Why do people keep talking when you say "YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER!!!!!!!!! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 12-28-2006, 11:41 AM

Damm, I hate that so much, You answer the phone and then you say-"sorry you have the wrong number, and then they say-"Is this the number...., NO it's not, and sometimes then say something else which causes me to say-"YOU HAVE THE WRONG DAMM NUMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-LOL I know some of you have been in this situation

gilligan fanatic · 12-28-2006, 11:43 AM

We have an answering machine that says our names. I don't know why people leave messages after it saying Hi to people not on the machine.

Brian Damage · 12-28-2006, 11:47 AM

Sometimes you get people that say, "Are you sure?" lol

tdf4077 · 12-28-2006, 11:48 AM

We've had these people call the past few months looking for a "Kristie Baker." We have had this phone number for about 5 years now, and we don't know a Kristie Baker (nor do we recognize the people's voices who call), so it's really strange.

Well, anyways, almost everytime someone calls looking for her, we say you have the wrong number, and first they'll repeat the number they dialed. "Yes," I calmly respond, "this is blah blah, but no one by that name lives here." To which most of them respond something like, "Oh. Are you sure?" or "Oh, that's the number I was given."

It actually creeps me out slightly....like, how can they be smart enough to dial the phone when they can't grasp such a simple concept as someone's not here.

swedeace · 12-28-2006, 11:49 AM

....because they are probably chatterboxes to begin with.

I get intimidated by total chatterboxes. I am with you. I don't like when they keep talking. Ugh.

What's also annoying is that when some unrecognizable number calls you and leaves a message for some other person. It's, like, didn't they hear the voice/name was different on the voice mail? Geez....

PZelda · 12-28-2006, 01:20 PM

I get that, too. I've also gotten voicemails from people who were looking for somebody else, plus occasionally people will try to call me - TWICE - and it's a number that I never recognize. So I just ignore it and let my phone ring.

MsOrange · 12-28-2006, 01:22 PM

One time I had a guy call, and he was trying to sell something.... anyway, he asked for some weird name, and I told him he had the wrong number, and he goes "Uh... ok... well,... let me tell you about this great deal that will help you lower your..." i hung up. Pathetic.

I realize these people have a job to do, but if I say "wrong number" move along. Your obviously not going to be able to convince me to purchase anything. Waste your breath on someone willing to listen.

Ireneparalegal · 12-28-2006, 01:23 PM

I like how people have been so nice to me when I accidently get the wrong number. I will call someone and I immediately realize when it's the wrong number, I will say, "Oh I am sorry, I got the wrong number." The person on the other end will always be nice and say, "No problem." or "That's ok, it happens." I have never had a person be rude to me. Maybe because I acknowledge the mistake immediately.

Janice · 12-28-2006, 01:33 PM

I'm very nice to people who call my home by mistake. I ask them what number they dialed. If it's not my number, I'll tell them that. If it is my number, I'll tell them that too.

If I dial a wrong number...to somewhere I usually don't call, like a company or something, I'll recite the number that I meant to dial.

That way, I'm not bothering someone a second time, and vice versa.

Hollow · 12-28-2006, 02:40 PM

i get the worst cases of that with random crazy mexicans who call my house at night, i can hardly understand them because they have such strong accents and usually yell at me halfway in spanish.

me: hello?
lady: is penelope there?
me: you have the wrong number.
lady: oh! (laughs) yeah, i told her to go with mary and (blabbers on something i can't understand), so is mary there?
me: no, you have the wrong number.
lady: oh ok, bye.

me: hello?
guy: CELIA!
me: huh?
guy: (starts talking really fast)
me: what?
guy: is this celia?
me: no, you have the wrong number.
guy: celia! (blabbers on in spanish)
me: you have the wrong number.
guy: (says something else really fast)
me: what?
(my dad picks up the other phone)
dad: hello?
guy: is this celia?
dad: (irriatedly) you have the wrong number.
guy: where are you, celia?
dad: YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER! *hangs up*

AllIWantIsYourClutch · 12-28-2006, 02:56 PM

This woman called my cell phone once and I told her she had the wrong number and shes like, "Is this Jolly-et?" (Joliet..aka: where I live) I said, "...This is a Joliet number but I'm not the person you're looking for." So she hung up and called right back. I didnt answer and she left a voicemail saying, "I think I have the wrong number, unless you know my daughter Laura."

We get tons of wrong numbers in our dorm room. My (not so) favorite was when a lady called asking for "Mr or Mrs somethingorother." When I told her she had the wrong number, she YELLED at me and was like "THIS IS THE NUMBER I WAS GIVEN SO IF I COULD TALK TO MR somethingorother---" and I said "THIS IS A DORM ROOM" and hung up.

Courtnee · 12-28-2006, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by safety pin

i get the worst cases of that with random crazy mexicans who call my house at night, i can hardly understand them because they have such strong accents and usually yell at me halfway in spanish.

me: hello?
lady: is penelope there?
me: you have the wrong number.
lady: oh! (laughs) yeah, i told her to go with mary and (blabbers on something i can't understand), so is mary there?
me: no, you have the wrong number.
lady: oh ok, bye.

me: hello?
guy: CELIA!
me: huh?
guy: (starts talking really fast)
me: what?
guy: is this celia?
me: no, you have the wrong number.
guy: celia! (blabbers on in spanish)
me: you have the wrong number.
guy: (says something else really fast)
me: what?
(my dad picks up the other phone)
dad: hello?
guy: is this celia?
dad: (irriatedly) you have the wrong number.
guy: where are you, celia?
dad: YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER! *hangs up*

Brent88 · 12-28-2006, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by safety pin

i get the worst cases of that with random crazy mexicans who call my house at night, i can hardly understand them because they have such strong accents and usually yell at me halfway in spanish.

me: hello?
lady: is penelope there?
me: you have the wrong number.
lady: oh! (laughs) yeah, i told her to go with mary and (blabbers on something i can't understand), so is mary there?
me: no, you have the wrong number.
lady: oh ok, bye.

me: hello?
guy: CELIA!
me: huh?
guy: (starts talking really fast)
me: what?
guy: is this celia?
me: no, you have the wrong number.
guy: celia! (blabbers on in spanish)
me: you have the wrong number.
guy: (says something else really fast)
me: what?
(my dad picks up the other phone)
dad: hello?
guy: is this celia?
dad: (irriatedly) you have the wrong number.
guy: where are you, celia?
dad: YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER! *hangs up*

!!!!!!!!

cmcb06 · 12-28-2006, 03:26 PM

That totally irritates me, a few weeks ago this lady called me 4 times. And on the fourth time, I said "Madam you have called me 3 times prior to this, and you have been well informed that you called the wrong number. So please STOP CALLING THIS NUMBER!!!"

Ireneparalegal · 12-28-2006, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by safety pin

i get the worst cases of that with random crazy mexicans who call my house at night, i can hardly understand them because they have such strong accents and usually yell at me halfway in spanish.

me: hello?
lady: is penelope there?
me: you have the wrong number.
lady: oh! (laughs) yeah, i told her to go with mary and (blabbers on something i can't understand), so is mary there?
me: no, you have the wrong number.
lady: oh ok, bye.

me: hello?
guy: CELIA!
me: huh?
guy: (starts talking really fast)
me: what?
guy: is this celia?
me: no, you have the wrong number.
guy: celia! (blabbers on in spanish)
me: you have the wrong number.
guy: (says something else really fast)
me: what?
(my dad picks up the other phone)
dad: hello?
guy: is this celia?
dad: (irriatedly) you have the wrong number.
guy: where are you, celia?
dad: YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER! *hangs up*

That must be the same person who calls me!!!!

Being hispanic, I am fluent in speaking spanish, HOWEVER, I won't speak spanish to someone who calls my home and accidently gets the wrong number and they are speaking spanish. I tell them in ENGLISH, "You got the wrong number." I keep repeating it even though they babble with something or ask if so and so lives there. I don't know why I do it, it kinda irks me that they don't understand they got the wrong number.

12-28-2006, 11:41 AM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,153	Why do people keep talking when you say "YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER!!!!!!!!! Damm, I hate that so much, You answer the phone and then you say-"sorry you have the wrong number, and then they say-"Is this the number...., NO it's not, and sometimes then say something else which causes me to say-"YOU HAVE THE WRONG DAMM NUMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-LOL I know some of you have been in this situation

12-28-2006, 11:43 AM	#2
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	We have an answering machine that says our names. I don't know why people leave messages after it saying Hi to people not on the machine.
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12-28-2006, 11:47 AM	#3
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Sometimes you get people that say, "Are you sure?" lol
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12-28-2006, 11:48 AM	#4
tdf4077 JaJa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,678	We've had these people call the past few months looking for a "Kristie Baker." We have had this phone number for about 5 years now, and we don't know a Kristie Baker (nor do we recognize the people's voices who call), so it's really strange. Well, anyways, almost everytime someone calls looking for her, we say you have the wrong number, and first they'll repeat the number they dialed. "Yes," I calmly respond, "this is blah blah, but no one by that name lives here." To which most of them respond something like, "Oh. Are you sure?" or "Oh, that's the number I was given." It actually creeps me out slightly....like, how can they be smart enough to dial the phone when they can't grasp such a simple concept as someone's not here.
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12-28-2006, 01:20 PM	#6
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,226	I get that, too. I've also gotten voicemails from people who were looking for somebody else, plus occasionally people will try to call me - TWICE - and it's a number that I never recognize. So I just ignore it and let my phone ring.
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12-28-2006, 11:49 AM	#5
swedeace Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 22, 2003 Posts: 9,009	....because they are probably chatterboxes to begin with. I get intimidated by total chatterboxes. I am with you. I don't like when they keep talking. Ugh. What's also annoying is that when some unrecognizable number calls you and leaves a message for some other person. It's, like, didn't they hear the voice/name was different on the voice mail? Geez....

12-28-2006, 01:22 PM	#7
MsOrange Bringin' Sexy Back Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 27, 2004 Posts: 6,133	One time I had a guy call, and he was trying to sell something.... anyway, he asked for some weird name, and I told him he had the wrong number, and he goes "Uh... ok... well,... let me tell you about this great deal that will help you lower your..." i hung up. Pathetic. I realize these people have a job to do, but if I say "wrong number" move along. Your obviously not going to be able to convince me to purchase anything. Waste your breath on someone willing to listen.

12-28-2006, 01:23 PM	#8
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	I like how people have been so nice to me when I accidently get the wrong number. I will call someone and I immediately realize when it's the wrong number, I will say, "Oh I am sorry, I got the wrong number." The person on the other end will always be nice and say, "No problem." or "That's ok, it happens." I have never had a person be rude to me. Maybe because I acknowledge the mistake immediately.
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12-28-2006, 01:33 PM	#9
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	I'm very nice to people who call my home by mistake. I ask them what number they dialed. If it's not my number, I'll tell them that. If it is my number, I'll tell them that too. If I dial a wrong number...to somewhere I usually don't call, like a company or something, I'll recite the number that I meant to dial. That way, I'm not bothering someone a second time, and vice versa.

12-28-2006, 02:40 PM	#10
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,412	i get the worst cases of that with random crazy mexicans who call my house at night, i can hardly understand them because they have such strong accents and usually yell at me halfway in spanish. me: hello? lady: is penelope there? me: you have the wrong number. lady: oh! (laughs) yeah, i told her to go with mary and (blabbers on something i can't understand), so is mary there? me: no, you have the wrong number. lady: oh ok, bye. me: hello? guy: CELIA! me: huh? guy: (starts talking really fast) me: what? guy: is this celia? me: no, you have the wrong number. guy: celia! (blabbers on in spanish) me: you have the wrong number. guy: (says something else really fast) me: what? (my dad picks up the other phone) dad: hello? guy: is this celia? dad: (irriatedly) you have the wrong number. guy: where are you, celia? dad: YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER! hangs up
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12-28-2006, 02:56 PM	#11
AllIWantIsYourClutch peaceout. Forum Icon Join Date: Aug 02, 2001 Location: Illinois. Posts: 53,424	This woman called my cell phone once and I told her she had the wrong number and shes like, "Is this Jolly-et?" (Joliet..aka: where I live) I said, "...This is a Joliet number but I'm not the person you're looking for." So she hung up and called right back. I didnt answer and she left a voicemail saying, "I think I have the wrong number, unless you know my daughter Laura." We get tons of wrong numbers in our dorm room. My (not so) favorite was when a lady called asking for "Mr or Mrs somethingorother." When I told her she had the wrong number, she YELLED at me and was like "THIS IS THE NUMBER I WAS GIVEN SO IF I COULD TALK TO MR somethingorother---" and I said "THIS IS A DORM ROOM" and hung up.

12-28-2006, 03:26 PM	#14
cmcb06 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 01, 2006 Posts: 370	That totally irritates me, a few weeks ago this lady called me 4 times. And on the fourth time, I said "Madam you have called me 3 times prior to this, and you have been well informed that you called the wrong number. So please STOP CALLING THIS NUMBER!!!"
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