Some people aren't very bright.

[HiddenLacey]

Morons, part two: Once, I got a telephone number for person X, dialed the number, and got this:

Me: Is X there?

Call recipient: You must have the wrong number.

Me: I'm sorry; is this 123-4567? [whatever number it was]

CR: I don't give out my telephone number.

Me (after a moment of utter stupefaction): Look, I have no idea who you are. I just dialed this number, so either I've got your phone number right here or I dialed wrong. I just need to know whether the number that I dialed is 123-4567 so that I don't waste my time dialing the number again if this is not X's number.

CR: I don't give out my phone number.

Me: (silent stupefaction again)

CR: (hangs up)

^^^

What an idiot, either you were going to call their number again or not. They should have just confirmed it. That's a "duh" moment if I've ever heard of one!

I hate dealing with messages like that. For one thing, not every person whom I call is so familiar to me that I can recognize their voice in a recording played over the telephone; for another, short messages give me no time to think about what to say or whether I want to leave a message at all.

Yep, eveyone hates it, but I'm spontaneous and I like my messages like that. I want people to say the first thing that pops into their mind, because it's normally the most interesting. My Dad normally laughs for a few seconds into the phone each time he hears it, so I get to hear that:smile: I love it:wink:

 

[nudeyorker]

Oh we have moved on to stupid people on the telephone. When I got my new phone # in Hawaii I had at least one hundred 3:00 am telephone (drunken) calls from someone looking for Betty. After telling them each time they had the wrong number and then them calling back two or three times to make sure; I finally gave them the dire news... "Betty is dead." I guess they are still in grief therapy because the calls have stopped.

 

[deleted3782]

Me: "Alright. My name is Meghan. I'm 28 years old."

So r u a boy r a girl?

 

[thetramp]

I thought about putting up such a message.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caoYdiq3kak

Somehow i hardly ever get wrong calls, just sometimes machine calls that try to sell some bullshit.

 

[Pendlum]

Morons, part two: Once, I got a telephone number for person X, dialed the number, and got this:

Me: Is X there?

Call recipient: You must have the wrong number.

Me: I'm sorry; is this 123-4567? [whatever number it was]

CR: I don't give out my telephone number.

Me (after a moment of utter stupefaction): Look, I have no idea who you are. I just dialed this number, so either I've got your phone number right here or I dialed wrong. I just need to know whether the number that I dialed is 123-4567 so that I don't waste my time dialing the number again if this is not X's number.

CR: I don't give out my phone number.

Me: (silent stupefaction again)

CR: (hangs up)

You should've said "Look, the fact that I called your number means I have it on record. But it doesn't matter, I was only supposed to keep you distracted long enough so they could plant the bugs."

 

[Pandora77]

You evil, evil man you :biggrin1:

"Betty is dead." I guess they are still in grief therapy because the calls have stopped.

 

[IntoxicatingToxin]

Years ago, my friend John told me about him getting many phone calls from a carpet company trying to sell him carpet cleaning. He decided to play around with them for a bit to get them to stop calling. So, upon asking if he was interested in any carpet or upholstery services, he asked, "Can you guys get blood out of carpet?" And of course they said yes. "What about curtains? Can you get blood out of curtains too?" And of course, they said yes again, albeit a bit more hesitantly. "I just need one room cleaned, not a very big area, maybe 6 feet or so. Hey, do you think you can just send out one person? I don't need a whole crew." At this point the person says she'll have to get her manager on the phone. He basically gives the same spiel to the manager until the guys is freaked out enough to hang up. Needless to say, he never heard back from that carpet cleaning company.

 

[HiddenLacey]

Years ago, my friend John told me about him getting many phone calls from a carpet company trying to sell him carpet cleaning. He decided to play around with them for a bit to get them to stop calling. So, upon asking if he was interested in any carpet or upholstery services, he asked, "Can you guys get blood out of carpet?" And of course they said yes. "What about curtains? Can you get blood out of curtains too?" And of course, they said yes again, albeit a bit more hesitantly. "I just need one room cleaned, not a very big area, maybe 6 feet or so. Hey, do you think you can just send out one person? I don't need a whole crew." At this point the person says she'll have to get her manager on the phone. He basically gives the same spiel to the manager until the guys is freaked out enough to hang up. Needless to say, he never heard back from that carpet cleaning company.

 

[Pandora77]

:rofl:

Years ago, my friend John told me about him getting many phone calls from a carpet company trying to sell him carpet cleaning. He decided to play around with them for a bit to get them to stop calling. So, upon asking if he was interested in any carpet or upholstery services, he asked, "Can you guys get blood out of carpet?" And of course they said yes. "What about curtains? Can you get blood out of curtains too?" And of course, they said yes again, albeit a bit more hesitantly. "I just need one room cleaned, not a very big area, maybe 6 feet or so. Hey, do you think you can just send out one person? I don't need a whole crew." At this point the person says she'll have to get her manager on the phone. He basically gives the same spiel to the manager until the guys is freaked out enough to hang up. Needless to say, he never heard back from that carpet cleaning company.

 

[Pandora77]

That's a classic. Now if George could just sing.....

I thought about putting up such a message.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caoYdiq3kak

Somehow i hardly ever get wrong calls, just sometimes machine calls that try to sell some bullshit.

 

[HiddenLacey]

I thought about putting up such a message.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caoYdiq3kak

Somehow i hardly ever get wrong calls, just sometimes machine calls that try to sell some bullshit.

I love that episode!!!:biggrin1:

 

[nudeyorker]

Years ago, my friend John told me about him getting many phone calls from a carpet company trying to sell him carpet cleaning. He decided to play around with them for a bit to get them to stop calling. So, upon asking if he was interested in any carpet or upholstery services, he asked, "Can you guys get blood out of carpet?" And of course they said yes. "What about curtains? Can you get blood out of curtains too?" And of course, they said yes again, albeit a bit more hesitantly. "I just need one room cleaned, not a very big area, maybe 6 feet or so. Hey, do you think you can just send out one person? I don't need a whole crew." At this point the person says she'll have to get her manager on the phone. He basically gives the same spiel to the manager until the guys is freaked out enough to hang up. Needless to say, he never heard back from that carpet cleaning company.

You evil, evil man you :biggrin1:

^ I'm evil? These days a S.W.A.T team would show up at your house if you tried this!

 

[IntoxicatingToxin]

^ I'm evil? These days a S.W.A.T team would show up at your house if you tried this!

So true! This story was told to me approximately... 15 years ago? Maybe 14. Either way. He didn't get in trouble. :tongue:

 

[Calboner]

Oh we have moved on to stupid people on the telephone. When I got my new phone # in Hawaii I had at least one hundred 3:00 am telephone (drunken) calls from someone looking for Betty. After telling them each time they had the wrong number and then them calling back two or three times to make sure; I finally gave them the dire news... "Betty is dead." I guess they are still in grief therapy because the calls have stopped.

 

[HazelGod]

Do you have no qualms about giving out personal information, e.g. name, age, marital/child status, to a stranger who text's you? How do you even know it's a seventh grader and not someone fishing for info?
Color me cautious, I guess.

My first thoughts as well...goes with the territory.

 

[D_Gunther Snotpole]

What's wrong with texting? I prefer conversations if I just want to talk with someone, or we are doing something that requires* some planning, but if it is just quick bits of info, texting is great. I don't have to worry about them not being able to answer their phone. So it is basically like voice mail [one word, no hyphen], except way faster and less annoying, imo. I don't have to wait for the phone to go to voice mail [one word, no hyphen], and I don't have to hear any "sorry, I guess I can't reach the phone right now! Leave a message!" messages. And on my end, I don't have to listen to the robo women tell me I have 1 new voice message. No shit, that's the whole fucking reason I'm accessing my voice mail [one word, no hyphen], because my phone already told me I had one! And it is easier to relook up ['relook up'? neologism? I'll buy it] any info in texts than listening to the voice message again. And my texts have the date in an easy place to read, I don't have to go through a crappy number punch system just to get extra info. And I can send and receive picture messages, I can't do that with my voicemail [but who knows? it's true that you can't do that 'with my voice'], unless I want to describe the picture I otherwise would be sending to them. In fact, I hate voice mail [one word, no hyphen]. Like Lance Armstrong said in that commercial, if you are going to leave me a message that is "hey it's <person>, call me back," you might as well text me (assuming you can).

I will say I hate text speak, but people do that shit on the internet all the time anyways. I almost always type in full words and with whatever level one might consider my grammar to be at.

Hmmm.
Only one real error.
(I am comma happy, an obsession I don't impose on others.)
A-.

* reel, akchual airuh

Morons, part two: Once, I got a telephone number for person X, dialed the number, and got this:
Me: Is X there?
Call recipient: You must have the wrong number.
Me: I'm sorry; is this 123-4567? [whatever number it was]
CR: I don't give out my telephone number.
Me (after a moment of utter stupefaction): Look, I have no idea who you are. I just dialed this number, so either I've got your phone number right here or I dialed wrong. I just need to know whether the number that I dialed is 123-4567 so that I don't waste my time dialing the number again if this is not X's number.
CR: I don't give out my phone number.
Me: (silent stupefaction again)
CR: (hangs up)

That exact same thing has happened to me.
I suffer fools relatively gladly, but that person, that day, was lucky to be a telephone line away.

My current problem is with a collection agency that's trying to locate someone whose first name is Darryl and whose surname is my rather oddly-spelled one.
About every two weeks, I get another call, usually before 8 a.m.
The torturer seems different each time, but the torture doesn't stop.
I assume they just automatically go through all the telephone numbers listed against that surname.
Who knows? Maybe this makes sense. Maybe they've found that a liar will tell the truth at some point, or that another person, not realizing the danger, might pick up the receiver and tell the truth in all innocence.

 

[B_subgirrl]

(I am comma happy, an obsession I don't impose on others.)

I am also comma happy! When in doubt, chuck a comma in :tongue:

I used to get calls on my old mobile from random Americans - always trying to call the same person. Every time I had to go through the same thing. 'No, I'm not X. You're actually talking to someone in Australia', 'No I'm not', 'Umm . . . you are', 'Oh, OK then'.

 

[maxcok]

What's wrong with texting? I prefer conversations if I just want to talk with someone, or we are doing something that require some planning, but if it is just quick bits of info texting is great. I don't have to worry about them not being able to answer their phone. So it is basically like voice mail, except way faster and less annoying imo. I don't have to wait for the phone to go to voice mail, and I don't have to hear any "sorry I guess I can't reach the phone right now! Leave a message!" messages. And on my end, I don't have to listen to the robo women tell me I have 1 new voice message. No shit, that's the whole fucking reason I'm accessing my voice mail, because my phone already told me I had one! And it is easier to relook up any info in texts than listening to the voice message again. And my texts have the date in an easy place to read, I don't have to go through a crappy number punch system just to get extra info. And I can send and receive picture messages, I can't do that with my voice, unless I want to describe the picture I otherwise would be sending to them. In fact, I hate voice mail. Like Lance Armstrong said in that commercial, if you are going to leave me a message that is "hey it's <person>, call me back." you might as well text me (assuming you can).

I will say I hate text speak, but people do that shit on the internet all the time anyways. I almost always type in full words and with whatever level one might consider my grammar to be at.

May my life never be so busy or complicated, may I never be so obsessed with being constantly connected electronically, that any of that makes a whit difference, as if having a personal phone with me 24/7 everywhere I go weren't convenience enough. I much prefer hearing someone's voice and the nuance of expression it conveys to reading text on a screen. And if time is of the essence, I'm pretty sure I can talk way faster than you can thumb-type. :tongue22:

 

[HazelGod]

I almost always type in full words and with whatever level one might consider my grammar to be at.

Love the superfluous dangling preposition. Awesomeness. :biggrin1:

 

[BiItalianBro]

LMAO....you know what is scary??? A good friend of mine teaches English Comp/Rhetoric at the high school school level (after being downsized from a mega-law firm)...she says that the few months of the school year are spent teaching our youth how to WRITE COMPLETE WORDS AND SENTENCES. They literally hand in five page text message papers using 'gr8' and '@' from August until Thanksgiving.