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Went to work with an old friend of mine from college about six months ago.  We both left our professions to attempt an online startup.  He foot the bill, so technically I was working for him.  All legal documents submitted.  Just like any real job.  Except I never took a dollar from him.  Nor was it offered.

After going live with the business things started getting a little weird.  He would call me and keep me on the phone from one to three hours at a time.  Sometimes two or three times a day.  Even after hours.  99% of those calls were him talking and me zoning out.  They didn't make sense.  Half the time I had no idea what he was talking about.  Other employees were calling me to let me know they were going through similar issues.

Long story short, one night the guy snapped.  He fired everyone in the company.  He had some sort of mental snap or perhaps a drinking problem that I was unaware of.  Not really sure.  I woke up the next morning to just over 300 text messages.  I didn't respond.  In those text messages were some crazy shit as well as a lot of personal attacks.  Some not even truthful.  A few weeks go by and I wake up to just over 100 text messages.  Same garbage.

I reply insisting that he no longer contact me and that any further contact would be considered harassment.  Thought it did the trick.  A month or so went by.  I'm now getting phone calls from random numbers, especially when I don't answer the calls from his direct number.  I'm getting text messages again.  Woke up this morning with 5 e-mails from him within 10 minutes of each other.  Just complete garbage... one was just a screenshot of my LinkedIn profile.  Another of him showing that he has access to all of my e-mails I sent/received while employed.  Nothing i'm concerned about as it was 100% business.

I've moved on.  I'm back to work at my old career.  Ming more money than I did before I left.  I had a few months off from work that was priceless.  I have no ill will towards the guy.  I realize that he has something wrong with him.  I hope that he gets the help that he needs.  The only thing I want is for him to stop contacting me.  He needs to move on.  I'm afraid his condition won't allow it.

Do I bother with legal action in attempt to force his hand, or do I just change my number and e-mail?  I'm thinking the later might be easier.

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Paste some of these text messvex for us to read. How much time does it take to send 100 text messages?

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I know I am attempting to rationalize a irrational person but bear with me...

What was the nature of his "snapping and firing everyone?"  What was his stated reason for doing so?
The business failing?  Needing scapegoats to save his ego?  Did he ever give windows into his mind?

It may not mean anything, but I tend to like to know what I am working with in situations like this, and I'd want to have a bearing if I were in your shoes.

Do you have the ability to find out if he is doing the same thing with the other employees?  How many were there?  Can you contact them?

If he is doing this with all the employees it is a LOT different than if he has singled you out.  Like, carry a gun to the bathroom kind of different.

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You could pay an attorney a couple of hundred bucks to draft and send a cease and desist letter on your behalf.

Or you could just ignore it until he latches on to someone else.

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Today he's sending you hundreds of text messages at a time, tomorrow he's dancing around wearing your skin with his weiner tucked under.

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