Abby From Sandles

Before we start.. Come up with the best English Accent you can come up with. That means Carol will be sounding Russian. ;P Now, read the rest of this blog in an English Accent.. it will add so much to this post! ;) So last week we were down in Rochester with Carol and Mikayla. It was very uneventful, excluding the fact that Carol literally got lost in the closet while Mikayla spent the majority of her time in the closet.. It wasn't all that exciting!

This week however, Mom and I have been with Grandma and Aunt Gloria. They arrived Friday and ironically Friday is when all the craziness began! To be honest, it all began when I started showing off with my English Accent. Looking back on it I wish I never started.

My Grandma and Aunt Gloria came up with an Oh So Great idea. This idea involved me prank calling my Grandpa. Now if any of you have ever met my Grandpa.. He's really sharp. And I'm serious. He's just one of those people that you can't normally slide anything by. Well lets just say things have changed. ;)

So we come up with a story. Then a script. Then a character. Let me explain.

Last month my Uncle Brandon got married at Sandles Resort in Jamaica. So we decided to call my Grandpa and tell him that there were some charges made by a Mr.Brandon to his Visa card. My Grandpa knew Brandon had went to Sandles and he knew what was purchased. When I called him I made sure he knew that there were "Additional" charges made, making it sound like Brandon bought a bunch of stuff that he not only didn't pay, but didn't tell my Grandpa about.

I called him and said something like.. (and remember to speak in a thick English accent)

"'ello, this is Abby calling from Sandles Resort in Montego Bay. Is this a Mr.Bob Nason?"

"Yes"

"Good Afternoon, I am calling regarding some charges made to your visa. Did you authorize charges for  :

- The Newly Wed Package.
- A Spa Day
- Exclusive VIP Dining Reservation
- One Day Parasaling Excusion
and
- An Off Shore Snorkeling Experiance

Did you authorize this charges?"

My Grandpa tried to convince me that they were already paid, but I quickly convinced him that they were in "addition" to what was already paid. He kept rather calm. That is until I told him the total. He says,

"So how much did this all cost?"

"The total comes to $1254 sir."

"TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY FOUR DOLLARS?"

At this point calm went out the window. He went on about how it must be a mistake, but having all the right information he came to his senses and asked for me to read the charges off to him again so he could write them down.

At this point I know I have him hook line and sinker! Grandma, Aunt Gloria and my Mom was sitting just outside the door and they laughed quietly when they heard him writing it down!

Now I had all the information and answers I might need written on a piece of paper right in front of me incase I forgot. This included a list of the charges, his address, last four digits of his credit card, ect. What I didn't account for was that he was gonna ask me for a phone number to call me back on!

When he ask.. I fumbled around and almost lost it! The first thing that came out of my mouth was "(715)" after that I rattled off my cell number. I quickly thought he would realize it me for sure, even behind my ridiculous English Accent.

Fortunatly he didn't recognize my number or my voice, but he did recognize the area code.

"You must be calling from Wisconsin.." He says.

Scared that he is about to catch me..

"Yes sir.."

What seems to me like an endless silence.

"I'm pretty familiar with that area. I have a cabin up there."

Releived that he didn't call me out and still a bit mixed up I couldn't come up with anything to say but

"..ok.."

He goes on and tells me he'll call me back with in half hour. We hang up and we all go crazy laughing and bouncing up and down and absolutly freaking out!!

Little did we know that while we were partying it up, my Grandpa was calling Brandon and completely chewing him out! Now Brandon was completely innocent here and has no idea what my Grandpa is talking about. Knowing that I would need to call him back before he called me back, I quickly called him back and said,

"Hi, this is Abby again. Sorry to bother you but I forgot to confirm your mailing address. Are you still at.." and I read off his address and he said

"Yes Ma'am, thank you very much!"

and I replied in an accent that was as American as can be,

"Your welcome! I'll see you Thursday Grandpa!"

There was this loooooooong pause and then all of a sudden, in a rather annoyed tone I heard.

"Who is this??"

And we all start laughing and rolling on the floor all over the place! Its funny because NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE gets my Grandpa! He is one sharp guy!! But we got him alright.. We got him good.

Later the next day we called my Aunt Christen.. but that's a whole other story! ;)

Dave is next. 

I'm a bit afraid now and I'm watching my back because you know what they say about payback. ;)

Lynz