Texting the Wrong Number

[Enigma]

Tee, it looks like you've graduated from Tee Bagger (chuckle) to Tee Cashier. Much better

Back on topic, don't get me started with text messages. I get so many texts from #s I don't know...and the worst part is working graveyard shifts and still using my phone as my alarm clock. Having to either hear my phone ring and ring and ring all day long or hear text after text come in while I try to sleep.........

Oooh! I used to hate that. I got really snippy when I did overnight stocking, I had one friend who would call and call until I answered, so finally I just picked up the phone and screamed at her. There was also the time my friends were drunk at 3 in the morning and decided to keep drunk dialing me when I had to work. They did not like it when I finally picked up the phone.

[DesignFox]

If the texts and calls in the wee hours upset you, why not put the phone on "alarm only" mode?

The alarm will still go off, but all other sounds are silenced.

[Pagan]

I haven't gotten any wrong-number texts, but I did get a spam one at 3:30am from a funeral home!

Occasionally, I'll get wrong numbers on my cell. I know it's a wrong number since only 5 other people have my cell number and when they call, their name will pop up. The last wrong number was kind of funny. It was from the Santa Fé Indian School. I am neither in Santa Fé nor am I Indian! Never got a chance to call them back and see who they wanted.

I've got one to top the wrong text/numbers. Some woman knocked on my door one day and asked for her daughter, "Blah". Well, I live alone and told her she had the wrong apartment. Instead of saying sorry and leaving, she cranes her neck up and peers over my shoulder while asking, "Are you sure?" Look lady, my apartment's not that big and I sure as hell would've noticed if there was another person here. And wouldn't her daughter have told her of the existence of a roommate?

[edible_hat]

If the texts and calls in the wee hours upset you, why not put the phone on "alarm only" mode?

The alarm will still go off, but all other sounds are silenced.

My phone's alarm still goes off when the phone is on silent.

[draftermatt]

Am I the only person who turns my phone off when I go to bed?

[crazylegs]

Am I the only person who turns my phone off when I go to bed?

Noone ever rings anyway so for me its a moot point!

[draftermatt]

Noone ever rings anyway so for me its a moot point!

I'm almost the same way.

Though I did feel I should start leaving it on when a fried told me she almost called me the other day at 3AM because her boyfriend (and my best/oldest friend) had not yet texted to say he had made it home alright and she was worried.

Poor thing was balling her eyes out worrying all night, and I wouldn't have had my phone on.

[Gawdzillers]

A girl texted me and asked for Alex. I told her I didn't know an Alex. She figured out it wasn't Alex, but then STARTED ASKING ME MY AGE.

I didn't answer back.

[Emrld]

I got a phone call asking for (insert common male name)
I asked what number they were calling.
They repeated my phone number to me.
I informed them that there was no one their by that name nor had their been in over 6 years.
They were calling from a community collage and insisted that they had the correct number.
I suggested they double check the area code and the number.
They insisted again that they had the right number.
I again informed them the number they were using did not have a person by that name their. I then wished them luck in locating the person said good bye and hung up.
They called back 10 more times and left messages on my machine. (gotta enjoy caller ID)
The next day I called back got another employee . . .told them what was going on . . .they looked up the number . .. it appears the person calling has number problems . . .should have dialed the combo of 669 in the number - they thought it said and kept dialing 699. I got an apology for the un-necessary additional messages. And, they promised to work on training the person. (Messages told specific amount still owed to the school and that grades/ credits would be with held till payment made)

[Lace Neil Singer]

Am I the only person who turns my phone off when I go to bed?

If I switch it off, I forget to turn the damn thing on again. As it's the only method of telephonic communication I have, seeing as I don't have a landline, it has to be on all the time in case of emergancy.

[DesignFox]

Am I the only person who turns my phone off when I go to bed?

I use mine as my alarm clock. That's why all the sounds go off except the alarm.

[Imogene]

I have a handful of wrong number/mistaken identity stories...

My cellphone:
Now, note, I've only owned a cellphone for a year and a half or so. Before then, I didn't feel I needed one. So, color me surprised when, immediately after I bought my phone, I start getting calls from some guy in... Vermont, I think... who would leave thirty second messages full of silence.
One time, I decided to brave it, and called him back.
"Who's this?"
R: "I'm the person you keep calling. Who's this?"
"This' Michael."
I don't recognize that name... "Stop calling my cellphone."
Oddly enough, it worked.
Even better were the calls to my cellphone, no message left, and I couldn't return the calls. Those calls were from phone numbers in Missouri, where my friend is, so I started panicking... thinking maybe she got hurt... Then my dad clued me in to them probably being from prisons. Oh.

My parents' land line used to continually get calls from a lawyer, asking for a very Hispanic sounding name, and the calls were always automated. I tried three, four times, to get them to stop calling here, as there was no one by that name here. Every time, I had to make the phone call to their company, as there wasn't an option in their tree to let them know "You dialed the wrong number, moran." The calls would stop for a few days, but they'd start right back up shortly after.

Think my best mistaken identity story happened when I had just changed my screen name on AoL... to KrystaLynn (Ha, very funny, yes...)
The first IM I got was from some guy, and his immediate greeting was, "Hi Babe! How's Trevor?"
"Who's Trevor?"
"Your little brother?"
"Er, no, I have a little brother, but his name's not Trevor."
"Come on, Babe, stop playing around."
"Who the hell are you?"
"Your boyfriend Jeremy?"
"Hate to break it to you, Jeremy, but I'm straight (I was at the time), and you don't sound nearly feminine enough for me."
"Stop joking around, Babe."
"I'm not a 'Babe', and I certainly wouldn't let you call me 'Babe' if I was. You must have the wrong person."
"You just told me you were going to make this SN."
"That's really impressive, as I didn't even tell my dad, who is the account holder, what I was changing my SN to."
"This isn't Jessica?"
"Nope, this is 'Rene Juwl'. *block*"

[Kogarashi]

I've had the usual mis-dials and wrong numbers (especially right after changing phone numbers). When I first got my cell phone, I had a spate of calls in the first month or so from some debt collection agency trying to get ahold of a very Hispanic sounding man's name (I'm a woman with a very English name). They would often leave voicemails for me even though my outgoing message clearly stated my name (come on, I don't sound that much like a guy when I talk, do I?). I called them back several times and told them that Mr. Jose Hernandez or whoever didn't have that number, and they would still call for a while before they finally clued in.

I've heard a lot of those debt collectors are pretty persistent, since people in debt will lie like this to try to avoid paying. ::sigh::

I've gotten a few spam texts before, but never persistent.

Lately, Hubby and I have been getting automated phone spam on our cell phones, and not from political parties like before. One, in English, was about auto warranties. Yes, I know our warranty on our Jeep is "about to or already has expired." The Jeep's 12 years old, for crying out loud. If you've really got business with us, you can have a real person call us. At least that one had an option at the end of the message to stop receiving the calls.

The other one, though, is really, really, really irritating. As in, it managed to call from phone number 000-000-0000 once before (I kid you not). It's in Spanish, which I speak not a lick of, so my husband's had to listen to the calls thanks to him being fairly fluent. The message basically says, "Hello. You've won a prize. Press 1 to claim it." And then it's silence until the message hangs up. It keeps randomizing the numbers it calls from, too, so we can't just have Sprint block the numbers. ::strangling motions:: Our phones also tell us which state a call is coming from, and this one's been from all over the place. Oregon, Florida, Maine, Missouri....

Last I checked, it was illegal to call cell phones like this without the phone owner inviting it.

[DesignFox]

Last I checked, it was illegal to call cell phones like this without the phone owner inviting it.

Not anymore. Not sure when it started, but telemarketing cell phones is fair game now, as far as I know.... I only know this because my Dad told me he put the whole family on the "Do Not Call" list.

[ArenaBoy]

My friend had to change her number after she broke up with her b/f. She kept getting a crapload of messages and calls from him that just got more annoying with each call.