# Should I be worried about this voicemail? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-worried-about-this-voicemail/601162 "2011-10-29T07:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-worried-about-this-voicemail/601162/1 "2011-10-29T07:05:10Z")
Okay, so yesterday I was renewing my ad on Craigslist, and accidentally posted it twice. Simple mistake; could happen to anyone. The post was flagged and removed, but I reposted it again later, and I still have an active account. What’s disturbing is the voicemail that was left on my phone within minutes of this. I think it’s a blocked number too, and the message was this: _Why you messin’ with the [?], bitch? Twelve dollars and fifty cents? Get the fuck off Craiglist. You gonna get flagged._ I can’t be sure about the mumbled word. Carpet? I’ve never messed up anyone’s carpet, and even if I had, I don’t remember any clients who talked like that. Something price? Yes, my rate is $12.50. I’m planning to raise it to $15, but right now I make more in volume this way. The thing is, there are people who will work for $10 or even eight. Perhaps someone thinks I’m cutting in on their action. I don’t know if flagging is the worst I have to worry about. Or perhaps it is. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-worried-about-this-voicemail/601162/2 "2011-10-29T07:09:37Z")
Could something that sounds like “carpet, bitch” actually be “competition”? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-worried-about-this-voicemail/601162/3 "2011-10-29T07:11:11Z")
Ah, that could be it. Still, jeez, I’ve been doing this for years and I never knew there was a housecleaner cabal. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-worried-about-this-voicemail/601162/4 "2011-10-29T15:38:15Z")
“Why you messin’ with the carpet, bitch?” is a line I will have to use on Patience the Labrador. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-worried-about-this-voicemail/601162/5 "2011-10-29T16:44:25Z")
That would freak me out too. It might just be some random rudeness, but you never know when you’re dealing with random strangers on craigslist. Do you have a safety plan in place for when you go to a new client’s house? I’d be extra cautious about going to new clients for a while just in case this person does try to harm you or “teach you a lesson” in some way. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-worried-about-this-voicemail/601162/6 "2011-10-30T01:37:53Z")
Well, someone else has told me that this is just the cost of doing business on CL. Says it’s happened to her a couple times, and nothing ever came of it. No, I don’t have a safety plan, except a couple times I asked someone to come with me when I went to a remote area. I have a lot of spray bottles, though. Maybe squirt someone in the eyes with tile foam, then run like hell? ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-worried-about-this-voicemail/601162/7 "2011-10-30T02:09:29Z")
Well, to be fair that rug really pulled the room together. (Can’t believe I’m the first.) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-worried-about-this-voicemail/601162/8 "2011-10-30T03:00:17Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > Well, to be fair that rug really pulled the room together. This aggression will not stand! ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-worried-about-this-voicemail/601162/9 "2011-10-30T05:40:42Z")
> [@Just\_Ed](#): > > This aggression will not stand! Well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man! ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-worried-about-this-voicemail/601162/10 "2011-10-30T15:50:51Z")
I’m guessing carpet = market.