Rant: When dialing a wrong number.....

[TwinkleToes77]

I always get this really elderly lady that misdials and gets me instead.. Out of common decency i have to spend about 3-5 minutes trying to explain to her that she misdialed and to try again. Sometimes she calls back right away with another misdial.. sometimes i assume she gets through.

Thankfully we changed our number last week. I'll miss my daily conversations with her. *sigh*

 

[kranky]

I got a whole series of wrong number calls one afternoon from some lady who was trying to reach a car repair outfit. On the fourth call in 5 minutes she convinced herself that I actually WAS the car repair place, and was lying in order to avoid talking to her. She launched into a rage before I could shut her up. She wanted her car finished TODAY, dammit, she was tired of getting a runaround for two weeks and if her car wasn't ready by 4PM TODAY then she was going to call the cops and have someone arrested for theft!

So I told her the car would be ready by 4, and she quit calling back.

 

[gwlam12]

how bout people who call ur cell phone..get ur voicemail..hear a name thats not that person theyre looking for...yet they keep calling anyway.

 

[kozman31]

Originally posted by: gistech1978
yeah that irks me too
i hate it even more when they question me.."are you right? you sure?" etc
dumbass, i answered the phone @ my house.

my friends dad would do this (wrong number)
"is Ashley there?"
"hold on let me check..." (screams for ashley, no response comes back with)
"oh yeah thats right...she left about 20 mins ago with a group of large men."
"huh, what?"
click.

My dad did a variation of that once. Someone called up once and asked for somebody (they called the wrong number) and my dad just said "oh she died" and hung up the phone.

 

[Shortcut]

What takes the cake are the asshats who persist that they've called the correct number, even after being told...

1. "sorry, wrong number"
2. "nope, she don't live here", and
3. "yes, i'm certain she doesn't live here. go away!"

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: samgau
Try beating getting a wrong # call 4 times in a row from the someone asking for person A, then from a different person B, asking for the same person A.....

No kidding.

A guy called me at least 10 times looking for the same person within 1 hour.

 

[Walleye]

lol..

one time i picked up and i didnt recognize the voice, i asked "who's this" in a kinda annoyed voice.

he responded back in a more annoyed voice with his full name. turns out it was my grandpa.

oops.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: kranky
I got a whole series of wrong number calls one afternoon from some lady who was trying to reach a car repair outfit. On the fourth call in 5 minutes she convinced herself that I actually WAS the car repair place, and was lying in order to avoid talking to her. She launched into a rage before I could shut her up. She wanted her car finished TODAY, dammit, she was tired of getting a runaround for two weeks and if her car wasn't ready by 4PM TODAY then she was going to call the cops and have someone arrested for theft!

So I told her the car would be ready by 4, and she quit calling back.

Should have told her also, that due to the inconvenience the repair work will de done free of charge and the manager would like to take her out to dinner.

 

[StageLeft]

While on topic our home phone is a single digit away from one of the pizza places here and dumb idiots continually call it. I mean once in a while is ok, but how many people are pressing the phone buttons with their nose that they _continually_ call us instead of fvcking papa johns?

 

[kazamobah]

ah yes, I love answering the phone and being greeted with "Who's this?!".

What's even better is when person knocks at my door. I open the door and say, "hello". Half the time the person just stares at me blankly and then walks in. Keep in mind that I live in a dorm but saying,"Hey, is ______ here??, still seems appropriate.

 

[dpm]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
While on topic our home phone is a single digit away from one of the pizza places here and dumb idiots continually call it. I mean once in a while is ok, but how many people are pressing the phone buttons with their nose that they _continually_ call us instead of fvcking papa johns?

So no Hawaiian and pokey sticks for me?

I miss pokey sticks

 

[anno]

Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77
I always get this really elderly lady that misdials and gets me instead.. Out of common decency i have to spend about 3-5 minutes trying to explain to her that she misdialed and to try again. Sometimes she calls back right away with another misdial.. sometimes i assume she gets through.

Thankfully we changed our number last week. I'll miss my daily conversations with her. *sigh*

hah! where we lived before, we always got calls for this little girl.. tiffany. giggly little girls first, giggly young teens next, eventually nervous boys, then more confidant ones.. we "watched" this child who's friends didn't know her phone number grow up.. and we'd tell 'em first time that they had the wrong number.. if they called right back, we'd offer to take a message.

eventually tiffany went to college, and the calls tapered off.. just occasional ones, over christmas break, or in the summer. then one night after we'd gone to bed, the phone rings, and the person on the other end says "this is tiffany, let me talk to dad." I said.. "tiffany! finally! I have 8 years of messages for you.. but if you want to talk to dad, you'll have to call the right number.."

 

[royaldank]

Talk about your wrong number...

http://www.austindailyherald.com/articles/2003/09/08/news/news5.txt

From the article:

"...Two teenage girls, skipping school Friday, accidentally called the county sheriff's confidential cell phone number to try to buy drugs.

When they learned of their mistake, they hung up and dialed the number again."

 

[anno]

Originally posted by: Shortcut
What takes the cake are the asshats who persist that they've called the correct number, even after being told...

1. "sorry, wrong number"
2. "nope, she don't live here", and
3. "yes, i'm certain she doesn't live here. go away!"

some woman called me once here, and I said hello, and she just started talking.. on and on and on and on and on.. I hadn't finished my first cuppa coffee yet, not quite awake.. so I just listened for a while, trying to figure out whotheheck she was, and finally couldn't stand it anymore, jumped in when she paused for breath and asked "scuze me.. but.. who IS this?" and she told me, and I was like.. I don't know you.. and she went off on me! what was I doing answering so-n-so's phone, blah blah blah, I was like.. lady, I dunno what you're talking about.. and she hung up on me, and I shrugged, and rubbed my eyes, and hotted my coffee back up and wandered away..

and the phone rang again.. and it was her again! yelling at me, again! insisting SHE had the right number, and *I* was answering the wrong phone! it was so.. weird! so I said I was sorry.. and she yelled some more and I hung up! and hotted my coffee back up and wandered away..

and the phone rang again!

and this time it was the phone company.. operator or something, wanting to know who I was and what I was doing answering so-n-so's telephone.. I was flabbergasted! but by now I'm awake! so.. I'm like.. what is your problem?? what do you mean this is not my phone?? sheesh! you're the operator, right? punch the number into your handy dandy computer and tell me what name comes up? heck, look at the area code.. this gal is insisting that she's calling her friend in kentucky, why the heck is she dialing south carolina?? can you not help this lady, look up the number for whoever it is she's trying to call and leave ME alone?? do you have ANY idea how foolish this phone call makes YOU look? he was embarrassed and apologetic and did finally get off the phone.


it was the weirdest thing.

 

[Danman]

I got a call at 5 in the morning one time. It was a couple weeks ago, and the guys is like, "OH SORRY WRONG NUMBA DAWG."

 

[Chaotic42]

99% of my calls are:

Me: "WBIW/Oldies 105/The Eagle"
Them: "Uhhhh... is this the radio station?"
Me: "What do you think?"

or

Me: "WBIW/Oldies 105/The Eagle"
Them: "Uh, yeah, is Bob there?"
Me: "You do realize this is the radio station..."
Them: "Huh? Wha"
Me: "You know, radio station"
Them: "Uh.. uh... Is Bob there, man?"
Me: "This is the radio station."
Them: "Oh, man. Is this the radio station?"
*click*

Yay 10,000 posts!

BTW, one more post and you're a Lifer!!! HA ha!

I'll just keep editing this post forever!

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
99% of my calls are:

Me: "WBIW/Oldies 105/The Eagle"
Them: "Uhhhh... is this the radio station?"
Me: "What do you think?"

or

Me: "WBIW/Oldies 105/The Eagle"
Them: "Uh, yeah, is Bob there?"
Me: "You do realize this is the radio station..."
Them: "Huh? Wha"
Me: "You know, radio station"
Them: "Uh.. uh... Is Bob there, man?"
Me: "This is the radio station."
Them: "Oh, man. Is this the radio station?"
*click*

Yay 10,000 posts!

Yeah...people just don't register what the answerer says when they pick up the phone. They have tunnel hearing

BTW, one more post and you're a Lifer!!! HA ha!

 

[CraigRT]

good rant, i feel your pain