You just dialed a wrong number

[h]

I am baffled by the number of people who just hang up after I tell them it's a wrong number("Is Kate there?" "Sorry. You have a wrong number." *Click*). Is this just the way the world works these days?

Is it wrong to get so frustrated at what I view as a lack of manners? Is there a proper protocol? Is it okay, at 6:00 AM, to just slam the receiver back on the hook when you find out that you dialed the wrong number?

Would it be wrong for me to call them back (using Caller ID) to let them know that I had just fallen asleep again after sitting up with one of my kids for the past hour, and that they owe me an apology for waking me up due to simple carelessness on their part? (Note: I've never done this, but I've definitely considered it.)

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[bibboid]

You have no option for "accuse them of stealing your friend's phone because you certainly never dial numbers incorrectly".

[unoriginalalex]

I do it all the time, weather it be viewed inconsiderate or not, I guess I... Don't care? It's been done to me before and I don't see it as a big deal, and didn't need an apology or an explanation. It sounds bitch reading it back, but eh it really isn't a big deal to me.

[Yami Daimao]

WAZZUUUUUUP!

[The Sam]

Say "good, I'm trying to avoid them."

(credit to Demetri Martin)

[The Portable Stove]

I say "Sorry", most of the time. On the other hand, I manage to find people who either really want to have a conversation with someone on the other end of the phone, even if they have no idea who I am. World's a weird place sometimes.

[Lardlad]

I hang up and just hope that when I attempt to dial the right number, that I don't end up getting the same person again.

[Porky's Butthole]

Back when Dr. Seuss died, I went to call a friend and tell him about it. I dialed the wrong number and got some older lady. I apologized to her and she said: "Well, it's 2am, it must have been important..." to which I said "Dr. Seuss died."

We went on to have a TWO hour conversation about Dr. Seuss, kidlit in general and many other things. It was pretty awesome.

[Big L]

Sorry about that then *Click*

[Fiddleford H. McGucket]

I hate the folks that ask "Who is this?" When they called YOU.

[lildude8218]

I used to get wrong number calls ALL the time and usually ones that would wake me up in the morning.

But one night it was around 9 or 10pm and my phone rings. It was a number I didn't recognize but I answered it anyway. I don't remember who they asked for but I said "sorry, you must have the wrong number." The guy went "Oh, I'm Sorry!" I said "It's not a problem," and as he was hanging up he goes ".....Asshole!"

I flew into a rage and immediately called him back. Before he could finish saying "Hello" I asked him who the hell he thought he was talking to someone like that. He said "you must have the wrong number" so I reminded him of the conversation we had literally seconds earlier and told him to go f*** himself and hung up.

[Pooh Carlson]

Dec 25, 2012 12:53:54 GMT -5 lildude8218 said:

I used to get wrong number calls ALL the time and usually ones that would wake me up in the morning.

But one night it was around 9 or 10pm and my phone rings. It was a number I didn't recognize but I answered it anyway. I don't remember who they asked for but I said "sorry, you must have the wrong number." The guy went "Oh, I'm Sorry!" I said "It's not a problem," and as he was hanging up he goes ".....Asshole!"

I flew into a rage and immediately called him back. Before he could finish saying "Hello" I asked him who the hell he thought he was talking to someone like that. He said "you must have the wrong number" so I reminded him of the conversation we had literally seconds earlier and told him to go f*** himself and hung up.

I'm picturing you actually having the wrong number and telling somebody completely different to go f himself, then he tries calling you back but dials the wrong number and tells somebody else to f themselves, and on and on and on and on...

I recently had somebody call me that had a wrong number. I didn't answer it, but let it go to voicemail. After my voicemail, which clearly states my name, the voicemail went, "Ken! Get over here! My mom needs you!" and the kid's mom in the background going, "Don't say it like that!" I died laughing bahahaha.

Another recent wrong number story: I work for Office Depot and a few years ago we sold a Verizon hotspot, and even though we don't carry it, to this day if you search for a Verizon Wireless store on the Verizon website, our number pops up. It amazes me the amount of people call in and listen to my spiel, "Thank you for calling Office Depot, this is Andrew," and then ask about cell phones, and when I say we don't have any, they ask in confusion, "Isn't this Verizon Wireless?" "No, this is Office Depot. I just said that."

Anyway, this mom calls furious saying that they were in earlier, and I activated her daughter's phone but somebody it made her husband's phone not work anymore. She specifically dealt with somebody named Andrew (which is my name) wearing a blue shirt (which Office Depot employees wear). I was firm in saying that I had not activated any phones at all that day (we do sell T-Mobile prepaid phones, but I hadn't activated any that day). Anyway she yells at me for a good five minutes, and I finally ask what kind of phone she got, she said an iPhone, I tell her we don't sell any iPhones and ask if she meant to call Verizon Wireless. She realized her mistake and was actually really apologetic for yelling at me. Ah, good times.

[lildude8218]

There was also a span of about 6 months where we kept getting collect calls from a prison from some guy who would say his name as "Pete" or "Pete....Two Pigs" or something that sounded much like that. We never accepted the charges obviously. My mom got so frustrated and felt so bad for the guy that she would yell into the phone that he had the wrong number hoping he would hear it. I tried to explain to her that it wouldn't work that way but she kept doing it anyway. The calls eventually stopped.

[Nikki Heyman]

Dec 25, 2012 5:26:10 GMT -5 The Portable Stove said:

I say "Sorry", most of the time. On the other hand, I manage to find people who either really want to have a conversation with someone on the other end of the phone, even if they have no idea who I am. World's a weird place sometimes.

Long time ago I got a call from an older lady trying to get a hold of family. If I had more savvy I could have gotten inheritance money out of her

[Mozenrath]