Fooled Ya

There is a sensor light between our garage doors that responds to light in that when it gets dark, the light turns on. It is not very bright, more or less like an outside night light, but it is energy efficient and functional has been for the last decade that we've lived here. Once in a while, one of the kids will turn the switch off in the garage, and it doesn't get noticed until after dark because it is noticeably too dark outside. Too dark to see anything if something was amiss or if any outside noises warranted the need for us to peek out the window to see what was up.

Last night, I told G that the light had finally expired, as I had noticed it a couple of nights earlier flashing intermittently as the sky slowly darkened. He assumed the switch had been turned off and went out to the garage to turn it back on. Nothing. Hence my conclusion that it surely needed to be replaced, and since it isn't the type of bulb you can find at a retail store, I would have to go to some electric supply distributor and where was one that was around here? I purposely minimize the amount and distance of driving these days because of the ridiculous gas prices, so I would certainly make sure wherever I was going to purchase a new bulb carried the exact brand I needed.

The telephone rings at 10:10 PM. Unless it is a wrong number or emergency, nobody calls this late, at least at our house. I answer the phone, hopeful it is just a wrong number.

"Hello?"

"Hi, this is Domino's and I'm trying to find your house to deliver your pizza, so could you put your light on?"

"Well, I would, except we didn't order any pizza. What address are you looking for?" I make out part of the address the driver states, and it sounds nothing like ours.

"Let me check the number," she says. "I'll tell you what phone number I have, and you can tell me if it's yours."

She reads back the phone number she has for the order and it is ours. "That's my number," I tell her, "but we didn't order pizza. You have my information in your computer because we've ordered from you before. What name do you have for the order?"

"Fuja," she says.

Yes, apparently you have definitely been fooled.