Yesterday I woke up and my cell phone company informed me
my last name has been changed to Andrade. This came as quite a surprise to me since I couldn’t
recall getting married recently. I
thought back to my most recent stay in New York and a few of the guys I had spent
time with, but I was stumped. I
couldn’t remember eloping with anyone.
I then remembered that weekend in Chicago 3 years ago – a
St Patty’s day weekend celebration.
I didn’t elope then either, but my taxi cab driver took me out for
breakfast after my wallet had been stolen the night before. I was already short on cash in paying
him to get me to the bus station, so I asked him to take me as far as he could
go. He insisted on getting me
there regardless, and when we arrived an hour before my bus’s departure, he
told me he was going to grab a bite to eat at the diner down the street and
asked if I would like to go - his treat.
My stomach had rumbled just moments before, reminding me
that without any money or credit cards I would go hungry that day unless I
accepted his offer. So yes, I went
out to breakfast with my taxi cab driver and he near proposed to me by the end
of the meal. His wife had passed
away several years prior and he was raising 3 little ones on his own. I did agree to giving him my telephone
number, but I know didn’t give him (or anyone else that weekend) my hand in
marriage.
But since that weekend I’ve run into all sorts of
identity theft issues. Within
months of St. Patty's Day the guy who stole my wallet managed to run up a $2,000 Comcast bill in
my name.
And then there were issues with Paypal, and now my cell phone. The Verizon lady explained to me
someone had called in, answered all the security questions, and requested the
name change. I explained to the
Verizon lady that I would very much like to change my name someday, but, to the
best of my knowledge, my last name is still Blank.
It is said never, ever keep your Social Security Card in
your wallet. GREAT advice! I only swayed from it for a few weeks
and now I am being haunted for life.
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