Do you call back a wrong number message? SHE CALLED AGAIN! Post 14

[lovetoscrap]

So my cell phone just rang. I have a new cell phone and number and very few people know it. The number on the Caller Id is completely unfamiliar so I didn't answer it. I looked up the area code and it is from a state VERY far away from me--obviously a wrong number.

Well, I never set up my voice mail so it is a generic message. This person left a voice mail. When I retreived it to see who it was it was a very Wrong number. A nice sounding woman calling her DAD and saying that she wants to come by this afteroon and see him and to call her back.

So I feel kind of bad that this woman is expecting her Dad to call to make plans and he won't. I am imagining the "I called you Dad", " no you didn't" going on! On the other hand, if this woman doesn't know how to dial her own Dad's number (it is an entirely WAY different area code??? ) who am I to be bothered.

Would you call her back and let her know her mistake or let her deal with it???

 

[mickeyboat]

I would call her back. If his voicemail isn't set up either, she may really have thought she left the message for her dad.

It is pretty easy to reach the wrong number - dialing mistake, wrote down or programmed the wrong number, etc.

It wouldn't take too much of your time to help someone out. And maybe she will pay it forward.

Maybe she is calling from a different area code because she lives far away and is town to visit her dad.

Denae

 

[1Prince2Princesses]

I did call back a wrong # message once, and was glad I did. The woman had left several messages, and was trying to get information about a distant relative who she heard was in the hospital, and wasn't aware she was calling the wrong #. She thought that something was horribly wrong because nobody was answering the phone.

 

[laurie31]

If she had just hung up I wouldn't, but since she left the voice mail, it's obvious she THOUGHT she had the right number. Whether she just misdialed or what, she does think she really called her Dad. I would call back and let her know

 

[lg3]

I would call back too.

 

[lovetoscrap]

I called her back. I felt kind of stupid cause I wasn't sure what to say. She was very apologetic and appreciated the call.

 

[Magickndm]

I would call back too.
I got a wrong number once, an older lady left a long message with all her flight info so whoever she thought was calling would know when to pick her up. Thank goodness for Caller I.D. I called her back, hoping I wasn't too late, and told her she had dialed the wrong number. She was very thankful I did.

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

sometimes: have had messages left saying "you bring the birthday cake" or "meet me at such and such a time"......so I call them so no one is left cakeless or waiting....one time though some guy called and swore a blue streak 'cause he was waiting on someone to show up...twice! I decided he was on his own!

Odd the amount of info people will leave when they haven't made sure they have the right number ....our message thing clearly states "you have reached the (our last name) residence"

 

[sunsprinkle24]

I would call her back too.

(that picture of the mouse, frog and cricket makes me I hate those crickets, not sure what they are really called but we call them hunchback crickets - ugh)

 

[Magickndm]

Odd the amount of info people will leave when they haven't made sure they have the right number ....our message thing clearly states "you have reached the (our last name) residence"

So does ours.

 

[sha_lyn]

In that situation I probably would call back. However my mother, a friend and I have all had bad experiences when we tried to be nice and call someone to tell them they had the wrong number

 

[Becky2005]

If she had just hung up I wouldn't, but since she left the voice mail, it's obvious she THOUGHT she had the right number. Whether she just misdialed or what, she does think she really called her Dad. I would call back and let her know

The fact that she left a message I would call back and let her know.

If it was a hang-up I wouldn't. That drives me nuts. Had that happen to me recently, I misdialed, realized it, hung up while it was still ringing. Then later I got a call back from some lady I couldn't even understand, saying something about "you called me?" and wanting to know what I wanted, etc... I just told her "huh? I don't know, must have been the wrong number" and hung up. Considering I couldn't even understand what she was saying, at first I had no clue who she was and I was in the middle of waiting for some important calls that I was trying to get some stuff figured out. I knew I had misdialed the last digit, so hung up as soon as I realized it & re-dialed the correct number (never left a message because I hung up as soon as I realized my mistake). So I was more annoyed with her interrupting our playing phone tag of some important stuff.

As my DH says, IF it's important they will leave a message. Therefore if you have caller id & no message was left & you don't recognize the number, it's not important!

Edited to add: I see you called her back & all is well.

 

[korbbec]

Yes- in that case I would call back. I had a message from a very distraught woman trying to reach her plumber because she had water all over her house, pipes leaking, etc. I almost felt bad because I only check my messages sometimes and it had been hours. The poor woman was greatful for the call back and I'm sure I saved her plumber an earful.

On the other hand- we used to have a number one digit off from Home Depot. People would leave messages asking if we had things in stock, store hours, etc. I did not call them back. If my brother happened to answer he would give them a rediculous answer like "yes we do have that. In fact it is on sale 50% off at our midnight madness sale tonight from 12-3 am". Or he would give bad directions to the store. He figured that they should have been clued in by the fact that he answered "hello" not "hello thank you for calling Home Depot" and therefore it was their fault. I never did that- I thought it was mean. I would just say "wrong number".

 

[lovetoscrap]

I heard my cell phone ringing and ran downstairs but not in time to answer it.

It was the same Wrong Number!!!! She still can't dial her Dad's phone number correctly!!! She didn't leave a message this time--my voice mail does clearly have my name.


But I really don't get it because we are in completely different area codes????? The numbers aren't even close???? How is she misdialing and getting me? Very strange!

 

[jgmklmhem]

I heard my cell phone ringing and ran downstairs but not in time to answer it.

It was the same Wrong Number!!!! She still can't dial her Dad's phone number correctly!!! She didn't leave a message this time--my voice mail does clearly have my name.


But I really don't get it because we are in completely different area codes????? The numbers aren't even close???? How is she misdialing and getting me? Very strange!

Her dads number may be in your area code. He might live near you. Since people take their cellphones everywhere you can never be sure where someone is really calling from anymore. For example my sister goes to college in GA but has a cell phone plan with my parents from FL so her number always shows up as a FL number when in fact she spends the majority of time in GA. If she were to call you...you would assume FL based on the area code but in reality her physical location would be GA.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

Her dads number may be in your area code. He might live near you. Since people take their cellphones everywhere you can never be sure where someone is really calling from anymore. For example my sister goes to college in GA but has a cell phone plan with my parents from FL so her number always shows up as a FL number when in fact she spends the majority of time in GA. If she were to call you...you would assume FL based on the area code but in reality her physical location would be GA.

That could be it. I live in New Hampshire and my cell has a Massachusetts area code from when I used to live there. I know they're close, but still....

 

[minnieandme]

I called someone back that had the wrong number. I don't usually do that, but this person left a message for someone about a court date coming up. Apparently this guy was supeonaed (sp) and the lady was saying how if he had some report, he didn't need to show up for court. But if he couldn't get the report to them in time, he needed to show up for court and if he didn't come to court they will issue a warrant. I had to call her back cause I wouldn't want some poor guy going to jail cause someone dialed the wrong number.

 

[FroggyinArk]

scrappy, it could be a mix up at phone companytoo. several years ago, we had a week or so that our number came up on caller id as a Different state, but it was a problem with thier equipment instead of our dialing. we dial out from home, yet it showed on caller ids as being from mississippi, after aweek or so, it came back right, we also had problems during that time with us calling our friends and getting out of state people one of the relay computers had a glitch and was hearing one number but dialing a different one.

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Glad it worked out well.

I dialed an attorney's office back once because it sounded very official. I started getting the 3rd degree... who are you? how did you get this message? are you suuurree you don't know this individual, spell your name... I wasn't answering her questions and she was getting angry. Finally, I just told her that I was trying to be nice and give her a courtesy call and then just hung up.