I hate April Fool’s Day. How could I love after growing up with Capt. April Fool’s Zac? However, I do enjoy helping others prank people on this special day. This year was no exception when my Friend Mike called and enlisted me to prank his mom. Apparently she and her husband love the restaurant Pappadeaux and eat there all the time. So early this afternoon, I called her up and pretended to be from the Pappadeaux corporate office rewarding her for being a faithful customer with a free appetizer and dessert that evening at their local Pappadeaux restaurant. Just to push the boundaries of belief I called the reward program ‘Pappadeaux’s Frequent Feaster’. Amazingly enough she bought it and agreed to call the local restaurant to schedule her reward except I gave her her son’s cell phone number instead. Amazingly enough, she did not recognize her own son’s number.

After waiting a few hours for his mom to call, Mike finally broke and called his mom to see what was up. His mom then spent the next thirty minutes telling him how she had the worst day ever and nothing had gone right. Finally after she had vented and completely purged herself of her horrible day, she confided to him that the best part of her day was when Pappadeaux had called and offered her free food for being such a great customer. Oopsies! With a lil luck, Mike extricated himself from the phone call with his mom and hung up feeling a bit guilty. Within the next few minutes his phone rang with his mom’s number, and he decided to let the joke play out. After a few seconds, his mom recognized his voice and figured out the joke. Thank goodness, she enjoyed it and wasn’t upset. Otherwise, I would have felt horrible. Now I just gotta beware of retribution next year.