Once again the facts get in the way of a good story ;)
Ah, but that's a good story in itself :)
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