Me: Hello.

Caller: Yeah, tell him to bring two.

Me: Who this?

Caller: Five Dolla.

Me: You got the wrong number dog.

Caller: Oh yeah.

Click

oh lawd...

the only weird wrong number call i've ever gotten is the typical heavy breathing on the other end. boring.

although i can say it's pretty odd when something goes like this:
(ring)
me: hello?
person: where's [name]?
me: no one lives here by that name.
person: oh. oh yeah. is this [phone number]
me: yes, but you have the wrong number.
person: oh ok, bye.
(hang up)

five seconds later
(ring)
me: hello?
person: can i talk to [name]?
me: i just told you no one by that name lives here.
person: isn't this [phone number]
me: yes, and it's the. wrong. number.
person: oh. well, i just hit redial...

Protege said:

The samething happens to me ALL THE TIME!

KidaDynamite said:

it drives me insane but i have to laugh because of the idea that they just HIT REDIAL

Protege said:

Ridiculous!!!

I've had a couple of messages on my voicemail at work before, the person didn't leave any message, just a couple of piano concertos in the background.

At first I thought it was my sister calling and that it was my nephew at recital playing an amazing piece and she just wanted me to hear it since I was working.
But I called her, and she was at work and my nephew was at school.

I was wondering if my nephew had gotten that good (I like to think that I influenced him, telling him against the teachers instructions, to play fast ).

By the second time, the same, but I already knew it wasn't my nephew.


Since I got tons of calls from varoius companies and our chain of 100 something stores... I figured it was one of our Chinese vendors... don't know why I narrowed it down to that.

lol my phone was ringing all day yesterday and all i heard was beeps.

whoevers calling obviously hasnt 'got my number' yet

Some weird number called my phone 20 times before I picked up.
And when I answered, the guy on the other end refused to believe he dialed the wrong #.
I told him "wrong number"
And he was like, "No. its not"
He thought I was the real person, trying to trick him. (apperently they had got into a car accident)

superkiss said:

Sounds like someone is trying to fax something to your cell phone, but because your phone must not be a fax machine, it'll continue to beep because it won't go through. Some fax machines are automated and will continue to dial your number if the fax doesn't go through the first time, and will continue to attempt to fax.

wildgoldenhoney said:

thanks, its a home phone though, and a private number.

??

Caller: Doug! (or maybe dude)
Me: Hello?
Caller: Doug! (sounds like he's pouring a beer or something)
Me: What?
Caller: Dude, what's up?
Me: I think you have the wrong number
Caller: Is this ***-**09
Me: Nah, this is **06
Caller (sounding excited): Oh sorry bro!

click

superkiss said:

If your's is not a fax machine, wheather or not it's cell or landline, it won't go through because your phone is not equipped to receive a fax. A private number can still be accessed due to a mispunch on the keypad, they just dialed the wrong number.

wildgoldenhoney said:

that must be it cuz its never happened before.

thank u.

superkiss said:

Sure, no prob.

My grandma called who she thought was her daughter (my aunt).

She began talking with the person on the other line.

About 2 mins in I hear my grandma go "Oh..wait..I've called the wrong number! Wow, sorry!"

Turns out she thought she was talking to her daughter AND the lady on the other end thought she was talking to her mother!

Lucky my gran eventually recognised the different voice.

purplesweat said:

Funny. My son had something similar.
Some time ago he wanted to talk to my brother's daughter. I dialed the phonenumber...
My son was talking vividly with his niece but after 10 minutes he suddenly stopped, gave some strange answers and gave the phone to me.
I got this woman on the phone asking who I/my son was. Turned out I had dialed the wrong number and her daughter (around the same age as my brother's daughter) had picked up the phone. She had been chatting with my son and when her mom asked who she was talking to, she couldn't answer.
But they did have a cute chat!

this happened today


me: hello?
caller: is this alexis?
me: no, sorry you have the wrong number
caller: no this is the number i always call!
me: than you misdialed
caller: oh sorry.
[click]

then 10 minutes later she called back...

me: hello?
caller: alexis?
me: does this sound like alexis to you?
caller: [yelling] put me on the phone with her now!!!
me: lady, you just called and i told you that you have the wrong number.
caller: ahh your right, i'm sorry. sometimes i make mistakes like that...

then she starts talking about how forgetful she is and how it affects her life for like, 5 minutes

me: ok yeah i'm gonna hang up now.
[click]


i was like

InsatiableCream said:

Don't you just hate that? I don't understand people (total strangers) who you meet at the butcher or in the bus who start talking for hours on end about themselves and their private life/problems. I'm like leave me the hell alone, did I ask you something?????

CJanssen said:

@ the phone call

and i totally agree. it's so creepy when random people want to talk to you.

Protege said:

Annoyingly a lot of people are like that, so I just send my hubby off to do erands and I take the car instead of the bus handy eh?
Hubby likes to listen to nonsense of totally strangers, better him than me

I just pretend I am whoever they ask for. Its pretty funny when we carry on a conversation for a few minutes before they figure it out

reversed prank calling

One4All4Ever said:

[Edited 4/30/08 17:46pm]

I posted this once before:

Part I.
1:00pm, the phone rings, I answer, "Museum name..." A guy says "I have a question about touring the museum. I'm a nudist, can I come to your museum." I said, "Pardon me?" He says, "I'm a nudist, I want to visit your museum, can I?" Now my first impulse was to laugh and think it was a friend prank calling me (side note, one time a friend called and pretended she wanted to bring a group of ex-cons), but I have to treat every person as if they're serious so I say, "You're welcome to visit the museum, but I'd need to check to see what our policy is; I've honestly never had this question." (I'm thinking to myself no way in hell is a someone allowed into a museum on Fifth Avenue butt nekkid, but I don't want to discriminate so I figure I'll double check.) I add that I don't think it would be allowed because we have to abide by NYC ordinance and I doubted nudity is allowed in public--I asked if he was from NY and if he was able to walk to the store without clothes. He said, "Sometimes. I try to if I can." We decide that Tommy (he tells me his name) will call me back at 3pm to see what our policy is, because he'd really prefer to visit "bare-ass" if he can.


Part II.
I check with our Director of Operations, the Security Department handbook and the New York City Police Department. As suspected, nudity in a public building is against the law and those breaking the law can be fined.

Most everyone in the museum with whom I speak thinks it was a prank call, but I think Tommy is the real deal. I also think there must be varying levels of nudity so maybe "bare-ass" is a technical term, like a g-string instead of full frontal.


Part III.
2:48pm, the phone rings, it's Tommy. I say, "As I mentioned before you are welcome to visit the museum, but I checked with our Security Department and the NYPD and you would need to wear clothes--a shirt, pants or short, and shoes." He says, "Really, because I've been to other galleries and they didn't mind." I said, "Well, we are a public institution and therefore we have to adhere to city, state, and federal law." He tries to tell me that federal law doesn't prohibit it, so I offered to give him the phone number for NYPD general info line. Desperate, he asks, "What about body paint?" I said, "No I'm sorry, you'd need to wear clothes." I thank him for calling and tell him to have a nice weekend.

CJanssen said:

I cannot STAND that. I was on the train once and this weird looking nurse was on there telling everyone as loud as possible about the emergency operations she had to do just before Christmas. She was going into all sorts of detail, surely that's against the rules?

My daughter answered the phone yesterday. I heard her say, "My dad is in the bathroom. He is going to be a long time." I was sitting on the other couch. She hung up, and I asked her who was that. She said, "Unknown Caller."

I guess that is her way of getting rid of telemarketers. She is 7.
[Edited 5/1/08 6:06am]

jbchavez said:

That's cute