You know those little ads that come in the mail showing pictures of missing people? I happened to see one today which had a picture of a young boy and an older man. At first glance, I thought that the older man looked like a guy who works in our cafeteria. Upon further inspection, I still thought it looked somewhat like him. The ad gives a number you can call if you've seen someone who's missing. I suppose people must utilize it, because I have heard that similar ads, as well as photos on milk cartons and the like, have helped in finding plenty of missing people.

What I wonder is how many not-so-helpful calls these missing people places get. Not prank calls - I won't even go there. I'm talking about for example, "Hey, I think I've seen this guy. He works in my company's cafeteria." Well, then what happens? They send a team of investigators to apprehend the poor unsuspecting cafeteria employee. They do all kinds of character assessments, background checks, DNA testing, and in the end, he's the wrong guy. Meanwhile his whole life has been turned upside down, not to mention all the time and energy wasted by the staff of the missing person place. But, I mean, it must happen right?

Once when I was in high school, I was hanging out someplace with some friends when a cop walked over to me. He asked if he could talk to me and led me aside. He then showed me a picture of a girl and asked if it was me. I'll add that the girl looked nothing like me, except for maybe a similar hair color. Well I told him that it was not me and he said "are you sure?" Um, no let me check... Of course I was sure! After giving me a long hard look, he seemed to believe me and explained that the girl was a runaway they were trying to find. It was all kind of scary. I mean, what if he hadn't believed me?   ¶ 11:27 AM