Helping a Stranger

Rando on the street: Hey you! You on the bike! Can I call a number on your phone?

Me, very suspicious: …depends on the number

(As if that would stop the rando from stealing my phone or whatever)

Rando: This number

So I type it in, call it, and hand it to Rando.

Rando: Hey cuz I’m at the corner. By the store. Where you at?

Cuz: You dumb bitch go back

Rando: Go back where?

Cuz: Turn around and go back!!

Rando: Yo, who you think you’re yellin at here?

Me: It’s true, I can hear them through the phone

Cuz: You have to turn around and go back!

Rando: Back where? Cuz, I don’t know where you are

Me: Have either of you heard of cross streets?

Cuz: TURN AROUND!!!!!

That last time, Cuz yelled so loud that we could both hear their voice down the block.

Rando: Ohhhh you’re that way. Be there in a sec.

Rando hands me my phone back and I go home. About ten minutes after this interaction, my phone buzzes. It’s Cuz’s number.

Me: Hello! Your cousin borrowed my phone for a second, but they’re not here anymore.

Cuz hangs up on me.

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