Escape-A-Date & Rescue Ring
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Cingular and Virgin Mobile offer cell phone customers prerecorded messages they can use to escape from a date. Surely a must for cowards and weasels.
The peak time for dates from hell in New York City is Friday at 8 p.m. -- judging by the cell phone calls delivering emergency excuses to bolt.
Truth is, they're fake "rescue" calls -- now being offered by two cell phone providers, Cingular Wireless and Virgin Mobile USA. In an era of Internet-set dates, it's just customer service -- a hip way to wiggle out of an uncomfortable encounter.
Bad Date? Use Your Cell Excuse