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#Post#: 9949--------------------------------------------------
Re: Wrong number stories
DIR By: kckgirl
Date: July 29, 2018, 5:03 pm
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Back before cell phones and caller ID, I was awakened very early
on a Saturday morning (around 4 a.m.) and a woman asked for
Kenneth (made up name here). I told her she had the wrong
number, that there was no Kenneth here. Repeat about three times
every 20-30 minutes. When I repeated that she had the wrong
number, she said, "Well, this is the number he gave me, you
b@#$%!" every time she called. Later that morning, the phone
rang and it was her again. This time she just said, "I'm sorry"
and hung up. I was *really* mad at Kenneth, too. He didn't think
about the person at the random number he gave her.
#Post#: 9981--------------------------------------------------
Re: Wrong number stories
DIR By: Snowfire
Date: July 30, 2018, 12:07 am
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My Mom and I are both fans of beautiful sunsets, rainstorms,
other fun weather. We will frequently call each other and just
say "Go out and look at the sunset" or "Run outside, there is a
rainbow." Just one sentence, then hang up so that the other
person can go out quickly & see the weather in question. We
started this in the days before cordless or cell phones so you
couldn't take the phone with you.
One evening there was a particularly bright sunset, big fluffy
clouds, all purples and pinks and the mountains were bright
gold. I dialed quickly, told the woman who answered to go out
and look at the sunset and I hung up so I could go out and watch
it. The next day I asked Mom if she had seen the sunset when I
called. She looked puzzled. I hadn't called her. :-[ I do hope
that the woman I accidentally dialed went out and enjoyed it,
though.
#Post#: 9995--------------------------------------------------
Re: Wrong number stories
DIR By: vintagegal
Date: July 30, 2018, 7:04 am
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When I got my first cell phone, I kept getting calls in Spanish
(southern US). Asking for a man with a hispanic name. He must
have had the number before me. Most of them were from a law
office, I believe . I told them he no longer had the number,
they said they would keep calling as it was the only number they
had. They suggested I talk to the phone company, which I did,
they couldn't do anything. Finally after a few years they gave
up.
I also got a text on this number that sounded like a drug deal.
I forwarded it to the sheriff's dept in the area where the
number came from. I had looked up the previous owner and he was
behind bars.
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Re: Wrong number stories
DIR By: Bada
Date: July 30, 2018, 9:47 am
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I was in college but with my family on a vacation. I met a guy
where we were staying and we chatted and flirted a little bit.
My family joked about the fact that he was a Mormon and that he
wanted me to be wife number 5. Naturally I ignored them. I
called this guy after I returned home and we made tentative
plans to meet on a certain day in the big city relatively close
to us/in the middle of our home towns.
A few days later I get a call from a very angry woman demanding
to know if I spoke to "Joe." My sister's nickname is "Jo", so
I'm momentarily at a loss trying to figure out if she wants to
speak to Jo and why I'm being yelled at. Finally I realize she
wants to know if I called Joe. I told her this is my whole
family's phone and I don't know which of the 5 of us might have
called someone named Joe and that she probably has the wrong
number and to leave us alone. She finally hangs up. As I'm
hanging up the phone I look at the caller ID and the phone
prefix. Then have the striking realization that the guy I had
met on the train was named Joe...and his phone number had the
same prefix as the angry woman calling me.
I don't know if he wanted to make me wife number 5, but I guess
he wasn't faithful to the one he already had, at the very least.
I was too embarrassed and appalled to call her back to tell her
I realized she hadn't called the wrong number after all.
This story has become family lore, so all's well that ends well,
I guess.
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Re: Wrong number stories
DIR By: Hmmm
Date: July 30, 2018, 3:32 pm
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This is long. Back in the late 80's, it was common (may still
be) for apartment complexes to have security gates where guests
would dial the apartment number and it would ring to your home
phone number and you'd hit 1 to open the gate.
One night I'm awoken about 2am to a "Tim, it's Paul. Open the
gate. I forgot my card." I respond with "I don't know the who is
this, I think your dialing the wrong apartment." Guys replies
sorry and hangs up.
An immediate return call and I answer with an aggravated "Hello"
and I get a "Hey, who is this? Why are you answering my phone?
Why are you in my apartment?" I now can hear the guy is
intoxicated. I explain that I am not answering his phone, I'm
answering mine and ask what apartment number he is trying to
dial. He responds with my apartment number and I explain that
he's made a mistake because this is my apartment and I was not
planning for any guests. He says no, it's his apartment number
and he just moved in that weekend. I say I've been living here
for 6 months and he must have the wrong apartment number and I
hang up.
He calls back. I don't answer. He calls back again and I answer
again very angrily and he demands I let him talk to Tim his
roommate. I again explain that he must have his apartment number
confused because there is no Tim. I repeat that I've lived at
apartment 1108 at Main Apartments for 6 months. He says "I don't
live at Main Apartments, I live at Center Apartments." I say
"Dude your at the wrong complex!" I hang up and just take the
phone off the hook.
Next morning around 10am another call "It's Paul, open the gate,
I forgot my card." I say "Paul, this is not your apartment, You
are ringing an apartment at Main Apartments." He says "how can
that be. I'm looking at the sign and I'm at Center Apartments."
It suddenly hits me what's happened. I ask what his new phone
number is. Yep, it's my phone number with 2 numbers reversed. I
try to explain to him that the complex must have entered the
number in wrong. He says that can't be because if I don't live
at Main Apartments there's no way my phone number could be
hooked up to their gate. I try to explain the technology to him
and ask that he contact his leasing office. He just doesn't get
it and is convinced that I am somehow my fault. I give up and I
just hit the 1 and open the gate for him.
I call the management company at Main Apartments and explain
what has happened. Manager looks up the info provided by Tim or
Paul, and one of them has given them my phone number. She
apologizes and says she'll get it corrected. I did get a call
later from Tim apologizing for waking me up.
#Post#: 11618--------------------------------------------------
Re: Wrong number stories
DIR By: wonderfullyanonymous
Date: August 17, 2018, 8:57 pm
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I have found, if you get a call from a business looking for
someone at your phone number, you tell them the first time, it's
the wrong number. The second time you tell them to stop calling
you, they have the wrong number. The third time, tell them, if
they call you again, you will be contacting the Better Business
Bureau. They will stop calling after that.
#Post#: 11775--------------------------------------------------
Re: Wrong number stories
DIR By: Soop
Date: August 20, 2018, 11:05 am
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--- Quote from: wonderfullyanonymous link ---
>
> I have found, if you get a call from a business looking for
someone at your phone number, you tell them the first time, it's
the wrong number. The second time you tell them to stop calling
you, they have the wrong number. The third time, tell them, if
they call you again, you will be contacting the Better Business
Bureau. They will stop calling after that.
>
--- End Quote ---
Unless it's a collection agency. Very hard to get them to stop.
On one move, I ended up with the number of someone who skipped
out on numerous debts. Collections callers aren't the most
trusting when you say you just got the number and don't know
her. Her name was [first name] B. Little. We used to joke
(badly) that she belittled her debtors.
#Post#: 12223--------------------------------------------------
Re: Wrong number stories
DIR By: wonderfullyanonymous
Date: August 25, 2018, 4:46 pm
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--- Quote from: Soop link ---
>
> [quote author=wonderfullyanonymous
link=topic=564.msg11618#msg11618 date=1534557443]
> I have found, if you get a call from a business looking for
someone at your phone number, you tell them the first time, it's
the wrong number. The second time you tell them to stop calling
you, they have the wrong number. The third time, tell them, if
they call you again, you will be contacting the Better Business
Bureau. They will stop calling after that.
>
--- End Quote ---
Unless it's a collection agency. Very hard to get them to stop.
On one move, I ended up with the number of someone who skipped
out on numerous debts. Collections callers aren't the most
trusting when you say you just got the number and don't know
her. Her name was [first name] B. Little. We used to joke
(badly) that she belittled her debtors.
[/quote]
This is true, but in that case, maybe speaking to a supervisor
would work.
#Post#: 12672--------------------------------------------------
Re: Wrong number stories
DIR By: whiterose
Date: August 29, 2018, 6:57 pm
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We had a wrong number robocall today at the library's reference
desk. It was from some high school not in the neighborhood
sending some very generic news.
We have received robocalls for former employees at the reference
desks of various libraries I have worked at. Calls from
pharmacies are the ones I remember. They do mention the person
they were looking for by name. I do not know why they would give
the number of a reference desk (rather than the staff line) as a
reliable contact number.
#Post#: 12953--------------------------------------------------
Re: Wrong number stories
DIR By: holly firestorm
Date: September 3, 2018, 5:59 pm
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Until recently I worked for the Los Angeles Unified (Public)
School District (K-12). I got calls for School Districts in
other counties, colleges in the L.A. area (private and public),
other public agencies that were in no way part of the school
district. Well, ok, anybody can make the mistake. But, what I
had to shake my head about was all the times I explained to the
caller, "I'm sorry but the Los Angeles School District doesn't
have anything to do with the University of San Diego." The
caller still asked me, "but, don't you have the information
about registration?" or "Well, what's their phone number, then?"
I would politely suggest they call the telephone company or
look the other organization up on Google if they wanted the
phone number &/or address.
Then there was the time this drunk called me about 2AM in the
morning (long time ago, I think before answering machines). "Hi,
is this Rebecca." "No, sorry, you have the wrong number." He
called back and asked the same question. I said, "No, this is
the same wrong number you just called." "Oh, sorry." "That's ok.
It was a mistake." "Listen, you sound nice. Can I talk to
you?" "No, it's 2 AM and you just woke me up. I want to go back
to sleep now." "Oh, ok." Kind of sad, I guess.
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