Sorry... WHO's calling me?? & why??
By Wizzywig
@Wizzywig (7847)
June 14, 2009 12:39pm CST
My son often calls using various assumed voices so, when a little voice said,' Hello, its Zoe....' I just thought it was him messing around (It came up as a witheld number - which his calls sometimes do) & said, 'Hello Zoe..' in an equally girly little voice... when the voice asked who I was, I claimed to be one of Santa's little elves. "Zoe" then passed me to her boyfriend - & I still thought it was my son using yet another different accent/voice so I told HIM I was one of Santa's elves... He then asked me how old I was (very old...all Santa's elves are old)... which school I went to (obviously, I dont go to school...I'm an elf!!)... if I was stupid ( oh, yes!) He then told me I was a f*cking nutter and hung up... and yes, I STILL thought it was my son!! It wasn't... & I have no idea who misdialled and got my number. Nor do I know who the irate man was who called on behalf of his daughter to aske me to stop ringing because she didnt want whatever I was selling. (I have never made a sales call in my life - but agreed to stop because i presumed that was also my son...)
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 Jun 09
It's really frustrating to be in one of those "Is it or isn't it???" moments on a phone. 
What I enjoy even more though (NOT) is when people call you and then say "Guess who this is?" or "Hi, it's me!" and you have no bloody idea who that person is at all! 
I do find though that answering the "Guess who this is?" question with "Oh my goodness, is this the Pope?" tends to help a bit.....
I call my Nanna in the UK every couple of weeks or so and I too sometimes play around a bit. I once pretended I was a telemarketer and was really surprised when I copped a mouthful from her! I had to talk very, very fast to stop her hanging up and to convince her it was actually me. Nanna just turned 84 too, so it's pretty funny. 
What I enjoy even more though (NOT) is when people call you and then say "Guess who this is?" or "Hi, it's me!" and you have no bloody idea who that person is at all! I do find though that answering the "Guess who this is?" question with "Oh my goodness, is this the Pope?" tends to help a bit.....
I call my Nanna in the UK every couple of weeks or so and I too sometimes play around a bit. I once pretended I was a telemarketer and was really surprised when I copped a mouthful from her! I had to talk very, very fast to stop her hanging up and to convince her it was actually me. Nanna just turned 84 too, so it's pretty funny. 1 person likes this
@zoey7879 (3092)
• Quincy, Illinois
15 Jun 09
lol nice
The last telemarketer that rang me.. I told him that I lived in a cave so I had no need for frivolous home improvement items and barked at him.
@thebohemianheart (8827)
• United States
15 Jun 09
*L* I have hung up on both my kids for doing just this sort of thing.
The thing is, once I thought it was my daughter making a call, prodded on by her
brother.
It wasn't, it was a telemarketer. After the 2nd time I hung up on him, he called back a 3rd time, and very quickly told me who he was..........I still hung up on him.
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@Wizzywig (7847)
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15 Jun 09
Ahh, there you go... I would probably have a long conversation before I found out it was a telemarketer - but a very brief one after!! I once had someone ring my landline & ask for someone called Jean. I'd lived at that house with that number for 5 years, the previous owners had transferred their number to their new place (& weren't called Jean) but the caller insisted that I[b][/b][i][/i][u][/u] had the wrong number!! I even offered to check 'Jean's' number in the directory but he still said he was right... Eventually I just said,'I am not Jean, there has been no-one called Jean here for at least 20years to my certain knowledge, please dial the number again..' & hung up. I never heard from him again.
@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
14 Jun 09
That's like bill collectors calling me with a private or blocked number on my cell...guess what? I'm a single woman with no one to defend her (and I still need to get some mace!), so I don't think I'll be stupid and pick up the phone! I even told that to the dumb chicks that work the unemployment lines here in New Jersey AND THEY DON'T LISTEN!!! But that guy was just plain rude to you...he's the one that called the wrong number!
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