Huh?

[fancytalk]

So along with all the move people calling today I've been getting calls from people looking for Joan. None of us have Joan anywhere in our name including the dog, cat & turtles and to my knowledge none of the previous phone number holders were named Joan. These calls should simply be a "sorry wrong number" type of deal, right? Oh no, I've gotten in response "are you sure", "but I called [my phone #]" and some version of "she just gave me this number". So I was thinking that it is another collection agency looking for someone until I get the lady who interogated me then hung up, twice! The conversation went something like this after my "I'm sorry but I think you have the wrong number":

Weird Lady - is this {my phone #}?
Me - Yes
WL - Are you sure Joan doesn't live there
Me - very sure
WL - I'm a friend looking for Joan
Me - but this is not Joan's phone number. Maybe you have the wrong area code?
WL - You're sure Joan isn't there?
Me - yes
WL - Maybe I dialed the wrong number.

She hung up and called back!
Same conversation.

So do ya'll interogate the person on the other line when you dial a wrong number? I don't, at least not past making sure I reached the number I thought I dialed. And my other pet peeve is when the wrong number caller wants to know who you are. I'm not giving out that information. It was just weird. Oh wait, there's the phone. I wonder who's calling for Joan now.

Comments

[rhiannonstone.livejournal.com]

I don't interrogate. I'll sometimes try to confirm I dialed the number I thought I dialed, but that's the end of it.

I've been getting tons of wrong numbers over the past year and a half, all for a woman named Deb Grant. After a couple weeks of daily calls I finally figured out what happened: she signed up for LendingTree or some similar service and somehow put in my phone number. So all these mortgage and refi people keep calling and calling and calling, and I am SO VERY TIRED of explaining the situation. Which I have to, because most of them don't accept "I'm sorry, there's no one by that name at this number." So I explain, and ask to be removed from their lists. Some are apologetic, most of them hang up sounding as if they still don't believe me. And the other day one lady listened to my explanation and then proceeded to ask me if I was a homeowner or planning on buying a home! Lady had balls. I was in a really bad mood so I cut them off for her. :)

[yesimthegirl.livejournal.com]

Good for you! It's stuff like that where I believe people don't put the correct number because they don't want the phone calls but they want to info that Lending Tree is going to send via email. Hell, I hate the sign up forms that make phone #'s mandatory and I always stick in some version of 555-####. It goes no where.

[yarbiedoll.livejournal.com]

On occasion, when I'm certain I've dialed correctly, I go so far as to verify the number I've reached. Beyond that, I don't expect the person on the other end to be of any further help!

We've been getting a wrong number call (from the same woman) for the past three weeks--once or twice a day. Problem is, she calls when no one is here and leaves a message that says, "Sorry, I've dialed the wrong number." Doesn't just hang up when the voicemail spiel is unfamiliar, but leaves a message. It's weird, but in an odd way, I guess I respect her for taking the time to leave a message, not just a bunch of hang-ups. Anyway, we happened to be home the last time she called; she was looking for an insurance agent or something. We haven't heard from her since.

It's funny you should write about this, though... becasue I've picked up someone in my LJ who is convinced I'm someone else! Weirdness.

[yesimthegirl.livejournal.com]

That's just it, I'll verify the number, but I'm not going to insist that the person on the other side has it wrong.

Although leaving a "sorry wrong number" message may be a little anal, now with caller id, I've had people call me back because I didn't leave the "sorry I dialed the wrong number" message.

And the mistaken identity thing is hilarious!