But you called me....

What, you aren't perfect???? Me either, lol. And that is what goes through my head, excuse me, you are giving me a hard time for your mistake??? Thing is, I halfway expect that from teenagers. But adults? I've been known to call people back when a message is left asking for a specific person. I explain that I recieved a call for whomever it is and tell them that they have the wrong number. A doctors office called once looking for someone leaving a urgent message. They needed to know they had the wrong number so they could try to contact their patient. Yes, I know, I'm weird.

I think you are doing exactly the right thing. Usually, if someone I know accidently calls me we both get a giggle. It happens at work fairly often. A body shop will call about some alignment work and then accidently hit redial and call me back a few minutes later. But we just laugh and admit we made a mistake under those conditions.

I agree, someone needs to help this lady. I've done all I can in explaining to the callers. I don't know what else to do. I'm not changing my number. I've had it for years. The thing is, don't all cell phones contain the number to that cell phone?

I agree with you Tamara. That is the proper way. Now, I'm used to people dialing the wrong number on our business line. Apparently our number and a moving service and a doctors office are very similar. But when I answer that phone I say the name of the business. They still ask "is this Dr. Cummings office", or "is the Hill's Moving and Storage"? The funny thing is the moving and storage company has a man employed by the same name as my hubby. There have been times people go spouting off where they are hiding their keys and such. My hubby steadily says, Ma'am, Ma'am, and they finally listen and hang up. I bet they decided to hide the key elsewhere, lol.

It is possible that I may be able to help you find the individual you are calling for, but ask for them. I can't help you if I don't know whom you are looking for. You could simply say I'm trying to locate so and so. See, people are so suspicious and untrusting. Maybe a wife found a number on her husbands phone or deck. You know where I'm going with this. Perhaps the spouse deserves the distrust even. But you should still not make assumptions. My husband and I own a small business. Most people know that if they want an appointment or an estimate to ask for me. If they wan't to discuss options of repairs, then yes, ask for my husband. But it would only be feasible to have my name and number in such cases. Fortunately, this hasn't caused any issues like what I just described. But it does happen. I guess I'm just odd. Even when I called to talk to my dad for the first time, long story, adopted, blah, blah, and he wasn't there, I explained things to the dispatcher and she patched me through to his voice mail. I'm just saying I think it's much more productive to explain yourself when you are the one making the call.

It happens pretty often. Now, in my mother in laws case, it can't be helped. She has had two strokes and though she knows who we are, she can't put our names to our faces. She will ask, who is your sisters father, and that could mean anything from me, to my husband, to her sister. So, I do understand that there are times when a person needs a little help. I agree with you, don't ask whom I am, ask for whom you are trying to contact or identify yourself.

I agree with you Wizzywig. That is what I do. When it's they are consistently looking for the same individual, this has gone on for 2 years, I do have to add that this is an issue. When is someone late at night, usually a teenager, I just wonder where their parents are. Could I turn off the phones? Yes, but I really shouldn't. My mother in law has had 2 strokes and if something happened we would like to be able to be reached. I got yelled at one time when I dialed a wrong number. I had just gotten Bell's Palsy and my speech wasn't quite right. They misunderstood me and cussed me out.

I keep all that information stored as well. However, my vision has been messed up since the Bell's Palsy and I do occasionally miss a number. But I do apologize after discovering I made a mistake and I do ask for the individual I am looking for. I don't tell people whom I am when they call mistakenly. See, I recieved a call early one morning many years ago, it woke me. The carried on like they knew me and asking if I was having a good day, how was I doing and so forth. They could tell that I didn't recognize the voice and said as much. Then it got disgusting. I can't repeat what I said to them but I was shocked when I hung up, picked the phone back up and they were still connected. Oh, to have had caller ID at the time.