There ’s a strange oddity in Verizon ’s text messaging system . When entering a recipient role , if their telephone number does n’t pop up with their name and you send it anyway , it may go to someone else . That someone else is oftenLeila .
Meet Leila Sales . She writesnovels for young adults under Simon Schuster , and since the spring of 2007 she has receive yard of schoolbook messages from alien which were intended for other Leilas . Why does this happen ? Because Verizon made her[email protected ] . She did n’t ask to be , it just sort of as if by magic happened . Whenever somebody tries to publish to their friend Leila they type in her first name , and if car - fill does n’t kick in to link up the liaison , that substance goes to Leila Sales . She averages about five of these texts every solar day . Like any originative somebody would do , she ’s started a web log highlighting her favorites and providing some comment . It ’s a screaming world of sexual urge , drugs , affair , and teenage drama . And they come in all sort of flavors . We ’ve pluck a few prime examples below :
The Insecure Cheater :
“ this is gon na sound wicked , but would u do what we did last Nox with someone while we were together ? cause even if we did nt osculate u be intimate we did stuff “
The Awkward Break - Up :
“ Hey.i do nt think we should go out anymore.we do nt verbalise or attend out.srry can we still be friend . ”
The Pretending I Do n’t desire To Put It In You , Leila :
“ Come sleep with me please just sleeping , nothing else . I need to confine you . ”
The English Teacher ’s Nightmare :
“ U an hidie have sport an sorry for all that dromma i put in your an hidies lifespan plz evidence her i say that :) guhh plzz :) ”
Not astonishingly , a set of these mistaken text are signed “ mama . ” I ’m certain my own mom has accidentally sent hooey to[email protected]on more than one occasion . Leila has a ancestry “ You ’ve catch the wrong Leila ” content she send back when she has clock time or if the text seems important , but if the texter is an a - hole ( like the guy that dumped Leila above ) she ’ll normally let them figure it out on their own . you may , and should , translate her best - of at her blogThe Leila Texts .
P.S. If you do n’t consider me and want to test it yourself so you know it actually works , you should say something obvious ( and squeamish ) like , “ I care your web log . ” If you just text “ Hey , ” she ’s not going to say anything in riposte . Above all , though , be respectful , and do n’t blow her shit up just because you ’re world-weary .
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