A group of men were enjoying a quiet moment in the golf club locker room when a cell phone on a bench began to ring. One man picked it up, answered it, and put the call on speakerphone for everyone to hear. A woman’s voice came through, addressing the man as “honey.” She explained she was at the mall and had found a beautiful leather coat for one thousand dollars. She asked for his permission to buy it, and he generously told her to go ahead if she loved it.
The conversation continued as the woman shared that she was also at a car dealership and had seen a new Mercedes model that she really liked. When she told him the price was sixty-five thousand dollars, the man didn’t hesitate. He agreed immediately, only stipulating that he wanted the car to have all the available options for that price. The other men in the room listened with growing surprise at the man’s apparent wealth and generosity.
The woman then delivered the biggest news. The house they had wanted the previous year was back on the market, listed for nearly a million dollars. The man calmly instructed her to go ahead and make an offer, suggesting she start at nine hundred thousand. The call ended with an exchange of “I love yous,” and the man hung up. The other men in the locker room stared at him in stunned silence, completely impressed by his lavish spending.
Then, the man broke into a smile and looked around at the group. He held up the phone and asked a simple question: “Does anyone know who this phone belongs to?” The entire situation had been a clever prank, and the men realized they had just witnessed a masterful performance with a stranger’s phone.
