We've got caller ID. Don't try this on us.

[Swordsman422]

Not an SC, really, just a dumbass kid trying to have some fun with me in one of my off moods.

So no shit, there I am see, minding my own business at the hobby hole when I get a massively failed attempt at a prank call. The call is placed by some redneck twelve-year-old and his buddies.

Call goes as follows:
Kid: Hey, ya'll got bombs?
Me: (having not quite understood the question) Do we have what?"
Kid: Bombs, idiot! (chortling in the background) As in stuff that we can use to blow up government stuff, as in ka-boom. HAWHAWHAWHAW!
and he hangs up.

I'm in a mean mood that day and am not going to tolerate any more crap. The little dirtball (I mean this literally) did not even bother to mask his number, so I've got it in my possession and the name of who it belongs to. After a reverse look-up for more information, I call back.

Kid: Hello?
Me: Yes, I recieved a call from this number about bombs.
Kid: Who is this?
Me: And about how you want to use them to blow up government property?
Kid: Naw. Who the hell is this?
Me: Well, I'm sure that your parents, the <family name>, who live at <address> would be very happy to discover that their son and his friends are going to be carted off by the FBI later this afternoon for making terrorist threats.
Kid: We were just joking!
Me: All the same, I think I'm going to hand this number over to them...
Kid: No, please! It was just a joke!
Me: It wasn't funny, was it?
Kid: No, sir.
Me: Are you going to be making any more prank calls?
Kid: No, sir.
Me: Good boy.

And that was the end of that. Sad thing is, he probably would go on to learn nothing from his little brown moment. Stupid children...

[BamaBabe]

Love the way you handled that! Bravo!

[Rantsylvania 6-5000]

Gotta love that Caller ID! Hopefully he's learned his lesson now; you just don't joke about shit like that!

[Jester]

I do so love how he goes from an arrogant condescending asshole attitude here

Kid: Bombs, idiot!

to a repentant apologetic obedient one here

Kid: No, sir.

...you just don't joke about shit like that!

Sure you do! But you either need to do it better, or not do it to someone far smarter than you!

[Fire_on_High]

Send it off anyway. Yeah, I'm in a sadistic mood tonight.

[XCashier]

Sad thing is, he probably would go on to learn nothing from his little brown moment.

He would if you actually did send it in.

Yes, I know, it's your word against his. But we can dream...

[Daemonmonkey]

That's why I dial <Hide caller ID> before making prank calls...

[Sparky]

Good on you, threatening to tell the parents. I wonder if it would have worked.

I once went off on some little snots who prank called me. They kind of scared me, to tell the truth, and I was having a bad day anyway. I was at home, not at work. I screamed at them. Their mother called me back to complain. I was too shocked by that to think of half the things I should have said to her.

[ApolloSZ]

I posted a similar one ages ago, and did a similar thing. Rang the person back 30 seconds later to prove I did indeed have their number written down.

It felt GOOD!

[chainedbarista]

ahh, that warmed the cockles of my dark, shriveled little heart. i agree, turn this little turd in and really scare him.

[taxguykarl]

Sad thing is, he probably would go on to learn nothing from his little brown moment. Stupid children...

Hate to say it, bu you're probably right.

[dougiezerts]

You shoulda leaned on that little brat longer!

[MoonCat]

Some kid once filled up our weekend voicemail with a lot of prank calls. Dum-dum gave his phone number. I called back (it was a schoolday) and got his mom. Conversation went something like this:

Mom: Thank you for letting me know about this.
Me: No problem. I actually remember doing something like this once as a kid.
Mom: Then you know what's going to happen when he gets home, don't you?

And her tone of voice said it all. Busted!!

[XCashier]

My husband dealt in a similar way with a prank call many years ago (back in the 1980s, when Caller ID was still new).

CC= Crank Caller
DH=my darling hubby

(DH gets a phone call from what is obviously a kid)
DH: Workplace, DH speaking.
CC: Er, um, is your refrigerator running?
DH: No.
CC: Oh, um...
DH: I have Caller ID. I know where you are.
CC: *click!*
DH:

[EricKei]

CC: Er, um, is your refrigerator running?

- "No, after we broke its legs it got a lot slower"

- "No, it knows better (sound of shotgun being cocked in background"

- "Is my..??*bawls* oh gawd, how could you remind me of THAT?! *click*"