Comments on: Thought: The Wrong Number Dilemma

By: Nessie

Nessie — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:05:44 +0000

This article is ridiculously unnecessary and long-winded. Unnecessary because most people use digital telephones and can check the number they just dialed to see if they made a mistake. Long-winded because you could have simply said, “If someone calls you with a wrong number, ask them what number they dialed.”

If you wanted to go on a rant of this length, you might have talked about drunk dialers who adamantly refuse to believe they have the wrong number and call you repeatedly throughout the night swearing and demanding to know who you are. Or you might have mentioned the people who use wrong numbers as an opportunity to make a new sex-friend. Both of these situations can be extremely annoying (although sometimes they’re fun) and would constitute an actual “wrong number dilemma.” Unfortunately they don’t typically involve hypnosis.

By: Floral Rug

Floral Rug — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:41:23 +0000

I can tell you in one day I would receive like ten wrong calls..all wrong numbers..

By: Paintworkz Web Design

Paintworkz Web Design — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:00:48 +0000

A bit off line, but I just took up 200 x 0871 numbers, which in the UK we receive 0.2p per call in revenue, it seems all these numbers have been used before, some by very large companies because last week according to the statistics we received over 1800 calls, now thats Â£36.00

By: The CMS Gallery

The CMS Gallery — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:38:43 +0000

That’s a great little guide. Lukily I hardly get wrong number calls. But what I do get is a hell of a lot of sales calls. Insurers, isp’s, pet care. How on earth do they get my number? Wish you could write a guide about dealing with those pains.

By: Joe Takkle

Joe Takkle — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:02:41 +0000

Lately at work, we have been receiving calls for someone who doesn’t work in this office. When we politely tell the caller that they have the wrong number, they always get offensive and proclaim us to be lying to them, and that they are going to call our manager. You have to wonder why people can’t just accept they have the wrong information.

By: ronny

ronny — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:06:18 +0000

Wrong numbers are handled politely most of the time by myself.. but telemarketers…. well, that’s a different story.

By: Farhaj

Farhaj — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:04:48 +0000

I have also received many wrong calls;and always first enquired who is the front person on the line and then went on with the conersation.sometimes it used to get very hectic,that i myself had to hangup the line and the front person still won’t give up until he got extremly tired.

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:45:18 +0000

I get these calls daily, some just hang up immediately others call back once or twice not believing that this is not the right number…some people are crazy.

By: Teaching Jobs

Teaching Jobs — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:06:14 +0000

Ouch… getting a wrong number is like getting headache. Sometimes its very trouble some if we dailed a wrong number unknowingly. That day becomes a very bad day. I once experienced such a situation and prayed God not to get back such situation.

By: web hosting

web hosting — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:53:15 +0000

A lot of times this happens when businesses have the same number except 1 number off.

By: esca

esca — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:55:42 +0000

I always handle a ‘wrong number’ situation with the polite way you stated in the article…well, if the other party is polite also. I really don’t like it when people call my phone and then ask, “who’s this?” I respond with a “who do you want to speak to?” If they won’t tell me who they want to speak to, then I just hang up. I guess that is a bit rude, but how would you handle a situation such as that?

By: gabby

gabby — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:31:14 +0000

I once called the wrong number and the woman on the other end got really upset and started talking about how many calls she had received. It just so happened her number was published in a yearly magazine that just came out and she didn’t know. I had empathy for the mistake as I told her the news. I ended up talking to her for around 45 minutes about our lives. We shared a conversation about so many things and one was my own experiences about wrong numbers. The…

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:38:12 +0000

I am always polite when letting someone know they called the wrong number. My boyfriend, however, will either yell “no!” or “wrong number!” into the phone and then hang-up. Sometimes he doesn’t say anything at all and just slams the phone down. Even more often, he will not pick up the phone unless he recognizes the number… in which case, I have to answer it. He’s an asshole to anyone he doesn’t know.

You didn’t mention those rare occasions where you actually have long conversations with these “wrong number” strangers. This has happened to me only twice, and I am pretty sure it’s only because I am female. Nevertheless, on a boring day, they can pass the time.