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May 13, 2007
The Benefits of the BooBoo
I don't follow the usual naming conventions on cell phones. For instance, my brother, let's call him Scott, is filed under Scott, Brother. My fellah is listed under "BooBoo".
This came in quite handy when we were on the LIRR on Friday going to a Met game. My fellah peeks at his phone, sees a missed call from me, and checks his messages. The message sounded something like this:
Hey, umm, Booboo? This is Ted, I'm assuming your going to SomePlace on the LIRR. Call me, you've left your (brand new, very expensive) phone on the train.
At this point, the BooBoo turns to me and says "where's your phone?"
I calmly look inside by bag where my trusty phone always is and exclaim "Shit!" in front of the 6 year old girl sitting right across from me.
I apologize of course, and try to get Good Samaritan on the phone.
It went down like this. Amtrak switched trains on us at the last minute. During the rush to get to the other train, I dropped my phone. Not much of a story, I know. Here's the good part!
We made arrangements with the good samaritan. He'll be calling BooBoo at 10am today to let him know where I can pick up the phone.
Any ideas what to get a seemingly well-to-do gentleman for being a decent human being? Bottle of wine?
The best part of the story is that the Mets won!
Let's Go Met's!
Posted by lysa at May 13, 2007 9:33 PM
Comments
hey booboo! That is so nice that this gentleman called your booboo to get you your phone back! Very sweet of him. I'd say a bottle of whine would be a nice gesture...as long as he's not a recovering alcoholic.
Posted by: scottie at May 14, 2007 10:00 AM
He works on 42nd street and takes the LIRR. Hes sooooo an alky. Either that or a habitual smoker.
See, heres the thing. Our blog writer here believes that if he didn't see the alias "Booboo" on the phone, he wouldn't have called me back. If he saw "Stan" as the last called number, in her mind he'd be like "F*ck that, im housin this piece of shizzy. F'real yo.". But instead, saw the name booboo, saw a chance to make fun of said person with a name of a cartoon bear sidekick and called.
Posted by: Booboo at May 14, 2007 11:23 AM
You say "alkie" and "habitual smoker" as if these are bad things.
Wait, I'm confused. Whose blog is this? Did you just say "Mets"? So confused.
Posted by: Kbee at May 15, 2007 10:15 AM
this is both hysterical and awesome. nice bottle of wine a nice touch i think. that or a money clip - obviously he could use one. damn nice guy. wowza. booboo. schweet!
Posted by: divarat at May 21, 2007 11:40 AM