Today. Caller asked for International Studies Office (I am a student living on a College Campus). I told them it was a room, then they proceeded to apologize for a few sentences. Just hang the phone up!
Freaky Co-incidence Wrong Number
A few years ago, I got a call asking for "“David”… There was no “David” here, but the voice had a very odd inflection that I remembered…
I asked “Is your name Monica?” The caller replied in the affirmative.
I told her my name and asked if she had worked at a printing plant in the early 1980’s… turned out it WAS “Monica”!!
We were both freaked at the coincidence…
Regards’
FML
Just a few weeks ago. I always think it is rude when they just hang up - they could at least apologize and say it is a wrong number.
Oh, I love those people. Caller ID Avengers! Especially when they call your workplace, which gives out the main number on Caller ID for all outgoing calls. How would I know who called you? Maybe, if they didn’t leave a message, they realized it was a wrong number. Why do people get so worked up about it?
My husband got a Caller ID Avenger at home early one Saturday morning. He said that it was an older fellow, who quizzed him mercilessly on why he had called, naming all manner of home businesses and other ventures. He finally names his daughter and son-in-law, who lived there, and my husband finally recognizes the name of one of his fellow Cub Scout leaders whom he had called the day before. “Didn’t I leave a message for her?” “Oh. Haven’t listened to the messages yet.” :eek:
Just got one. I answered the phone:
me: Hi
Them: Who is this?
Me: Who did you call?
Them: Oh! I must have called the wrong number <click>
I still say a simple I’m sorry I bothered you is called for.
My second phone line is xxx-4000.
A local taxi company is xxx-0000.
At bar closing time, a lot of local bartenders tell their drunks who need a ride to call xxx- four zeroes. They dial xxx-4000, and get me.
It took a while after I got this second phone line to figure out what was happening, and why this (unlisted) number was getting calls every night, always about 1am, always from drunks. Who would get angry & swear at me because I wasn’t a taxi company. And because that was their last quarter for the pay phone (at first, if they were nice, I actually patched them thru to the taxi company.)
Now, I generally just ignore that phone when it rings about that time of night. Doesn’t bother me at all any more.
Oh, by the way, xxx-4000 is also the main phone number for a state mental hospital, but in a new area code that’s been assigned here. I get calls for them, too. But those are generally during normal business hours, and not drunk.
We get them occasionally. They can be fun. Many Thais become comically flummoxed when they realize they’ve accidentally got a farang (Westerner) on the line. Just one of so many forms of cheap entertainment here. 
My cell phone number is one digit off from a local AM sports radio station… I get several a week. Usually people are polite and apologetic, though, so it doesn’t bother me that much.
We get them at work a lot- our number is one digit off of a cooking store, and one digit off of a local day spa.