"Who's This?" Ever got that?

I have friends who call back strange numbers that show up on their phone to find out who called. I don't call those numbers, because if someone is looking for me, but I never gave them my number, I'm not going to verify their fishing for information by my calling them back. Does any of that make sense to you? I'm somewhat of the paranoid type. I'm very careful with my cell.

That is a pain in the but but that is just like when you have an number in your caller id and you call the number back and they called the wrong number. The who is this is the first thing that you get. I think that is something that happens all of the time the wrong number dialed either on the cell or a land line.

And relax! all the best urban

I have had someone call our home phone number and when I answerd it they went off in spanish and I was like EXCUSE ME you have the wrong number - they didn't understand me and i didn't understand them LOL I just hung up and they called back and went off in Spanish again and I was like "did you hear me, you have the wrong number" I said it really slowly and he still kept on talking - i was like WTF and hung up.

That has happened to me.. I said "if you don't know, then you have the wrong number" Other times someone has called me and said.. is this Bob, I'll say "no is this Jack?" Its fun to mess with people when they don't know who they've called

yeah, this kinda happen to me...i just said that he is the one who called so better give his name, than my name..he still did not give his name and just ask me..so i hung-up!but he never called back..unlike your's

yes. all the time i will tell them you are the one calling so why are you asking me who i am. and i will hang up on them, i dont have time to wait for them to get their minds together. hehe

LOL, that is very unethical as fas as telephone manners is concern!LOL, Good thing, you were able to handle it in a subtle way because I know others will start naming bad words when that happen..LOL, I haven't experience that since I always ignore numbers which are not registered, I will just wait if the will leave a message in my voicemail!

It has happened to me many times; sometimes, in the wee hours of the morning when I am still enjoying my early morning dreams. I answer the phone and a stranger wants to know who I am. I admit it is annoying, but I try to be as polite as possible and say, "Who do you want?" I hear another strange name before I politely inform them that they have got the wrong number. Eight times out of ten, they don't want to believe me. But, then they have to believe me. All very annoying of course. But I guess we have to put up with all these things!! Cheers and happy mylotting!

hehehe.. take it easy! I also recieve something like that but I just say, wrong number and wait for their response before I say its ok. bye. have a great day. lol!!

As a matter of fact, this happened to me a few nights ago. I answered hello. My phone happened to be on speaker. So my husband heard it as well. The person on the other end said "who is this?" I said you called me who is this? They said,"I must have the wrong number." and hung up. Guess some people don't use polite phone manners.

I think in our fast paced world phone etiquette has all but disappeared. Gone are the days when people would announce themselves. Anyway enough gripping for the moment. I often get calls like that. We just got a new phone number and they come in all the time. I do like your response and will use it from now on.

Sometimes I do say "you called me, who's this?" But, is the guy obviously called the wrong number. Either he thought he was calling someone else and was shocked to hear an unrecognizable voice, or he thought he was calling back a missed call on his phone and misdialed (in this case he's just trying to figure out who called him). I understand both situations, but I probably wouldn't reveal my identity to the caller - just tell him that he has the wrong number. He could've also saw your number on his girlfriends phone and was wondering why the he** you were calling his sweetie.

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i never actually got that kind of phone call before... but i got some people calling me wrongly to my mobile... but they didn't say who is this??? instead, they straight away mention the name of the person that they want to walk to and i tell them that they had call the wrong number... that's all... take care and have a nice day...

most of the time. and sometimes when i am really busy then i have to stop what i am doing just to get that cal then the person on the other line is going to ask who's this arggg. not owrth of my time. but still there are callers who always to that. for its like this whether you are so sure of the person you are calling dont ask who is this. ask the person if he/she is the one you would like to talk to than asking who is this.

It happened to me many times and this is really irritating. You're right, my reply would always be "you called me then you're asking me who's this?" and the irony of it he would insist "I said who is this?". As if he owns my phone and wondered who answered it. Then and again if you didn't hung up, arguments followed and they're the one who will call you rude, gosh! Why are some people can't be polite?

Yea, I got that before. I usually answer and I get someone asking me who they are speaking with. I end up asking them, who would you like to speak to? Sometimes the person may answer right away with a name and i would proceed to tell them they have the wrong number or some people are just hard-headed and keep insisting that they know who they are speaking to even though they are the one who called. I hate those.

things like this have happened to me too. bottom line is that some people are never taught proper phone ettiquette (not sure i spelled that right), anyway, it is rude to ask "who is this" when you are the one who made the call in the first place.

Interesting comeback. I have to remember that. We once had a message on our answering machine where a little child left a message inquiring rather upset what we are doing at his parents house when his parents should be there, lol. We also got a call once from somebody who apparently *69 a caller (this was when this first came out). This was probably a college girl as we were living in a college town and were students ourselves. With a really upset voice she asked us why we called and hung up right away when she answered the phone. I told her we didn't. She said she *69 us. I said, well then they gave you the wrong number. She said, no they dialed it for her. I said, well then they had the wrong number, nobody dialed from this phone. She wouldn't believe me and insisted somebody did. I finally said, "Listen, nobody called from this phone, I sat next to it studying all afternoon. There is nobody else here, which is probably something I shouldn't have told you because you seem to be one of those lunatics who may just want to have that information to come over and rob me. If not, then find something better to do with your life than wasting money on the fee it costs to *69 a call." "There is a fee?" and she hung up lol.