When someone has the wrong number - is it necessary

To be a total ass and hang up on them without a further word? Like, holy shit... just because you don't know someone you don't have to be polite?

If I ever find some of these people.... :mad:

She was in Colorado or Wyoming and called our business toll free number in Vermont by mistake (she was trying to call someplace local). I told her where she'd reached and we got to talking about my state and her state and the weather and it changed to politics somehow - it was really neat.

The only time I was ever rude to a wrong number caller was one night when I answered the phone, and a woman asked for some guy. (Can't remember the name.) Anyway, I said there was no one here by that name, and she said I was lying. Um, no I wasn't. I said she had the wrong number and hung up. A minute later, she called back, and said I was lying, she knew her husband was there. (The only husband in the house was mine.). I said no, and hung up. Another minute later, she called AGAIN. She screamed "You lying little bitch!" at me, and I told her if she called again I would report her to the phone company and the police. The phone rang three different times after that, but I didn't answer. She stopped.

Hey, lady, if your husband is stepping out on you, I'm sorry, but don't blame me because you dialed the wrong number while trying to catch him with his girlfriend.:crazy:

and had to try to sleep during the day. This guy called three times in the middle of the afternoon and woke her up asking for some man.
She had told him twice he had the wrong number. The third time she said, "He's dead, alright?" That stopped the calls.

Unless someone keeps it up like that, I'm usually pretty polite. :D

I did a *69 and some little twerp answered the phone. I asked for the adult in charge. I got some foul mouthed asshole who started coming unglued when I asked who they were-she was screaming at me never to call her again and i said "Listen you loud mouthed cow-I just dialed *69 hit 1 and your phone rang. Your devil spawn have been ringing me, swearing at me and hanging up all morning long. If you don't get them to stop, I'll call the phone company!" "oh. Goddammit those little fuckers-wait til I get my hands on them-I'm sorry ma'am." As she's hanging up I here her yell "YOU LITTLE FUCKIN ASSHOLES! GET DOWN HERE..."

Not exactly the same thing.

I thought your mom sounded like such a nice lady!

just as easy to say I'm sorry; I have the wrong number and hang up

with you that they dialed the correct number.

Yeah, asshat, like I am hiding Sophie or Betty or Camille in the garage.

I once had a guy call my cell demanding to speak to his wife, screaming at me that this was his wife's cell phone number. Never mind that I have had the same number for about 7 years.

I finally hung up, he never dialed back. Guess he realized he had the wrong area code.

:eyes:

People constantly call my cell and ask for other people. I say "You have the wrong number" and every single time whoever it is says "I am sorry" and I say "No problem". I can't imagine why anyone would be rude.

Then I hang up.

we get a lot of calls for the woman who used to have our phone number.

EVER

And you say speaking....

And they are a little taken aback cause they were expecting another voice and they start in hesitently.....

I love those kind of calls....

arguing with people about which company they called trying to inform them they have the wrong company. I love when they realize that this is the wrong company and that they have been total asses. Makes me smile everyday.

actually a call like that came from the RCMP

I wasn't the person they were seeking (must have given them a fake number) but they didn't believe me! I started hanging up on them without comment. Finally they got the message and stopped calling.

I once had a guy call me a fucking useless frog (I spoke french to him) once before he hung up. I was pretty stunned...

again over many days, had this conversation:

Caller: Hi, is John there?
FiL: Oh my, didn't you hear?
Caller: No, what?
FiL: (paraphrased) Oh man, John passed away 3 days ago, horrible accident.
Caller: (paraphrased) Oh my God! That is so awful - I'm so sorry for your loss

The guy never called again.
:P

"Sorry, you have the wrong number" say bye and hang up.

I'm never rude because I've dialed wrong numbers before and wouldn't want someone to be a prick to me.

"Well, do you have the RIGHT phone number I'm looking for?"

Why the flying fuck would I have the phone number of some complete stranger? And why would I give it to you? What, am I the fucking yellow pages now?

it doesn't take a lot of effort to be nice ya know ...

It's when you tell them they've got the wrong number, they ask what my number is. I ask, what number are you dialling. If they insist on my number, then I get rude.

From back in the early days of answering machines, I got the following three messages, all back-to-back on my answering machine


(man's deep voice with a heavy black accent, yelling over lots of background noise)

Msg #1: "Yo, Curtis, where you at man? We waiting on your sorry ass!"

Msg #2: "Yo, Curtis, why you got some white bitch answering your phone? What's the matter with you? We still waiting on you man!"

Msg #3: (quieter) "Uh, Curtis? Uh, if this is Curtis, we still waiting on you....Uh....Okay."



I don't know why I found this so enormously amusing.

is just one number off from the town restaraunt (small town-we only have one) so we get a lot of calls for the restaraunt- or a lot of calls that as soon as I say "hello" they go "aww shit" and hang up. I got a call one time from a guy who would NOT believe that it wasn't the restaraunt. He argued with me and got really nasty and threatened to "notify the manager" so I took his order and told him it would be ready in 15 minutes. I'm sure he probably raised hell when he got to the restaraunt.

And she asked for some doctor's office. I said, "I'm sorry, but I think you have the wrong number ... this is ..." She said, "Oh, well ... do have the number for the doctor's office?"

To end the call as quickly as possible, I opened my yellow pages for her.

:eyes:

number you tell them to try again - they misdialed. If they give you your number you say - "yes, that is the number you dialed but you have the wrong number. Check your directory." Or alternatively, you can paraphrase Lily Tomlin in "Laugh-In" and say, "This is not the party to whom you are speaking."

Some people are just assholes all the time... some just get that way when they're having a bad day...

I'm always polite with wrong numbers. I get those calls all the time, because our number is listed as belonging to another business in the phone book. They get the area code wrong in there every year, so I always have to tell people, "No, they're in the 214 area code... no it's okay, no problem, thanks, bye."