My phone rang at 6 am. Who would call so early? “Hello?” I said. No answer. “Hello?” No answer. I heard people talking. A Christmas song was playing.
I kept listening. Now and then someone speed-dials me by mistake — while their cell phone is in their pocket, for example. By listening it becomes clear who it is. I heard people talking but they didn’t sound like anyone I knew. It was too early. They must be in a different time zone.
I made out bits of conversation. Something about religion. Then a voice became clearer. A woman was teaching religion. “The Constitution is based on the Law of Moses,” she said. My phone said Conference Call, I saw.
It was no accident. My phone number had been chosen at random. It was religious outreach, like Mormons knocking on doors.
A new kind of advertising .
My phone rang at 6 am. Who would call so early? “Hello?” I said. No answer. “Hello?” No answer. I heard people talking. A Christmas song was playing.
I kept listening. Now and then someone speed-dials me by mistake — while their cell phone is in their pocket, for example. By listening it becomes clear who it is. I heard people talking but they didn’t sound like anyone I knew. It was too early. They must be in a different time zone.
I made out bits of conversation. Something about religion. Then a voice became clearer. A woman was teaching religion. “The Constitution is based on the Law of Moses,” she said. My phone said Conference Call, I saw.
It was no accident. My phone number had been chosen at random. It was religious outreach, like Mormons knocking on doors.
A new kind of advertising .