Why did I answer?

Philippines
June 18, 2016 9:22pm CST
This is probably the weirdest "wrong number call" I've ever got. But what's surprising is that this came from our neighborhood. When I took the phone she told me "why did I answer" and she said okay, then dropped it You usually hear people say "sorry wrong number" but this was her response, knowing that I'm her neighbor. I thought it was rude at first but then I just let it slide. Anyways, Have you folks had this experience?
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
19 Jun 16
first Im wearinfg old glasses asI broke mine so I d id not realize I was not getting the eye ndoctor for an a ppt but a private home.I called again and got this is an automatedf p;hone servbice leave your message so thinking i had the eye doc tor i left my message they did not call me back so next day went throughg the same thing and left a message finallyh I got the lady of the hou se who told me she was not an eye clinic chec k my number.;I didc andwas embarrassed asI was dialikng a 542 when ir was 642 i nstead so finally connected withy the eye doctor.
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• Philippines
20 Jun 16
Hello @Hatley I hope they give you the right glasses this time, It's bad enough i have a hearing and tooth problem, how much more if it's a tooth problem.
@toniganzon (72533)
• Philippines
19 Jun 16
lol, she might just be testing if her line is working or not. Don't pick up the phone that quick!
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@toniganzon (72533)
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
@Marty1 most of the line phones here have free Caller ID but the phone unit they give doesn't have that feature.
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
I don't know @toniganzon but that's just weird and for me, not right way to respond to some one.,
@toniganzon (72533)
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
@Letranknight2015 When it's landline, i don't answer right away.
@MGjhaud (23240)
• Philippines
19 Jun 16
I recently got a call from whoever looking for some guy. I recognized the last name of the guy he mentioned but not the name so i said 'no, this is not his number'. Then the call ended. After a minute, the same number called again and asked the same thing knowing im the same person who answered his call a minute ago. I let it go but then he rang me again. This time i didnt answer and blocked the number right away.
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@MGjhaud (23240)
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
Just go to your recent calls received, find that number and go to options then find Block Caller or Block Number, depends what you have on the phone. Not all phones have this feature though.
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
Hello @MGjhaud how do you block the number? I didn't know you could do that. I think he's doing it on purpose, glad you block it.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
19 Jun 16
I've in the past had to say you must have the wrong number and then bang in my ear, now how rude is that.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
20 Jun 16
@Letranknight2015 I know some people are just plain rude.
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
Hello @Marcyaz Some people just don't know how to respond when they call the wrong number, I just don't get that.
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
Hello @Marcyaz Some people just don't know how to respond when they call the wrong number, I just don't get that.
@shubhu3 (36463)
• New Delhi, India
19 Jun 16
Hhahaha this has happened with me as well. I get scolding from my mother after that.
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• Philippines
20 Jun 16
Why on earth your mom would scold you? @shubhu3 I mean the one who called the wrong number.
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@shubhu3 (36463)
• New Delhi, India
20 Jun 16
@Letranknight2015 no it's like Somebody unknown called that was a wrong number and I picked it up.
• Philippines
19 Jun 16
Nope. It hasn't happened to me yet.
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• Philippines
20 Jun 16
But did you experience getting a call and realized it was a wrong number? @rachz_kisses
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• Philippines
20 Jun 16
@Letranknight2015 Yes, I do but I didn't get that kind of response-- "Why did I answer"... It's odd.
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
@Marty1 Hahaha! Maybe he was auditioning or something... and thought he might call you up and sing. He didn't realized it was a wrong number. Man got crazy ideas.
@annierose (21571)
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
It never happens to me so far. I guess your neighborhood is preoccupied with many things in her mind. Or there might be something she wants to tell you that she is reluctant to tell? Or maybe she just pressed a wrong number. Too many reason I think.
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@annierose (21571)
• Philippines
21 Jun 16
@Letranknight2015 I see. I remember it happened to me as well but I was the one who pressed the wrong number.
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
Hello @annierose I think she just pressed the wrong number and she does probably a lot of things in her mind. It's basically not me she wants to talk to.
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• United States
19 Jun 16
Thats weird, her fault!
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• United States
20 Jun 16
@Letranknight2015 Yeah! She could have said Sorry! Wrong number!
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
It is @infatuatedbby some people just don't know how to apologize on the phone.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
That was rude indeed , considering that she knew you as their neighbor . Good thing , you are cool headed .
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
21 Jun 16
@Letranknight2015 I guess she's someone who is so bored in life , with nothing to d all day .
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
Hello @SIMPLYD I don't know maybe she was somewhat desperate or something calling whom ever she want to reach.
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
19 Jun 16
When we still have landline, I experienced a cross line call. It is never like this.
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
21 Jun 16
@Letranknight2015 When you are calling someone, there is a third party answering too. It is like a group call using a landline. That's a bit weird too.
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• Philippines
21 Jun 16
@Shavkat lol how did that happened. some they have two phones in their house, it's like an extension.
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• Philippines
20 Jun 16
cross line call, what is that? @Shavkat
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@JudyEv (342088)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jun 16
This hasn't happened to me. Sounds a bit odd.
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• Philippines
20 Jun 16
Hello @JudyEv well, it was odd. specially if she was trying to call some one.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Jun 16
our landline number is always thought of as a clinic,or a pansiteria.
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• Philippines
20 Jun 16
I wonder why they kept dialing the wrong number? @ridingbet
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Jun 16
@Letranknight2015 yes, and our landline number is not printed in thew directory. ours is a secret number and only a few know that
@Yar_Joey (3271)
• Philippines
21 Jun 16
Did you call first?
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• Philippines
21 Jun 16
No, it was her who called @BACONSTRIPSXXX
@Yar_Joey (3271)
• Philippines
22 Jun 16
@Letranknight2015 I don't think your comment is directed to me? Why baconstripsxxx is the receiver of your response to my comment?
@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
19 Jun 16
I had one. It was one morning when a woman, probably on her late 40s or 50s, called me up and asked, "Andyan ba asawa ko?" (Is my husband over there?) I just said she got the wrong number but she sounded like she's still in doubt, but I had to tell her again she got the wrong number and dropped the call. After that, I just laughed. She must be thinking I was with her husband.
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• Philippines
20 Jun 16
Hello @brokenbee What an idiot woman thinking she called the number of her hubby's mistress. I mean we all used to have a number tracker a few years back.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
@Letranknight2015 ahahaha yup.. maybe she thought I was the other woman. Lol Yup, I had used that tracker with Globe before and it was too accurate. I don't know if it still works right now.
@Chungshop (2355)
19 Jun 16
Calling the wrong number is ok, but the point is that the person act so rude. They should say who they are and looking for whom. Instead they just switch off. I feel bad, no education .
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@Chungshop (2355)
20 Jun 16
@Martxxxy1 There are telephones lines like us here we have 010, 011, 012, 013 xxxxx, sometime press 010 instead of 011, then is a wrong connection lol, when I heard someone not familiar, I will say I am looking so and so, if the answer is I don't know. Then I know may be a mistake and I say sorry. So people will be happy and answer back, that Ok.
• Philippines
20 Jun 16
Well, she knows who I am @Chungshop I would have expected an apology or some what. but you're right, she had no education so she probably don't know how to respond well.
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• West Haven, Connecticut
20 Jun 16
No lol thats very weird
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• Philippines
21 Jun 16
Hello @BACONSTRIPSXXX yes indeed
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
20 Jun 16
Very funny .I never had it.
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• Philippines
21 Jun 16
maybe one day you might have one too @shivamani10
@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
19 Jun 16
I take it you're not in friendly terms with this neighbor?
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• Philippines
20 Jun 16
Hello @josie_ not really but for sometime she was a bit of an opposition to my mom ever since she joined their christian organization, while this neighbor had been on it for years. I was a child hood friend of his son, though. it's not hate relationship.
19 Jun 16
Can't decide whether what happened with you was weird or funny. I've had some weird wrong number calls too. When someone keeps on insisting that they dialed the correct number and you're like "no, I'm not that person and I don't even know who you are talking about" ! And the cross connections are really irritating. You're expecting to hear a familiar voice but then some unknown person picks up the phone and you're like "what the hell!"
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• Philippines
21 Jun 16
Hello @nightSky19 some people are just too stubborn to even realize they got the wrong number. I'm just glad that didn't last long with the latest call.