Receiving Phone Calls for the Wrong Number
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RudeNastyAssBitch
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How Fun!
A List Of Ways To Answer The Phone.
1. " Yeah!"
2. this is my patented answer! but you can use it if ya want
" Freddies fish fry!"
3. " K, So Ya Got The Stuff, Man?"
4. ~laugh real loud, then sing an obscure song in a giggly whisper~
There Are More, But You Get The Idea! LOL Why Would Anyone Find This Bothersome? What A Huge Bunch'o'Fun
A List Of Ways To Answer The Phone.
1. " Yeah!"
2. this is my patented answer! but you can use it if ya want
" Freddies fish fry!"
3. " K, So Ya Got The Stuff, Man?"
4. ~laugh real loud, then sing an obscure song in a giggly whisper~
There Are More, But You Get The Idea! LOL Why Would Anyone Find This Bothersome? What A Huge Bunch'o'Fun
kittygopurr
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I know what your saying... I was getting 3-4 a day, and they were usually the same people everyday. after telling them 8 or 9 times that "Rose" and "ronny" didnt live here I had to do it the mean way and cuss them out after they called at 4 am.... and call the phone company to get call foward, so the people couldnt call my number.
calypso_21
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I had that happen a long time ago with a pharmacy which had their number published as mine. I had an elderly woman call one time and when I answered "Hello?"
"Is this the pharmacy?"
"No, you have the wrong number."
"Well can you put me through to the pharmacy then? I need to get my prescription filled."
"Ma'am you have the wrong number, you have to dial the correct one to get the pharmacy."
"Well! This is no way to treat a customer!"
She just didn't get it. I should have started out by saying this was a private residence. I still get a chuckle because once in a while she will call back.
"Is this the pharmacy?"
"No, you have the wrong number."
"Well can you put me through to the pharmacy then? I need to get my prescription filled."
"Ma'am you have the wrong number, you have to dial the correct one to get the pharmacy."
"Well! This is no way to treat a customer!"
She just didn't get it. I should have started out by saying this was a private residence. I still get a chuckle because once in a while she will call back.
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My number was one digit (the last one) off from the high school attendance office -- you know, the one that's called to let the school know the kids won't be there. EVERY DAY before 7:00, the phone would ring. I finally had our number changed.
The late Mike Royko, Chicago columnist, had a great battle with ATT or the local phone company. He had his phone number for about a million years, and then the phone company changed their 1-800 number to his (plus the 1-800, of course).
He got all sorts of phone calls and at first was polite, but later asked the phone company to change their number. They refused, and he began berating their customers with racial and ethnic slurs, which I would normally be quite offended by, but it would go something like this:
Caller: Hello, is this the phone company?
Royko: What can I do for you?
Caller: My phone isn't working, and I need to have a repair scheduled.
Royko: What is your name?
Caller: Antoinette Barchelli.
Royko: Oh. You sound Italian. The phone company really doesn't care about italians and your problem with the phone.
Caller: Um, well, I need the phone fixed.
Royko: Are you listening? We don't give a crap about you. Forget about your phone, and stop calling us. WE don't care about you and your 16 brothers and sisters. . .
etc., on and on.
The funny thing was, people took it.
He got all sorts of phone calls and at first was polite, but later asked the phone company to change their number. They refused, and he began berating their customers with racial and ethnic slurs, which I would normally be quite offended by, but it would go something like this:
Caller: Hello, is this the phone company?
Royko: What can I do for you?
Caller: My phone isn't working, and I need to have a repair scheduled.
Royko: What is your name?
Caller: Antoinette Barchelli.
Royko: Oh. You sound Italian. The phone company really doesn't care about italians and your problem with the phone.
Caller: Um, well, I need the phone fixed.
Royko: Are you listening? We don't give a crap about you. Forget about your phone, and stop calling us. WE don't care about you and your 16 brothers and sisters. . .
etc., on and on.
The funny thing was, people took it.
HoldenMcCrank
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When I worked in retail
we had an 800 number one day the guy who worked the 800 number cam into the store and said the 800 number would ring in a minute and their was going to be an older gentleman on the phone with the wrong number. He has called 6 times and just dosn't get it. I say no problem.
Phone rings:
ME: XYZ company
Caller: I am calling in response to the post card for the finacle seminar.
ME: Yes Sir What can I do for you?
Caller: Well where is this seminar going to be held?
Me: Are you familiar with the Country club on the north side of Town? ( I have no idea where he is calling from)
caller: Why Yes I am
Me: Good! We will be having the seminar in the Large Confrence Room. Please arrive a few minutes early to sign in and get seated for Lunch.
Caller: Your serving Lunch too?
Me: Yes Sir! Do you prefer Chicken or Beef?
Caller: Beef
Me: and your wife? Will she be attending too?
Caller: She will and she would like chicken
Me: One Beef and One Chicken Got it. Is there anything else?
Caller: Nope that will be all.
Me: Well then we will see you at the seminar, Good bye!
My co worker was shocked! I said well he won't be calling back now!
Holden
we had an 800 number one day the guy who worked the 800 number cam into the store and said the 800 number would ring in a minute and their was going to be an older gentleman on the phone with the wrong number. He has called 6 times and just dosn't get it. I say no problem.
Phone rings:
ME: XYZ company
Caller: I am calling in response to the post card for the finacle seminar.
ME: Yes Sir What can I do for you?
Caller: Well where is this seminar going to be held?
Me: Are you familiar with the Country club on the north side of Town? ( I have no idea where he is calling from)
caller: Why Yes I am
Me: Good! We will be having the seminar in the Large Confrence Room. Please arrive a few minutes early to sign in and get seated for Lunch.
Caller: Your serving Lunch too?
Me: Yes Sir! Do you prefer Chicken or Beef?
Caller: Beef
Me: and your wife? Will she be attending too?
Caller: She will and she would like chicken
Me: One Beef and One Chicken Got it. Is there anything else?
Caller: Nope that will be all.
Me: Well then we will see you at the seminar, Good bye!
My co worker was shocked! I said well he won't be calling back now!
Holden
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My college dorm room was one digit different from Domino's.
The worst thing was, if you were on-campus, then dialing only the last 4 digits of a phone number was a shortcut to another on-campus number. That meant a LOT of latenight calls to our room early in the year before people figured out the system.
The worst thing was, if you were on-campus, then dialing only the last 4 digits of a phone number was a shortcut to another on-campus number. That meant a LOT of latenight calls to our room early in the year before people figured out the system.
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No matter whom the caller asks for, I always say they just left to go to their mothers funeral. Funny the responses I get. I figure if they are dumb enough to dial the wrong number they are fair game to be fucked with.
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The local phone book once mispublished a used book store's number as mine. Now, I have a lot of books... but I'm not a used book store.
People got very angry with me, because they were calling the number in the book, and it was wrong. Then, they would ask me what the number really was, and I'd have to search for the larger phone book to find it.
It took about a year for that to get fixed.
I even put it on my answering machine, "this is NOT the bookstore, the phone book is wrong. Look in the NYNEX phone book, they have the correct number."
People got very angry with me, because they were calling the number in the book, and it was wrong. Then, they would ask me what the number really was, and I'd have to search for the larger phone book to find it.
It took about a year for that to get fixed.
I even put it on my answering machine, "this is NOT the bookstore, the phone book is wrong. Look in the NYNEX phone book, they have the correct number."
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Complain to your provider and maybe they will change your number, but if you have waited too long (the time varies by provider) I think you may have to pay to get a new number. I was one number transposed off the Sea-Tac weather and I used to get all kinds of wrong number phone calls and it never changed no matter what I did until I had the number disconnected.lavender said:
One way or another you are going to need another number. After a while the calls may fade in number if the number was previously held by someone else that they are looking for, but if the number is a wrong number because of proximity (transposed or one number off) you will never get any peace. I had people cuss me out at 2 AM in the morning because I wouldn't transfer them to the correct number.
The best way I have found to avoid wrong numbers and marketing calls is to use a cell phone. In the 6 years I have had a cell phone as my only phone, I have maybe gotten half a dozen wrong number calls, and maybe a dozen marketing calls (which have been from companies I have an account with, so they already have my number).
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we used to get an old lady who was pretty deaf so you'd have to shout down the phone at her ... and she'd say but i dialed the right number and you'd say no you couldn't have because this isn't your friends house ... but i did dial the right number etc etc for about 5mins ... she'd phone about twice a week it was pretty annoying
but then all the phone calls stopped its sad to think that she might of died and thats the reason they've stopped
but then all the phone calls stopped its sad to think that she might of died and thats the reason they've stopped
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Oh, I'm sorry, I must have the wrong thread..
Several weeks ago, I got one of THOSE calls at 2am. The voice was obviously under duress, sobbing about their Mom passing away, and asking for a Sarah. I had to softly say that she had the wrong number, but she had my condolences, and that everything would be alright. Geez, and I thought I had problems till then.
Several weeks ago, I got one of THOSE calls at 2am. The voice was obviously under duress, sobbing about their Mom passing away, and asking for a Sarah. I had to softly say that she had the wrong number, but she had my condolences, and that everything would be alright. Geez, and I thought I had problems till then.
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I've had two phone numbers- one in undergrad, and one while in grad school, where the first three digits were the same as the college I was attending at the time. It was terrible during registration and finals time- I would just stop picking up my phone.
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I very very rarely get wrong number calls. There are less than 200 people with the same first 3 digits as my #, so I can't imagine it's that difficult to dial the correct number.
I did get a wrong # call on my cell phone the other day. The woman got all the way to my voice mail and left a message.
"Hi honey, this is mom. Just wanted to see how you were doing and tell you that I love you. Call me soon."
What do you suppose the chances are that her daughter has nearly the same cell # as I do, AND her voice mail says "Hi, this is Jane. Leave me a message."?
I did get a wrong # call on my cell phone the other day. The woman got all the way to my voice mail and left a message.
"Hi honey, this is mom. Just wanted to see how you were doing and tell you that I love you. Call me soon."
What do you suppose the chances are that her daughter has nearly the same cell # as I do, AND her voice mail says "Hi, this is Jane. Leave me a message."?
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I used to have a number 1 digit out from the local...
I used to have a number 1 digit out from the local...
Chinese restaurant.
We had the number for eight or nine years before they got theirs, so we were reluctant to change.
After asking them when I knew they were going to have their printing done anew, (and it wouldn't cost them lots to get their number changed on the new menu's etc) they refused.
Well on a Friday and Saturday night as the Pubs were shutting for the night, we would get calls for the Hong Kong Restaurant at that point I would put on my best Chinese accent, and take the order.
"Two 31's and a 60 with a side order of 45 and not bean sprout please"
A quick look at ones watch, "No ploblem, all cookied flifteen minites, name pleee, hokay dokay." and put the phone down.
This went on week after week with 4 - 6 calls a night Fridays and Saturdays, We used to eat from there ourselves, and time after time they would ask, "You still getting calls for us?"
"No, they all stopped months ago thanks goodness." we would say.
It took six months before they got the picture and they managed to change their number to a totally different one.
A couple of months later we did stop getting the calls for real.
I used to have a number 1 digit out from the local...
Chinese restaurant.
We had the number for eight or nine years before they got theirs, so we were reluctant to change.
After asking them when I knew they were going to have their printing done anew, (and it wouldn't cost them lots to get their number changed on the new menu's etc) they refused.
Well on a Friday and Saturday night as the Pubs were shutting for the night, we would get calls for the Hong Kong Restaurant at that point I would put on my best Chinese accent, and take the order.
"Two 31's and a 60 with a side order of 45 and not bean sprout please"
A quick look at ones watch, "No ploblem, all cookied flifteen minites, name pleee, hokay dokay." and put the phone down.
This went on week after week with 4 - 6 calls a night Fridays and Saturdays, We used to eat from there ourselves, and time after time they would ask, "You still getting calls for us?"
"No, they all stopped months ago thanks goodness." we would say.
It took six months before they got the picture and they managed to change their number to a totally different one.
A couple of months later we did stop getting the calls for real.
