Wrong Number

[grnarrowe]

I posted this on the STN board but this is just to much fun for one board. Did you ever get a call from someone who has dialed the wrong number but doesn’t know they have? Well, Sunday morning I’m on my way to the store when my cell rings. Thinking it’s the wife, she was still sleeping when I left, well here’s the conversation. The caller was female by the way.

Me: Ya?

Caller: OK, you can come over at noon.

Me: Okay, I’ll have to check with the wife to make sure it’s okay with her.

Caller: YOUR MARRIED?!!

Me: Yes, since 2003.

Caller: Is this xxx-xxxx

Me: No.

Caller: OMG!! I dialed the wrong number!

Me: Yea, but can I still come over?

Caller: CLICK!!!!

Now that was just rude to hang up like that. Have any of you done this to a caller or have you ever been the caller? When I told my wife about this she just looked at me and said "Only you would think that's funny". NOT true, some of you would do this and MORE, right Radman?

Grnarrowe

 

[Windjammer]

I think it was funny. You weren't rude or anything, too bad the caller didn't have much sense of humor.

About 10 years ago some chick called me up and it was the wrong number. We ended up chatting for about half an hour. A week later we went out on a date. It never amounted to much more than that, but what the hell.

 

[chipset]

My office line has the same last four digits of a local radio station. They constantly run contests and if the person isn't paying attention they dial the wrong exchange. That call often comes to me.

However, there are three people in the state that call me on that line. So, often times I know it is a wrong number before I even answer.

So, I have been known the answer the phone like this:

"Hello"

Yes

"Did I win?"

Yes, if you can answer the question

"It's such and such"

Great job. Hold on the line.... Oh wait, next time try KSL.

Or, for wrong numbers (as our personal lines are cell phones)...

"Is such and such there?"

Yes, who is this?

"Its his/her wife/husband/friend.."

Great, let me have him/her call you back when he gets out of the shower.

Of course, I am a bit of an ***.

 

[Rogue]

My favorite was an Andrew Dice Clay bit. He said he says " She can't come to the phone.. She's sucking my ****!" and hangs up. I've allways wanted to try that one! :huh: :haha:

 

[NoCage]

Sometime back a woman called the house... at about 1:00AM. Wrong number... no apology, she just hangs up. She does it again... wrong number, hang up with no apology. On the third time it went like this...

She: Can I speak to Dewayne?

Me: He doesn't live here anymore.

She: What, are you serious?

Me: Yes, he left town to get away from some ***** who keeps calling.

CLICK. :bleh:

 

[vectervp1]

I like to sometimes answer the phone and instead of saying "Hello" or something to that effect, instead just ask "Is Joe there?" Most people will just instinctively say "No, you've got the wrong number" and hang up only to realize after the fact that they call you.

I think one of the funniest (and cruelest) things I've ever heard was from a friend of mine. Way back in the day when 1-800 numbers weren't quite as popular, they had a number that was very close to the number to an airlines number. His father would answer the phone, make flight reservations for people, give them fake confirmation numbers, and take their credit card numbers!

 

[FJRottie]

If someone calls your house accidentally, do this.

Hello is Herman there ?

No, no Herman, I think you have the wrong number.

Is this 549-1267 ?

(then you have to laugh and chuckle and say...)...No, this is 732-1895 !! ..(and keep laughing and hang up).

*All names and numbers in the post are fictitious. Any similarity to actual forum member names and numbers is purely coincidental.

Next time, I'll tell you what to do to a telemarketer.

 

[gypsy]

My favorite was an Andrew Dice Clay bit. He said he says " She can't come to the phone.. She's sucking my ****!" and hangs up. I've allways wanted to try that one!  :huh:   :haha:

Rogue I am confused? Which part of that do you want to try? :haha: :haha:

 

[grnarrowe]

When I called to cancel one of my credit cards, I paid it off, the first guy answers the phone like this;

Hello my name is Bob, how may I help you?

I'm thinking, yea right Haji, your name is Bob? Since when?

When I told him I wanted to close my account he transferes me back stateside and the REAL Bob starts asking me why I want to cnacel my account. He says they can put the money I just paid off into my checking account at a low intrest rate. Well Bob, I say, I just paid the card off and I would like to stay outta debt you know? He then asks me,

Bob: Would you like sky miles? Your not afraid to fly are you?

Me; Well since the plane crash 5 years ago yes I AM AFRAID to fly, Thank you.

Bob: Um, okay well the check hasn't cleared yet so you still have a balance showing on your card. It would be easier to close this account after the balance is zero.

Me: FINE, I'll close the account next week then. Click.

Now for the record, I have not flown, in a plane, since 1988. Bob did not know this so I'm sure he felt like an :asshat2: But that's what I was going for. I still had some intrest to pay on the card so I'll close this account next week, we'll see if they try to sell me anything again.

FJRottie, is this what you were going for? IT is fun aint it? :haha:

 

[FJRottie]

Yes it is fun.

A lot of times now for a telemarketer, if they ask for me by name, I say, "oh...ah...he was killed yesterday in a car accident".

Other times, after they start the initial opening speech, I say, "just a minute, hold the line please", and then put the phone near the T.V. or on the counter or something. 10 minutes later I just hang up the phone.

I don't feel bad at all when some nosy putz calls my house and disturbs my family.

 

[Bmaxdlux]

Call from a telemarketer about 3yrs ago.

Telemarketer: Hello, I'm (so and so) calling to let you know about a very special

offer.

Me: Hello, I'm (so and so) calling to let you know about a very special

offer.

Telemarketer: Uhhh... hello???

Me: Uhhh... hello???

Telemarketer: Do I have number XXX-XXX???

Me: Do I have number XXX-XXX???

Telemarketer: Uhhh... excuse me... I think I have the wrong number.

Me: Yes, you most certainly do.

Call from a telemarketer last Feb., 2005

Telemarketer: Hello, I'm (so and so) calling to let you know about a limited time

offer.

Me: Hey, that's great... I'm so glad you found something to do with your spare

time, congratulations and the best of luck to you. CLICK, I hang up.

After doing that a couple times they stopped calling me back.

 

[Bounce]

Can we talk about the HS kids that kept calling our number? All hours of the day or night (when our now-grown kids were in grade school). This went on for more than a year or two. I finally started politely asking where they got the number from until someone told me it was through the HS student directory. I called the school to let them know that "Kelly" was no longer at xxx-xxxx. The calls didn't stop. Seems the school couldn't be bothered to update their info and, I suspect the student liked the idea that truency was being reported to a bad number.

When I finally had a gut full, I got real somber when a girl called for "Kelly". And the conversation went something like,

me: didn't you hear?

her: hear what?

me: kelly died in a car wreck last night. we're devistated.

her: [with trauma in her voice] OH NO! THAT'S HORRIBLE! I just saw her a couple of days ago. Is there anything I can do?

me: our family is here with us and helping us with the arrangements. pray for us. it's really hard right now.

her: i'm so sorry.

me: thanks. and please let everyone at school know. these phone calls break our heart each time.

her: sure. i understand. i'm very sorry.

We never got another call for Kelly again.

 

[chipset]

Slightly off topic..

My wife worked as a manager at a movie theater years ago. They were playing around and my wife yells out to Robert. He comes over and she tells him to put his hand out, as he has too many fingers. She then shows the knife.

He then shows his hand, missing a finger.

In the 2 years they worked together, she never knew.

He responded, "Well, I had just gotten over it. You've opened up this wound again. Thanks".

He was joking around, but for the next year, he never let her live it down.

 

[Rogue]

My favorite was an Andrew Dice Clay bit. He said he says " She can't come to the phone.. She's sucking my ****!" and hangs up. I've allways wanted to try that one!  :huh:   :haha:

Rogue I am confused? Which part of that do you want to try? :haha: :haha:

Well if I have to explain.................................

Your really a Newfie aren't you?

:bleh: :bleh:

 

[Rogue]

I think one of the funniest (and cruelest) things I've ever heard was from a friend of mine. Way back in the day when 1-800 numbers weren't quite as popular, they had a number that was very close to the number to an airlines number. His father would answer the phone, make flight reservations for people, give them fake confirmation numbers, and take their credit card numbers!

A buddie of mine had a # real close to a Dr.'s office... He would make appointments for the people!

 

[moby one]

My favorite was an Andrew Dice Clay bit. He said he says " She can't come to the phone.. She's sucking my ****!" and hangs up. I've allways wanted to try that one!  :huh:   :haha:

Rogue I am confused? Which part of that do you want to try? :haha: :haha:

Well if I have to explain.................................

Your really a Newfie aren't you?

:bleh: :bleh:

Big Dice fan back in the day. I really did that one and I'm stll laughing at the ******.

She can't talk right now,

Why not?

She's got my di*k in her mouth!

Classic.

My wife hates when I say **** like that on the phone.

 

[Rogue]

My favorite was an Andrew Dice Clay bit. He said he says " She can't come to the phone.. She's sucking my ****!" and hangs up. I've allways wanted to try that one!  :huh:   :haha:

Rogue I am confused? Which part of that do you want to try? :haha: :haha:

Well if I have to explain.................................

Your really a Newfie aren't you?

:bleh: :bleh:

Big Dice fan back in the day. I really did that one and I'm stll laughing at the ******.

She can't talk right now,

Why not?

She's got my di*k in her mouth!

Classic.

My wife hates when I say **** like that on the phone.

To tell you the truth I don't really care for him..... BUT that one bit really cracked me up!

 

[Rogue]

My favorite was an Andrew Dice Clay bit. He said he says " She can't come to the phone.. She's sucking my ****!" and hangs up. I've allways wanted to try that one!  :huh:   :haha:

Rogue I am confused? Which part of that do you want to try? :haha: :haha:

Hey Gypsy,

My wife wants to know where in Nova Scotia your from.

 

[grnarrowe]

WHY OH WHY do people do this to me?

Last week I was in the cafeteria when 2 employess, both blonde and female, walk behind me while talking. Here is the part that I overheard;

Blonde #1: That's something I never do.

Blonde #2: What's that?

Blonde #1: Wear a bra.

Now since I work here and NEED to pay the mortgage I kept my mouth shut. I do not want to end up in class with the Radman. What I would have liked to said was "Well thanks for putting THAT image in my head!" The next time I see them should I ask #1 if she's packing? '

When someone makes a comment like this I can turn into a total :asshat2:

Why they do this? Please make them stop :help:

grnarrowe