You think it's time to retire, buddy?
By Shasta
@cupkitties (7421)
United States
September 1, 2015 7:11am CST
The phone rang.
I peeked the caller ID and read: Ivory Chevrolet.
Definitely not for anybody here.
The voice of an older gentlemen came on over the answering machine, informing a Mr. Johnson that his car was ready. The poor guy sounded like he could use a few days worth of sleep.
I was just getting ready to call him back and let him know he'd just called the wrong person.
But, he called right back.
I thought he was calling to apologize for the mix up.
Nope.
He started repeating the same thing he'd said before!
I picked up the phone and in my serious voice (because my normal phone voice often gets a "Hiii. Can I speak to one of your parents.sweety?") and said "Hello?"
"Hello. Mrs. Johnson.." he started.
"I'm sorry but, you've got the wrong number. There are no Johnsons here", I replied.
He repeated the number to me. Sure enough it was ours. Not sure what area code he had. But the other numbers matched. We still don't have any Johnsons or *looks suspiciously at the dog*.
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10 responses
@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
10 Sep 15
Those wrong numbers. I get wrong numbers also. Everyone does. I always tell them that it is the wrong number. Some people repeat the number and are off by one digit. Some have my exact number. That means whoever gave them the number gave the wrong one or the person wrote it down wrong.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
2 Sep 15
I can understand your predicament on receiving a call not meant for you. Receiving calls which are not meant for us or for any of our immediate family members could sometimes be very irritating. The other day a guy called me around 11 pm (when I was sleeping but my mobile was switched on and was besides me) and started asking for some unknown name. [In India, we have many States and each State has a different regional language. He was speaking in a regional language (Gujarati)]. I simply asked him - "whom he wants to speak". Realizing his own mistake, he said - "sorry Sir, it appears that I have dialed a wrong number". He accidentally dialed a wrong number but he disturbed my sleep unnecessarily and I just could not do anything but to curse him. 
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
23 Oct 15
A girl I exchanged numbers with after a first date gave me her number wrong as when I rang it I got the dog kennels. I suspect her action was not accidental but a clear indication that she didn't like me after all. 
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@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
3 Sep 15
The part about the dog was a joke. The rest of it's true.
@GardenGerty (157485)
• United States
1 Sep 15
I have had in the past a minister in this town listen to my message, which stated our last name, and proceed to leave a message for a totally different person. Not even a sound alike or look alike name. Frustrating. Could Johnson have left your number for some evil and nefarious reason?
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
1 Sep 15
hahah you should have asked if he had a Johnson?..wake the poor guy up...
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@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
1 Sep 15
Oh yes, yes yes yes - I have had things like these happen before when I used to live with my folks back home. In Romania it works like this: a person has a landline, and if the close it it gets put back in the system after a while where it becomes available for someone else to have. It would explain how they thought of a different person.
Also not sure how the area codes work (for Bucharest it was impossible to get a different area as it was the only city with 7 numbers apart from the prefix).
@phyrre (2317)
• United States
1 Sep 15
If your dog is some sort of double-agent who has a spiffy, fixed car...can I borrow him? Like, just for a month. I've got three dogs, and I'm certain one of them must be able to benefit from his tutelage. My bet's on the older one, though he's a bit of a rugged "don't do things by the book" sort, so I'm half-worried that he might just end up on the street hot-wiring cars instead of what upstanding, I'm sure, work your dog does to get his own cars. 
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