Technological Mishap

I have never been good at getting techmology to work for me.  My mom and I joke that I have some electromagnetic field around me that shuts down computers, causes cell phones to misfire, and other calamities of the sort.  We can only hope that I will never need a pacemaker.  A lot of my problems stem, however, from a complete lack of common sense on my part.  The following story is one such tale.

Having recently moved and started a new job, it is quite a common occurence for me to get calls or texts from unknown phone numbers.  I try to save them as I go, but occasionally I forget and end up with a few unknown numbers floating around in my inbox.  Last week I had a few of those mystery numbers and went through to save them all.  It was just then that I got a text from "Justin," asking me on a date for that coming Sunday.  I was floored.  Justin is a coworker who has been going steady with his girlfriend for a year or two.  Why was he asking me on a date?  Why did he want to go out with me?  Out of sheer curiosity, I said yes.  When the appointed "Date Day" came, I was a bundle of nerves.  Frankly, I didn't want to go.

Understandably, I was thanking my lucky stars when I got the text canceling our date for that afternoon.  It said that there was a family emergency, and I never heard anything back after I sent a text that it was okay.  I was left feeling slightly jilted, even though I really didn't want to go in the first place.  I was anxious to work with Justin the following Sunday, hopeful that I would receive an explanation.  However, when I arrived at work, no one was there.  I reluctantly texted "Justin", asking where he was.  The conversation went like this:

Me: Where are you guys?
"J": Um, I'm good, how are you?
Me: Well, I'm alright, but I asked where you and the clients are, not how you are.
"J": Are you texting me from work?
Me: Yes.
"J": We don't even work together, Shae.  What are you talking about?  I'm confused.
Me: I've been at work for an hour but no one is here.  I'm starting to get freaked out... Enough is enough, Justin!
"J": Are you aware that this is Stacie?

I was so embarrassed.  Luckily, Stacie found the situation funny, and my anxiety was dramatically decreased when I found out that it was Stacie who just wanted to hang out, not a guy I don't know very well asking me on a sketchy date.

I am such a stupid human sometimes!