Mr Chris wrote:
We get lots of wrong numbers. Mrs Chris got a phone call the other day that was a wrong number that, bafflingly, went like this:
We get lots of calls like that, but mostly from indian call centres asking for Mr or Mrs Random Name.
Very often I say 'You have the wrong number', and incredibly the person says:
'No, I haven't got the wrong number, I dialled (repeats my number). Is that Mr or Mrs Random Name?'
'No, sorry, YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER'
'No, I dialled the right number'
I mean, what kind of mentality is this? If the person you're looking for doesn't live at the number you called, ITS WRONG.
Of course, it's just a tactic. Its a random sales call, of course. Sometimes I hang up, sometimes I scream FUCK OFF, and sometimes I wait for them to hang up. A while ago I had a guy who just wouldn't quit, and after I told him to fuck off a few times, he kept ringing back, asking for the same person. Eventually I had to tell him that person was DEAD, at which point he apologised and didn't call again. I say again, what?