Noises in the Night

With the advent of mobile phones, you can expect the person you wish to speak to to answer his/her cell phone when you call.

However, you should not expect everyone to know who you are when you answer the phone. Even if they have caller-id. Especially if you call them in the middle of the night.

No, "I'm talking to you on MSN" doesn't help a half-awake person to identify you. It may not even occur to that person that you have dialed the wrong number as 'talking' can be taken to mean a recurring affair and not something that is happening at that present moment.

This is especially so if you have managed to correctly identify that person by his/her name.

Even if you have ascertained that the person on the other line DOES respond to the name of the person you wish to contact, it does not automatically mean he/she IS the one you intended to call.

ESPECIALLY if you have MORE THAN ONE person of the same name stored in your cell phone.

Remember: It is NOT a good idea to insult people in the middle of the night. Especially if you have just woken them up. Especially if you called them by mistake. And especially by saying 'This must be the right Shelly the other one is not so friendly.'