WRONG NUMBER!
THAT'S IT, I'M CHANGING MY DAMN PHONE NUMBER!
I must get half a dozen wrong numbers every day.
Some woman named Frances from a fire protection agency keeps leaving messages for a "Gerald Nicely" asking him when he's going to pay his bill. I finally called Frances today and told her to stop calling me.
She said "What's your number?"
"822-3366"
"3336?"
NO! That's why you're calling the wrong number, you don't know your 3s from your 6s! You probably have fat fingers and a phone with little buttons!
Some old southern lady keeps calling and leaving really long and detailed messages for "Betty" about who died and who's going to what funeral and who's sending flowers and baking what casserole and who wasn't at church on Sunday. We also frequently get hoodlum-sounding teenagers calling for a "Rachel."
Our phone number is very similar to Subway's phone number, so we get Subway calls on a regular basis. I know Subway's phone number by heart now, so I just tell people what it is. Sometimes other Subway stores even call us.
People leave messages in our voice mail ordering dozens of cookies. I may start baking cookies for these people if they'll pay me and stop calling.
There was one woman who dialed my number and called me 3 times in the course of 15 minutes. She got angry with me when I told her she clearly had the wrong number and asked her to put the phone down and not dial it again. She kept saying "I KNOW this is the right numba!"
:razz :rolleyes :x :mad: :/ :bang :no :pullhair :police :pout :yell :heehee :help :sorry
EDIT: WHY do people ask stupid questions when you tell them they have the wrong number?!?!?
*Ring Ring*
Hello?
Yeah, um..... yah, is Rachel there?
No, you have the wrong number.
Oh ..... this isn't 822-3666?
Clearly it's not.
*click*
*Ring Ring*
Hello?
Is this Subway?
No, you have the wrong number.
Oh ..... so this isn't Subway?
No, this is a personal residence.
Oh ...... do you have that number?
Yes. It's 822-6336.
Ok thanks, bye.
*Click*
*Ring Ring*
Hello?
Is this Subway?
No, you dialed the same number again, you moron.
*Click*
Guest
20 years ago
/comfort That sucks lol :)
ROzbeans
20 years ago
=/ I get a lot of phone calls from teenagers who are always surprised. I think that's typical of new numbers though. Get a cool number like 0100 or something liek that =D
Gilae
20 years ago
My husband and I used to get calls for a hardware store in Canada called Canadian Tire. I guess the phone book had printed the Canadian Tire number wrong and everyone would call us to ask us about the sales or if they could return stuff or complaining bout their Canadian Tire bill.
We also got calls from some east indian man looking for Sarinder. Sarinder is the only word we could understand in these voicemails. He would leave very lengthy messages that would time out and that provided no end of entertainment for Mike and I.
Finally my husband left the following message on our voicemail:
"HI, you've reached the phone number for Ruth and Mike McEachnie. We are not Canadian Tire. We will not respond to any messages not left in english. Thank you."
My brother thought it was thereafter funny to call up with a fake indian accent asking if we'd found his taxi cab.
On a side note, my husband's message often ended up with messages afterwards that went "Oh. *click*"...and lengthy messages for Sarinder.
We also got calls from some east indian man looking for Sarinder. Sarinder is the only word we could understand in these voicemails. He would leave very lengthy messages that would time out and that provided no end of entertainment for Mike and I.
Finally my husband left the following message on our voicemail:
"HI, you've reached the phone number for Ruth and Mike McEachnie. We are not Canadian Tire. We will not respond to any messages not left in english. Thank you."
My brother thought it was thereafter funny to call up with a fake indian accent asking if we'd found his taxi cab.
On a side note, my husband's message often ended up with messages afterwards that went "Oh. *click*"...and lengthy messages for Sarinder.
Anulien
20 years ago
You need start pretending you ARE subway. Only hang up on people calling about their missing orders.
Sarah
20 years ago
My cell phone number happens to be one number off from the DMV.
SO I get things like this:
Hello?
This the DMV.
No.
You sure?
Yes.
Oh. Know the number?
No.
Oh. *click*
or My favorite.
Hello?
Yo, I need to know when you open.
(to which I answer)
Dude, I wouldn't have answered the phone if we were closed.
Cool thanks. *click*
or
This is Sarah, (I answer that way sometimes, since not all the numbers I get are familiar and are legit)
Um...is this the DMV.
Not since I checked last.
Damn, oh okay, thanks. *click*
Fun waste of my minutes.
SO I get things like this:
Hello?
This the DMV.
No.
You sure?
Yes.
Oh. Know the number?
No.
Oh. *click*
or My favorite.
Hello?
Yo, I need to know when you open.
(to which I answer)
Dude, I wouldn't have answered the phone if we were closed.
Cool thanks. *click*
or
This is Sarah, (I answer that way sometimes, since not all the numbers I get are familiar and are legit)
Um...is this the DMV.
Not since I checked last.
Damn, oh okay, thanks. *click*
Fun waste of my minutes.
Just Erin
20 years ago
I'm getting a new number. Someone said on NS that Vonage is good.
Saraquael
20 years ago
I get occasional phone calls from a guy who's probably looking for his girlfriend.
"Hello?"
"Oh... Uh... is Sharon there?" (sounds shocked)
"You've got the wrong number."
"Oh ok." (sounds completely relieved)
I've always been tempted to say something like "oh, she's in the shower, I'll pop in get her" or "She's still sleeping, she had a really busy nigh" :)
But I don't because I don't want to cause any unnecessary strife in the relationship. lol
"Hello?"
"Oh... Uh... is Sharon there?" (sounds shocked)
"You've got the wrong number."
"Oh ok." (sounds completely relieved)
I've always been tempted to say something like "oh, she's in the shower, I'll pop in get her" or "She's still sleeping, she had a really busy nigh" :)
But I don't because I don't want to cause any unnecessary strife in the relationship. lol
blazyn
20 years ago
I get calls from people trying to reach domino's ALL the time when i'm at work..9/10 times i pretend to be them and take their order
Rikr
20 years ago
My old number was one digit off from Domino's too. I gladly took orders for the hungry people. Most of the time they never called me back to complain...I assume they figured it out.
Guest
20 years ago
heh I have caller ID.
/fuggles Jenna
Yes, you need to change your number, woman! Apparently, there are a lot of dumb people with fat fingers.
/fuggles Jenna
Yes, you need to change your number, woman! Apparently, there are a lot of dumb people with fat fingers.
Anulien
20 years ago
Somthing that Vonage does not make clear that you should be super aware of: If you call 911 from a Vonage phone the 911 center you are calling has no way to trace where you are making for some fucked emergency scenarios. The technology has not been implemented in any state. I even put a bid in last year to implemenet exactly this for TN and they ended up closing the bids saying they weren't going to look at this for a few more years.
Jennafae
I'm getting a new number. Someone said on NS that Vonage is good.
Somthing that Vonage does not make clear that you should be super aware of: If you call 911 from a Vonage phone the 911 center you are calling has no way to trace where you are making for some fucked emergency scenarios. The technology has not been implemented in any state. I even put a bid in last year to implemenet exactly this for TN and they ended up closing the bids saying they weren't going to look at this for a few more years.
Anulien
20 years ago
Good work sir.
blazyn
I get calls from people trying to reach domino's ALL the time when i'm at work..9/10 times i pretend to be them and take their order
Good work sir.
Mileron
20 years ago
-The phone number of the townhouse we lived in when I was in middle school ended in 2524.
--One of the township numbers ended in 2554.
--One of the baseball league numbers ended in 2544.
--A neighbor's ended in 2425.
You can imagine we got a /few/ wrong numbers.
-One of the 800 numbers of the last place I worked was surprisingly similar to the billing department phone number of Macy's Credit Card Services.
--Out of a department of 25 techs, we'd get upwards of ten calls a week - more if it was Christmas time - from people wanting to verify their credit card. --Even had one old lady crying at one of the new guys - he didn't know if he'd done anything wrong til he asked me about it.
-My current (only) cell phone number keeps getting fax calls. Sprint won't block them. I can't get the idiots to stop. So if I happen to answer a call that has fax beeps, I just hit a bunch of buttons and hang up.
-For a very short time, one of our phone numbers was in a state of inconstancy, when the State of NJ decided to add another area code to our area. So for a couple days, we got calls for some contracting company in North Jersey.
--One of the township numbers ended in 2554.
--One of the baseball league numbers ended in 2544.
--A neighbor's ended in 2425.
You can imagine we got a /few/ wrong numbers.
-One of the 800 numbers of the last place I worked was surprisingly similar to the billing department phone number of Macy's Credit Card Services.
--Out of a department of 25 techs, we'd get upwards of ten calls a week - more if it was Christmas time - from people wanting to verify their credit card. --Even had one old lady crying at one of the new guys - he didn't know if he'd done anything wrong til he asked me about it.
-My current (only) cell phone number keeps getting fax calls. Sprint won't block them. I can't get the idiots to stop. So if I happen to answer a call that has fax beeps, I just hit a bunch of buttons and hang up.
-For a very short time, one of our phone numbers was in a state of inconstancy, when the State of NJ decided to add another area code to our area. So for a couple days, we got calls for some contracting company in North Jersey.
Xandare
20 years ago
My afvorite wrong number we get is
*ring*
[recording] this is your childs school calling, "SCOTT!"..... did not attend class today.
well unless theres something or someone I havent noticed, we dont have any kids.. much less a "SCOTT!....."
*ring*
[recording] this is your childs school calling, "SCOTT!"..... did not attend class today.
well unless theres something or someone I havent noticed, we dont have any kids.. much less a "SCOTT!....."
drizzi
20 years ago
you should answer calls pretending to be some porn video company or something like that, see how fast subway will change their number
ROzbeans
20 years ago
My parents just got Vonage and I didnt know that. =/ They have a cell phone at least but that's scary, I need to talk to them about that. But really so far Vonage has really worked out for them. Hell its like 25 bucks a month, free long distance in the US and Canada. Not that I know or my parents know anyone in Canada, but HEY CANADA TOO! =D
Jardan
20 years ago
track those people down and kill em so poeople would stop calling them! :-o
Geeii
20 years ago
I used to get calls for a local sub shop in town (which I coincidentally worked for later)
Luckily, I answered my phone 'World's Largest' so I could take their order without much problem.
Luckily, I answered my phone 'World's Largest' so I could take their order without much problem.
Xandare
20 years ago
I always answer my phone that way.. :grin:
Prosecution
20 years ago
Wrong number? Try this.
Hello, you've reached the office of Dr. Click.
*click*
Hello, you've reached the office of Dr. Click.
*click*