wardialing (Patreon)

1-800-334-0000  flower shop
1-800-334-0001   no answer

1-800-334-0002  taxi company in Austin.

1-800-334-0003  fax machine?

1-800-334-0004   a tired woman. Do you know what time it is? Who is this? How did you get this number.

1-800-334-0005   the grocery store employees are starting to stare. Why? I just got here.

Janice, the night manager, has her hand on my arm. "You're not dressed, honey," she says. Her voice is so calm and warm. 

I hang up the phone again. I'm standing here in my underwear. High school and wardialing and computer hacking - all of that was twenty years ago. "It's 2018," I say to her, and she nods her head.

"Come on," she says. "I'll walk you home.

I am 38 years old.