Wrong Number, But . . .

moe.ron · #1 10-03-2005, 02:35 AM

don't you hate it when the other person insisted that he has the right number? There was this guy who called my cell and I told him that it was the wrong number. He insisted that it was the right number and asked for the guy again. I just hung up on him.

UKDaisy · #2 10-03-2005, 07:01 AM

I had this happen the other day.

"Jessica?"
"No, this is Jen"
"Is Jessica there?"
"No m'am I'm afraid you have the wrong number."
"But I dailed 859-....-....."
"Yes, well thats my number"
"but thats Jessica's number"
"M'am I"ve had this number for 3 years. I'mnot sure what to tell you"

....3 minutes later of explaining that this was not jessica's number

"Well, I'm sorry. I thought this was Jessica's number"

Lindz928 · #3 10-03-2005, 10:02 AM

I hate the people who call again and again thinking they must have just hit the wrong number on accident.... But nope, it really IS a wrong number. After the first time someone calls, I just let the voicemail get it, cause I figure once they hear a message with my name on it, they'll understand.

The area code on my cell is different from the one where I live, so whenever I see a Dallas number that I don't know, I can be pretty sure it's a wrong number.

AznSAE · #4 10-03-2005, 10:09 AM

i got these calls all the time when i first had my current cell phone number. they would call me once and i would say "you have the wrong number". three seconds later, same person calls again.

once i got a call at 3:00 in the moring asking when i was going to come over. i was like "girl you have the wrong number, and why are you having guys come over at 3:00 in the moring?" she said "i need my man" and just laughed. every now and then i will get random calls.

Lindz928 · #5 10-03-2005, 10:18 AM

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Originally posted by AznSAE

once i got a call at 3:00 in the moring asking when i was going to come over. i was like "girl you have the wrong number, and why are you having guys come over at 3:00 in the moring?" she said "i need my man" and just laughed. every now and then i will get random calls.

You should have gone over! LOL.

AznSAE · #6 10-03-2005, 10:22 AM

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Originally posted by Lindz928
You should have gone over! LOL.

no way, she sounded fat and maybe had missing teeth from the way she spoke.

PM_Mama00 · #7 10-03-2005, 10:42 AM

My old cell number was something like 502-1612 or something. Well this guys number must've been 502-1216. He was ALWAYS calling my number to check his voicemail. Must've had it programmed in his phone that way?

Oh yeah, and since AT&T suck ass so bad, they recycled my phone number. (a LONG story goes with that... basically they were billing me still for the girl's bills and she wasn't getting them) Anyways, she must've gotten alot of wrong numbers asking for me.

Lindz928 · #8 10-03-2005, 10:47 AM

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Originally posted by AznSAE
no way, she sounded fat and maybe had missing teeth from the way she spoke.

I guess you're right. And thinking about it, she couldn't have been too intelligent either.... Not even being able to get her booty call's number right.

For about the first 3 or 4 years that I had AT&T (pretty much until they changed to Cingular) I was getting 2 or 3 calls a week from creditors and collectors looking for Mr. and Mrs. McGinn. I guess they used to have my number, and they must have been in some kinda trouble. But damn, that got annoying.

PM_Mama00 · #9 10-03-2005, 10:57 AM

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Originally posted by Lindz928
I guess you're right. And thinking about it, she couldn't have been too intelligent either.... Not even being able to get her booty call's number right.

For about the first 3 or 4 years that I had AT&T (pretty much until they changed to Cingular) I was getting 2 or 3 calls a week from creditors and collectors looking for Mr. and Mrs. McGinn. I guess they used to have my number, and they must have been in some kinda trouble. But damn, that got annoying.

slight hijack-- AT&T is a bunch of dumbasses. I cancelled my phone in like 2001 or something. As of a few months ago they had collections HARASSING my mom that we owed them $400, even after my mom had settled it with them that we didn't owe any more money (part of the whole recycling my # drama). The harassment got so bad that they were calling about 3 times a day being extremely rude to my mom, swearing on the phone to her, and finally she said if they didn't stop calling she'd call the police and she was getting a lawyer. She faxed them the 0-balance bill I duno HOW many times and this guy wouldn't leave us alone. Finally his supervisor or someone must've said something to him cuz he stopped calling.

Lindz928 · #10 10-03-2005, 10:59 AM

Wow, that is crazy! My grandparents paid my cell phone bill, but I don't think they ever had any problems with them.

I've never had any problems since changing over to Cingular... The service has worked well. Have other people had problems with them?

Rudey · #11 10-03-2005, 11:03 AM

I just say "He's dead" and hang up.

-Rudey

LightBulb · #12 10-03-2005, 11:28 AM

(Dialing up)
(Telephone rings)
"Hello? Nah nah she don't live here man.
I thought I told you.
Yo I think you need to step off. Aight?"

Moved into my apartment at the U-N-I-versity
The only one who lives here is me
So why the the phone ring all day long
I got no friends except Mike, but he's gone for the summer
And I just want some peace and quiet
I come to my room and it's a telephone riot
Ring-a-ling-a-ling
Everytime I take a step
Can't eat, can't sleep, can't breathe
Can't get any of my work done
Cuz people keep callin with the same damn question
"Hello, is Shaniqua there?"
Nah Shaniqua moved out last year
I think you have the wrong number
This is Little T
"You mean Shaniqua's brother?"
Man, can't you just leave me alone
This ain't Shaniqua's house
This ain't her phone
And don't call back again
Cuz if you do, you know the answer man

Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
"Is Shaniqua there?" HELL NO
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
"Is Shaniqua there?" HELL NO

I wonder who Shaniqua is
What she does or where she lives
Is she a pothead with too many zits?
A movie star with incredible tits?
Does she take the train, or drive in the car?
Work in the office, or down at the bar?
How the hell should I know?
She could be albino for all I care
"Hello, is Shaniqua there?"
Yeah, she is, but she can't talk now
She's busy milking a purple cow
And talking to the Easter Bunny
"Man you thing you're funny!"
Shut up Beavis, I told you six times before

Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
"Is Shaniqua there?" HELL NO
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
"Is Shaniqua there?" HELL NO

Checked my machine on Friday
There were tewnty-two messages
Man I can't win at this
One said
"This here's for the kid living with Shaniqua.
You want that chick, you can keep her!"
Will this ever cease
So I can get some sleep
Shaniqua moved out
Leave ya message at the beep
(Beep!)
"Yo shaniqua..."
"I Love You..."
"Call Me."

Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
"Is Shaniqua there?" HELL NO
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
Shaniqua don't live here no mo'
"Is Shaniqua there?" HELL NO

honeychile · #13 10-03-2005, 11:35 AM

I always get calls for someone named Chris/Kris. I finally asked someone what number they were calling for her, and it was one digit off. So, now I just give them the right number.

If she's been giving the wrong number out purposely, she's screwed!

tinydancer · #14 10-03-2005, 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by honeychile
I always get calls for someone named Chris/Kris. I finally asked someone what number they were calling for her, and it was one digit off. So, now I just give them the right number.

If she's been giving the wrong number out purposely, she's screwed!

I have a similar situation, with people mistaking a "1" for a "7" and thus getting my phone! Many times it's an elderly person, so I just correct them. The weird thing is, it turned out to be the number of someone I went to high school with.

kddani · #15 10-03-2005, 12:36 PM

There's this one woman who has called my desk number on multiple occasions. One day she called here 4 times. YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER. She was calling like a hair salon or something. This is a law firm. If you dial again, the number isn't going to change.

She called back a week later. Nope, number still hasn't changed.

My parents' phone number ends in a 6. There was a lawn care company whose number ended in a 5, and I guess on their billing statements the print wasn't very clear. We would get calls ALL the time... people would even leave messages on our answering machine "when are you coming out to do my lawn". Apparently they missed the "hello, you have reached the ____'s" when they called.