Ever take advantage of a wrong number calling you?

[hzl eyed grl]

kranky rawks!!!!

 

[Tallgeese]

Buddy of mine used to have a number that was two transposed digits different than a skating rink across town. All kinds of numbskulls would call, at all hours, to find out the schedule, promotions, etc. Finally, he quit answering the phone and let his machine do all the work. Of course, his message at any given time went something like this:

"Hello, and THANK YOU for calling SuperSkate! This weekend is our Fabulous Five Friday, when we're open from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. this weekend, and you and up to 4 of your friends GET IN FREE with a grocery bag of canned goods to help our "Feed the Incontinent" Food Drive. So...COME ON DOWN and skate with us!"

Always wondered what they did with all crap he listed (used tennis shoes, cheese sauce can lids, etc. etc.)

 

[Sealy]

I got a call when I was 19, a few years back, and the guy asked for "Shelly". I said I was sorry that no Shelly lived here and that he must have the wrong number. Well the guy says well you have a very sexy voice how would you like to go out sometime?! I was very flattered but I had to decline!!!

so I guess I did'nt take advantage of a wrong number calling me!

 

[T2T III]

I had someone take advantage of me on a call I placed once. About 18 years ago when I was in the military and dating the woman that is now my wife, there was a night that I woke up lonely in my dorm room. I dialed what I thought was my girlfriends number, but mis-dialed and reached another girl instead. Keep in mind, this was probably 1:00 in the morning and the girl that I reached didn't want me to hang up. So, I didn't want to be rude, so I talked with her for a while. It was a pretty interesting conversation, needless to say.

 

[datalink7]

I was at a friends house. This young women called and asked for "Joe."
My friend said "I think you have the wrong number. No Joe lives here."
She said "I know he's there and doesn't want to talk to me, but please just put him on."
My friend goes "No, you have the wrong number." And hangs up.

He tells me what she said, and then she calls back. He says "no, there is no Joe hiding here, please don't call back."

Then my friend goes to the bathroom.

She calls again, and I answer.

She says "I know hes there, stop hiding him and put him on."
I say "Yah, he is here. But he doesn't want to talk to you right now." I hang up.

She calls non stop for the next hour or so trying to get my friend (who has to answer every time because he is expecting a call) to "put joe on the phone." She crys, she screams and yells. Everything. Didn't believe she had the wrong number.

I didn't tell my friend what I had said to her while he was in the bathroom till after. lol.

 

[Bobomatic]

My friends dad would get calls from newspapers and he would let them talk, then when they asked if he wanted to order he said yes. He then asked if they carried the newspaper in brail because he is blind.

 

[Lithium381]

i stayed on the phone with some lady taking a political survey, i was supposed to be over 18, so she asked me if i was, i said yes......after 25 minutes she thanked me for my time and then asked how old i was for the record, i told her 17, hahaha, she was pissed....."I asked you at the beginning!?!?!?" buaha

 

[Jhill]

I work in a hotel with a lot of pay phones. Every time one of them rings my coworker and I know It's the wrong number so when we answer we give the phone to the one of us who didn't answer and we act like we are the person they ask for.

It's always gets funny especially when the person doesn't catch on for awhile and we start acting really stupid. Once I was suppose to be Susan (I'm a male) and I had the person fooled for about 5 minutes until I busted up laughing.

 

[DanFungus]

This thread is hilarious

I haven't had any really good ones, but when a telemarketer called selling phone service, there was a bunch of static on the line, so i argued with him about how awful his service was if there was static, since I had never had that problem before. By the end, he was just laughing...hehe

 

[guyver01]

the last time a wrong number called me it went like this...

caller: hello, is jim there?
me: no, you have the wrong number
caller: but isn't this.. (number) ?
me: yes, but you still have the wrong number, cause jim doesnt have THIS number
caller: ok
<ring>
caller: hello, is jim there?
me: no, you have the wrong number
<ring>
caller: hello, is jim there?
me: no, you still have the wrong number
<ring>
caller: hello, is jim there?
me: i'm sorry.. who is this?
caller: john
me: john... i'm so sorry, didn't anyone tell you?
caller: tell me what
me: jim has been killed in a freak accident
caller: what? how...
me: i dunno.. i havent gotten all the info yet... <disconnect call>


morons.

 

[yakko]

Originally posted by: kranky
I once got four calls in a row from a very angry woman who insisted that my number belonged to a car dealer's body shop. The first three times when I told her she had the wrong number, she said I was wrong and (the dealer) was just jerking her around because they didn't have her car fixed. The fourth time, before I could even tell her (again) she had the wrong number, she launched into a tirade about "don't tell me this is the wrong number again, you @#$^*&", how terrible the dealer service was, how they lied to her about her repair work, the poor quality, and on and on. So to get her to stop calling I interrupted her with "Hello, this is the manager." That at least got her to stop talking.

Then I told her her car would be ready the next day at noon, that she would get a 50% discount on her repair for all the inconvenience and delay, and she could have 10 coupons for free oil changes at the dealership service center. She was happy as a clam and didn't call back any more.

I guess I should have called the car dealer to give them a heads-up, but I didn't.

hahahahahahahahaha

That sounds like what I used to do when I worked for Pizza Hut delivery. Somehow people kept getting us instead of the rent to own place. They never figured out that when I answered the phone Pizza Hut that they had the wrong number. After working there a couple months if I ever had time I would go ahead and help them. I sold so much stuff that I would have got some nice bonus checks if I worked there.

 

[bizmark]

One time my dad got a telemarketing call for himself. But he answered "No, he's not here right now... yeah, he had to get another job because he's about to go bankrupt.... yeah, he'll get off his shift at about 3am.... no, this is his wife's lover... she's been cheating on him, she's about to leave him.... yeah, if you call back around 3am, he should be back by then."

After he hung up, he looked at me and grinned and said "I bet that they don't try to call back!" I was probably 12 or so, and that sent me over the edge because I had been holding back my laughter the whole time he was talking to the person.

 

[CraigRT]

hahahaha, there are some really good ones in here!!!!

 

[chiwawa626]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Yea I've taken advantage of a wrong number...back in november someone accidentally sent me a text message so I kept talking to them, now that person is my girlfriend

Really? explain please.. intresting story lol

 

[teddymines]

We've been getting this call for about 2 weeks from some guy looking for Tina. I'll bet she met him at a bar, she didn't like him, and made up a number in case he called.

 

[Match]

A lot of good stories in here. The best I can contribute is my girlfriend's dad's standard response to telemarketers. It goes something like this:

telemarketer: Hello my name is "soandso" and I'm calling for "suchandsuch" company. I'd like to tell you about our product/service.
dad : Wonderful! Please tell me all about it!

My girlfriend's dad then proceeds to gently place the phone on the counter and leave the room. Once he came back 10 minutes later to hang up the phone, and the person was still talking.

 

[ahartman]

Two quick ones...

1) In high school (15 years ago), our number was close to Ramada Inn's (272-2900 vs. 272-9200). It was about 3 months before Notre Dame's graduation and the same guy called my house 5 times trying to make a reservation. On the 5th call, I took his reservation, even giving him a fake confirmation number. Poor guy, I feel bad about it now knowing how impossible it is to find a hotel room within 50 miles of South Bend around graduation time.

2) A buddy of mine's father got a call. "Do you have aluminum siding on your house?". "Let me go check" He put the phone down and watched TV.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

<Telemarketer> Hello, is <me> available?
<me> He's not available right now, can you call back later?

<Telemarketer> Hello is <me> available?
<me> I'm kinda busy, can you call back in an hour?
<Telemarketer> Okay
*me ties up the phoneline for the next 6 hours by logging onto the internet

 

[propellerhead]

I didn't take advantage of the caller this time, but it is still worth a chuckle...

<telemarketer> Hi. This is so-and-so. Is Mr. LastName in please?

<me> Nope. You have the wrong number.

<telemarketer> (spells out my last name) L-A-S-T-N-A-M-E?

<me> (spells out my response) No. W-R-O-N-G-N-U-M-B-E-R.

<telemarketer> (finally gets it). Okay. T-H-A-N-K-Y-O-U.

....Click.