Me: “Thank you for calling [eye doctor’s office], how can I help you?”
Lady: “Hello, I want to check on the status of my glasses.”
Me: “Okay, what is your full name?”
Lady: “Lori Johnson, spelled L-O-R-I.”
Me: “Okay, hold please.”
(I check the computer for Lori Johnson and it doesn’t come up. I then check alternative spellings things like Laurie, Lory, Lauri, etc. All to no avail.)
Me: “I’m sorry Miss, would you mind giving me your date of birth?”
Lady: “12-21-1969.”
(I do a search for that date of birth and one name comes up. Lori Smith.)
Me: “Would you by chance be listed under any other name?”
Lady: “NO!”
Me: “Okay, I’ll try searching by address.”
(She gives me her address and sure enough, it matches Lori Smith.)
Me: “I seem to have you listed in our computer as ‘Lori Smith’.”
Lady: “That’s not me.”
Me: “Well the date of birth matches, as does the address. Would you like me to search by social security number?”
Lady: “That’s not my name. I got married and my last name is Johnson now!”
Me: “Oh I’m sorry, your insurance still has you listed as Smith so that’s how we got mixed up. You’ll probably want to call them.”
Lady: “That’s no excuse.”
Me: “I’m sorry. But there was no way for us to know you got married.”
Lady: “It was in the newspaper!”
Me: “Okaaaaaay.”
When students standing outside the gates started to scream at the sight of him, he dashed inside the school grounds, hoping to blend in with the crowds of teenagers, the paper said.
They also screamed, forcing the man to flee, losing his wig in the process. A school clerk pursued him and stopped him at a nearby riverbank, the paper said.
Police confirmed the arrest of the man in school uniform and wig but declined to give further details.(Reporting by Isabel Reynolds; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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