Today I came across some lady who was not really dumb per se, but did do something for what seemed like a really stupid reason to me. So I was going about my daily business when she called me from a blocked phone number. I answered, and she somehow knew my full name. Even weirder was the actual conversation, which went something like this:
Her: So where's your boyfriend now?
Me: Uh... Probably at home. (I had just seen him last night)
Her: I think you're lying.
Me: Who is this?
Her: Why should you care?
Me: Well, I don't recognise you, so how am I supposed to trust you?
Her: Well, he told me that the only reason you're with him is that you enjoy (censored).
Me: (scowling) Okay... Do you even know him? What's his name?
Her: He also told me that (explicit sexual insult).
Me: Come on. What's his name? What does he look like?
Her: Why are you asking me this?
Me: Well, if you're refusing to answer, then that must mean you really don't know anything about either of us.
Her: I'm an impostor? Really? Why don't you go ask your boyfriend what he thinks about your relationship?
(the call gets dropped)
At this point I'm really wondering what this girl's problem is. Then a few minutes later she calls me back...
Her: So did you go tell your boyfriend about it?
Me: No, because I don't trust a word you say.
Then she just started spewing out insults about my hygiene and calling me a dumb a** b****, and laughing during some of them. The call got dropped again. A few minutes later she called back a THIRD time, and this time I was fed up and told her that she obviously does not know anything about me or my boyfriend. I hung up. She immediately called back, but this time I refused the call. Same thing happened. I refused the call again.
Then, two hours later, I got another call from a blocked number. My optimistic side considered that maybe this was a different person, so I started off with a polite hello. Turns out it was the same girl--I could tell from her voice. This time I told her that she didn't have anything important she could say to me, and good bye. I think that time she finally got the hint. But still, I spent quite a while afterward wondering why some stranger would be calling me about such a thing. Alas, stupidity defies all logic and reason.
Oh, and on another note, I will never forget that one guy in my high school whose T-shirt read "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers". Indeed... And similarly, Scar's famous quote from the Lion King: "I'm surrounded by idiots."
. It sucks really.