You might not think it a traditional career choice, but Annie thought that London escorts made a killing and she could kill her student debt in a hurry by becoming one. Kill was a word also fresh on the tip of the tongue the day Annie chose to tell her mother about her career plans. Not for the reasons you’d think though.

Prepared for a fight, Annie unveiled her plans over afternoon tea in a very public restaurant. There was no emotional outburst of, “I’ll kill you first!” from her mother as one would likely expect. Instead, Annie’s mother reacted in the most unexpected and placated way imaginable. She stated peacefully, “I’d kill your home phone number before you enroll, sweetheart. You wouldn’t want to give out your personal information to just anyone you know.”