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HOw oblivious do you have to be to call a wrong number and leave voicemail?

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notfred

Lifer
I just got a message from some random person that started with, "Hi Nick..."

The greeting on my voicemail clearly says my first and last names, neither of which sounds anything like "Nick", and you have to listen to it before leaving me voicemail.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
I just got a message from some random person that started with, "Hi Nick..."

The greeting on my voicemail clearly says my first and last names, neither of which sounds anything like "Nick", and you have to listen to it before leaving me voicemail.
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my favorite is when I answer the phone:

Me; "this is gothgar"
them: "oh, hi charley"
me; "I didnt say charley, wtf are you smoking?"
them; "is charley there"
 
I used to have people actually talking to my outgoing message. They actually thought it was a real person. They'd say "hello, hello, sir can you hear me". I mean really...
 
my gf once called the wrong number and the guy totally played along with what she was saying... she meant to call her cousin cause they were gonna go eat, and she was like.. hey, are we still going? what time, blah blah.. then the guy was like yeah, where are we gonna meet? then she just kept on talking and talking... then finally she started talking chinese and the guy didnt know wth she was saying, and she was like... wait... ummmm is this the right number?
 
Originally posted by: notfred
I just got a message from some random person that started with, "Hi Nick..."

The greeting on my voicemail clearly says my first and last names, neither of which sounds anything like "Nick", and you have to listen to it before leaving me voicemail.
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I repeatedly get messages from what sounds like an older lady in my voicemail. She always starts off by saying, "Alan..... Alan? Alan...." like she is waiting for someone to reply. Then she goes off into some language that sounds like, "ahha ahahaha ahlalalalalala" to me. One day I answered the phone and she did the same thing.

My voicemail clearly says, "This is Tim's voicemail."
 
I recently had someone from Australia call my phone (my name is clearly stated in the message). They had a long conversation about how, "Your son is alright and he'l be home tomorrow."

Messed up.
 
LOL... this reminds me of one of the funniest things i'd ever heard. This complete stoner calls my friend, and starts leaving a voice message. Halfway through, he suddenly blanks out, stops for a second or two, and starts talking as if he were in a conversation. It went something like, "Hey Bob, bunch of us are going clubbin tonight, was just wondering if you wanted to come along. Give me a call when <pause> hey, so did you want to come? Bob?
 
I have had a similar thing happen over and over again at my college dorm phone. This senile old woman kept calling when I wasn't around and leaving messages for some other woman. The messages would go on for a while and she seriously must have left about 10 of them within a few weeks. My voice mail had also said my full name before the beep. I don't think it ever clicked in her numb little head that I was a guy with a totally different name.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
I just got a message from some random person that started with, "Hi Nick..."

The greeting on my voicemail clearly says my first and last names, neither of which sounds anything like "Nick", and you have to listen to it before leaving me voicemail.
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This constantly keeps happening with my phone number. People keep calling for a guy named Frank with an Italian-sounding last name. The latest one happened on Christmas Eve while we were at my in-law's house. Apparently "Frank's" brother broke down on the freeway on the way to his house and decided to call and leave a message on our machine, despite the fact that we clearly state our names in the message, neither of which sounds like "Frank".

Do people have any concept of the fact that a phone number isn't assigned to the same person for life? I almost wanted to pick the phone up and cuss out the last asshole who called because he's called at least 3 or 4 times for "Frank" (I've got Caller ID so I know he's called before) AND the phone ringing woke my 4-month-old up while he was taking a nap so I had to comfort the poor kid because he started crying. On top of that, the dumbass left a message for "Frank".
 
Back when I was little our number apparently was similar to DA's office. As the result we received a lot of calls addressed to them. This one takes the cake:


Some guy: Hi, can I speak to so and so.
Me: There is no such person here.
Some guy: Is this DA's office?
Me: No, you got the wrong number.
Some guy: Do you know what their number is?
Me: 555-1334
<He hangs up>
 
i just got a cell for my business. my message says. Thank you for calling DP Massage Therapy...

what do i get yesterday but some dude leaving a long message for some dude named Roger. He left his return number and i called his ass back and told him to he had to wrong number in not so polite terms.

edit, wow 3 post at 2:02.
 
Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
I used to have people actually talking to my outgoing message. They actually thought it was a real person. They'd say "hello, hello, sir can you hear me". I mean really...
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VeggieFrog's boyfriend had a message on her cell phone that fooled everyone who called. It was really funny and annoying at the same time...

A few weeks ago, I dialed the wrong # and when I got the voicemail that didn't sound familiar, I just hung up... the guy called back to see who had called him, got my voicemail and left me a message asking what I wanted... I called him back to apologize and we ended up having a 15 minute conversation.

🙂

 
when I first got my new phone, people used to call me all the time looking for some asshat named Gary. they would leave messages and stuff even though I clearly stated my name on my voicemal. at one point I was getting an average of like 2 calls a day for the guy. his grandma called a bunch - she was senile as hell. then one time a redneck guy called from Wisconsin (my area code is DFW area) and yelled a bunch on my voicemail about how Gary owed him some money for some dogs and how he was gonna kick Gary's ass if he didn't pay up.

Lately the calls for Gary have stopped, but now i get them periodically for some guy named Matt who is apparently an IT guy or something for a company. they always call and go *hey matt our computers are down again* before I even say anything. one time I just go *ok i'll be there in 15 minutes but i'll have to charge you double time today*.
 
Ever since I got my new cell phone number I constantly get wrong numbers. They are almost always listed as "unknown" by caller ID so I ignore them. Then again I usually ignore the numbers anyway even if they do show if I don't recognize it.
 
Phone rings, me: "Hello, this is Sixone, can I help you?
Caller: "Hi, is this Sixone?"

If I had a nickel for everytime I get that question, I'd be posting here a lot more often. 😉
 
everytime someone calls my house asking for a "frank", i think its someone scoping out the house. maybe im just paranoid 😕
 
for some reason, my business line gets wrong numbers on a weekly basis and it really pisses me off because it's not from the same person / company. Well I get more from Columbia House than any other, but still, they aren't constantly from them. WTF ?! Well at least it doesn't happen to my cell.
 
The best voice mail I ever received was a prank in college...

Someone called my voicemail then 3-wayed in a girl living in one of the other dorms and pretending to be me proceeded to talk to her for 4-5 minutes asking how she was doing and telling her how he/I had seen around campus and was hoping to get to know her better, etc.

So, I came home to long message of a girl I didn't know talking to a guy I didn't know who she thought was me.

I happened to run into the girl the next day and we had a humorous conversation about what had happened.



 
Originally posted by: phreakah
my gf once called the wrong number and the guy totally played along with what she was saying... she meant to call her cousin cause they were gonna go eat, and she was like.. hey, are we still going? what time, blah blah.. then the guy was like yeah, where are we gonna meet? then she just kept on talking and talking... then finally she started talking chinese and the guy didnt know wth she was saying, and she was like... wait... ummmm is this the right number?
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sad your own gf doesn't even recognize your voice.
 
for like a week i kept getting voicemails for a guy and the woman leaving them was getting pissed by the third or fourth time saying "Jack, we are goingto have trouble if you dont call back"

and my name on my voicemail is nothing like who they were leaving it for
 
Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
I used to have people actually talking to my outgoing message. They actually thought it was a real person. They'd say "hello, hello, sir can you hear me". I mean really...
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VeggieFrog's boyfriend had a message on her cell phone that fooled everyone who called. It was really funny and annoying at the same time...
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hahaha that was awesome! it was jason going, 'hello? hello? anyone there? i cant hear you! hello?' everyone got suckered, even ppl who knew it was like that -- i got even three messages from sam w/in a month where he was saying, "hello, jason is that you? hello!!"
it was really immature, but so funny 🙂
 
Originally posted by: veggiefrog
Originally posted by: KarenMarie

VeggieFrog's boyfriend had a message on her cell phone that fooled everyone who called. It was really funny and annoying at the same time...
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hahaha that was awesome! it was jason going, 'hello? hello? anyone there? i cant hear you! hello?' everyone got suckered, even ppl who knew it was like that -- i got even three messages from sam w/in a month where he was saying, "hello, jason is that you? hello!!"
it was really immature, but so funny 🙂
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yea.. but he recorded it outside and there was a lot of noise in the background.. so it was like he really couldnt hear the caller... so we were all screaming...

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? HELLO?

little sh1t that he is... it was hysterical!!
🙂

 
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