I once gave a directions. Now I'm his emergency contact.
A couple of years ago a man asked me how to get to the bus station.
I told him how to get. He said thanks. We parted ways.
So I thought.
Months later I got a phone call.
The caller asked, "Is this Daniels emergency contact?"
I said, "No I don't know anyone by that name."
It was a number.
Then another call came a month later.
Another.
It turned out the man had saved my number as his emergency contact.
I've never seen him again.
I've learned has had a few mishaps.
He sprained his ankle.
He locked himself out of his apartment.
He missed a flight.
He left his wallet in a taxi.
Each time I get a call I have to explain that I'm the person who gave him directions, to the bus station.
I truly hope has doing okay.
If he ever has a real emergency I hope he remembers me first.
What's the strangest responsibility you've gotten because of someone you don't know?