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The Wrong Recipient Meme





Oops. It happens to all of us. In a hurry, kind of drunk, too tired – for whatever reason, you've sent a text to the wrong recipient and it's up to you to do damage control.




¤ Post with your character. Name, canon and any preferences in the subject line.
¤ Others choose one of the options below and reply to your character with a text message that wasn't intended for them.
¤ Communication or miscommunication ensues?
¤ Profit!




1. talk dirty | "baby, you were such a stud yesterday"
Texting is a great way to make your partner spend the rest of their meeting thinking about exactly how steamy action was last night... Unless you sent it to the wrong number, of course. How to explain that one?

2. those dates | "Don't forget lunch at 2! :-)"
Easiest way to arrange meetings, confirming them or just saying thanks for a good time is by cell. Even easier? To screw it up when the invitation reaches the wrong person... Or perhaps your mishap lands you an entirely new date!

3. anger management | "OMFG, you really are an asshole!"
They’ve pissed you off royally, so someone deserves a piece of your mind. Poor recipient, having to put up with a dressing-down of that magnitude. Especially if it wasn't actually intended for them.

4. my condolences | "Jane, I'm so sorry about your aunt."
Someone lost a relative, got broken up with or didn't get the grades they'd hoped for, so you quickly text them your heartfelt sympathy. Let's just hope that the recipient actually has lost their aunt...

5. well done | "I heard about it from my mom. You go, girl!"
They aced their exams, just got published or they had a baby. Something definitely deserving of your congratulations. Hopefully the one receiving it will appreciate the recognition of something they probably didn't do.

6. auto correct | "Dad says we're having pussy tonight."
A completely ordinary message. The concert was amazing, you're running late... Autocorrect just happened to change one little word into something completely different. Something that’s even more difficult to decipher for the wrong recipient.

7. wildcard | "ok"
Want another scenario, something combined or something completely different? Knock yourself out!



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i'm in favor of first text au

[leatherjackets]

if you ask me.[ which he did by texting the wrong number, and waking her up on a precious day off. ]it sounds like they are trying to get rid of pests who don't pay their rent.

[carjacked]

if you ask me
[ which she did by replying to his text like she's his landlord, than you very much. ]
you're a heartless jerk who doesn't care about sick cats
or sick people
or starving children

[leatherjackets]

well, you pegged me, i am a cat hater.
[ well it looks like she isn't going to get anymore sleep this morning. ]
and you are quite the charmer.
next time you have a fight with your landlord make sure you text the right number.
not the lady who got off a really long night shift.

[carjacked]

i knew it.
[He responds immediately, because his landlord totally was a cat hater. Which is why he didn't have a cat, but that doesn't have anything to do with anything at all.]
...wait, if you're not Benny why did you even text me back?
Who does that?
Weird nightshift workers, you probably work at a graveyard.
Or a gas station.
[Does that sort of imply gas stations are worse than graveyards? Because it definitely should.]

[leatherjackets]

you know people who work at graveyards generally work during the day.
[ that's not the point at all, but it's a stupid misconception that she just has to correct. ]
because your carelessness woke me up from my first good sleep in weeks.
for the record i don't work at a graveyard.
or a gas station.

1/2

[carjacked]

I mean, you could definitely put your phone on silent
...alright, alright, I'm sorry
guess I got his number wrong.

2/2

[carjacked]

so where DO you work?

1/3

[leatherjackets]

i was pretty tired when i got home.
i'm surprised i didn't fall asleep brushing my teeth.
the phone was the last thing on my mind.
it's okay.

2/3

[leatherjackets]

why should i tell a stranger where i work?
[ never mind all the pointless information she just gave about falling asleep last night. ]

3/3

[leatherjackets]

did you convince your landlord not to get rid of his pest?

[carjacked]

So I can come across the state and mug you on the job in the middle of the night.
[Since, you know, that's kind of what she's implying anyway. Might as well say it.]
I'll tell you exactly what my landlord said if you tell me what kinda job you do. Don't even gotta tell me where.

[A second later, as if to entice her:]
it's pretty juicy stuff, he got really crazy.

[leatherjackets]

please do it before my shift.
maybe it will be an excuse to go home.
[ after she put him in the hospital for trying. ]
well, if you talked to him like you talked to me i can only imagine.
[ then after a moment because her curiosity always gets the better of her. ]
i work at a diner.
now spill, how crazy is crazy?

[carjacked]

I'll try and work it into my busy mugging schedule
after I unpack what's left of my stuff
my landlord threw most of it out a third story window and told me if he ever saw my face again he was gonna set it on fire
nice guy, I went to his kid's birthday party. there were trippers. he was seven.
[Then again, what did he expect renting in this part of town for so cheap? Getting your act together is hard sometimes.]
so you're a waitress? you're kinda mean, I bet you get great tips.

[leatherjackets]

says the guy whose landlord said he'd set your face on fire.
or did he mean your stuff?
it's a better story if you say your face.

i do just fine with tips.
[ more like she barely scrapes by. if only because she really has no patience for anyone's bullshit. getting your act together is really hard sometimes. ]

what are you going to do now?

[carjacked]

it was definitely my face, he's never liked my face, i don't know why, I'm pretty happy with it.
first off I'm gonna see if they let you take boxes onto the bus, if not then I'm gonna figure out plan b
second off I'm gonna go upstate. I'm sick of this downtown crap, everybody's so sketchy all the time, man. everybody's too busy screwing everybody to do the right thing.
[He has a lot of feelings about this if you couldn't tell, the rant is real.]
...your tips are terrible aren't they

[leatherjackets]

it depends on how many boxes you have.
[ that she knows from experience, and the crabby looks of people who had to put up with her boxes. ]
tell me how you really feel about downtown. don't hold back.
upstate isn't so bad. there are still a lot of people screwing each other over, i don't think you get away from that.

only because people are stupid. or get handsy.
[ she really needs to get her act together on getting a new job. ]

[carjacked]

Sounds like you're talking from experience.
So you're a jaded attractive night shift waitress with a rough past and commitment issues
Good to know
hold up i gotta fight with a bus driver really quick
[Because three boxes is not too many boxes, damn it, and if he gets thrown off this bus he's going back to stealing cars. It's the last straw. A man can only take so much.]

[leatherjackets]

the bus system and i are in a long standing love/hate relationship.

how do you know i'm attractive?
or have commitment issues?
[ the jaded part? she isn't even going to attempt to argue with that. ]

i hope you didn't call the bus driver a heartless jerk.

[carjacked]

[This text comes a solid half an hour later.]
you gotta be attractive if you got customers getting handsy with you
i just guessed about the commitment issues thing, but come on

[Because she's a jaded attractive waitress with a sordid past, of course she's got commitment issues.]

I called him a great guy, because he was. Probably because he drives the upstate buses. I'm telling you, the people are way better than down here
why you still awake, anyway? go to sleep, you're gonna be dead on your feet at mug thirty

[leatherjackets]

that is not entirely true.
all that is required for that to happen is to have breasts.
not everyone jaded has commitment issues.
[ but she sure does in spades, not matter how she protests it. ]

i want to hear your opinion on the people after you've lived up here for a couple of weeks.

once i wake up i'm up.
besides i'm invested in the saga of you getting your boxes up here.
can't leave half way through the story.

[carjacked]

I'll keep you posted. five bucks says they're better than downtown.
since you apparently live here, recommend me a pizza joint. i need to eat like 7 pizzas to get through today.

you might as well pass out, because as soon as I get off this bus the story's over. real life has pretty anticlimactic endings. sorry.

[leatherjackets]

you're pretty optimistic about this.
i know a couple of good places, but i don't know if they will let your boxes in.

then you at least have to tell me what you planning on doing when you get here.

[carjacked]

if it can't get any worse then it's gotta get better, right?
[God, he hopes so.]

i haven't figured it out yet, i'm still working on that. i'll think about it over pizza and get back to you.

hey, what's your name, by the way?

[leatherjackets]

you got a good bus driver, that's got to mean things are looking up.
[ she is really bad at this positivity thing, but she'll try. a very terrible try, but she'll try]

i do know an all night diner if you need someplace to hangout with your boxes for the night.

emma. what about you?

[carjacked]

[Good effort, Emma. He totally appreciates it sort of. He also totally gets what she's going for with this diner thing, and it actually has him hesitating for a second. It's kinda weird, isn't it? Then again, that whole beggars can't be choosers saying has never felt more applicable. He just needs a place to settle in for a few hours and google apartment listings. Maybe even cheap hotels, until his commission comes through and he gets paid.]

Neal. guess that makes you my savior, Emma.
They won't kick me out as long as I keep buying coffee, right?

[He's not a freeloader as long as he's a customer, and while he may not have two weeks of rent until payday, he's at least got bus fare and food money.]