OT: Not for my ears or yours: Telephone message

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OT: Not for my ears or yours: Telephone message

I actually had dinner and sitting there I noticed I had a message on the
answering machine.

I played it and it was a wrong number from a woman in Dallas, TX.

My sit tones announcement didn't deter her and she went on to disclose
quite an amount of personal information that I won't disclose.

I had a pen and paper to write down her phone number but that's the one
item she didn't include. For all her thoroughness and trouble I wanted
to call her back to inform her of the mistake. I could send her a
postcard but I don't think that would be timely.



That happened once before but the caller left a phone number. It was
something of a medical concern. I called back and told the caller about
the mistake. The caller was very grateful.

OB Food: Two hot dogs, a carton of yogurt and probably a quart of ice
cold water.

With best intentions,

Andy
 
"Andy" wrote in message news:[email protected]...


If it is something you worry about, just call the phone company. Explain
hat happened and what time the call came in and they will hand it off to the
police. Happened to me once, a woman called my number by mistake, sobbing
and begging for somebody to make "him" stop beating on her. That was before
caller ID and *69 was useless. The phone company said they were going to
take care of it. Hope they did. Unless it was a call from a public phone
they will have her number.

Paul
 
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:06:16 -0600, Andy wrote:

Maybe you should send her a postcard anyway.... it may stop a
misunderstanding.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
"Bob Terwilliger" wrote:

I
one
wanted


Bob,

I wondered about that. She didn't understand she was talking to a
private answering machine. She might find a postcard confusing or
alarming.

She got an earful of the sit tones at the beginning of my announcement.
That was red flag #1. That and a business would announce itself, red
flag #2. Obviously poor thinking. Maybe some measure of senility? I
dunno.

Not knowing her comprehension skills, I wouldn't know how brief or
detailed an explanation would need to be.

I think the best course of action is to take no action.

Best,

Andy
 
projectile vomit chick wrote:

the
disclose
one
wanted
about


PVC,

LOL! Right! My reward for their mistake!

Extra large with the works and 2-liters of Pepsi.

For the gal in Dallas, TX, I could make a call to a pizza parlor in
Dallas and buy her a plain cheese pizza, have the store put a card on
the box, "Call me! [my phone number]" and I could briefly explain her
error.

Nah. Too scary, coming from a complete stranger but certainly a fast way
to reach her.

Best,

Andy
 
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:11:43 -0800 (PST), projectile vomit chick
wrote:


I'd offer her a free breast exam at the Brooklyn Sperm Bank.
 
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:06:59 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
wrote:

I'm not following you.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 05:44:54 -0600, Andy wrote:


All the postcard needs to say is "Received your message about xyz
issue. Sorry to inform you that the telephone number you called was a
private residence and not the business you intended to call.

I have no idea what it was about, but it certainly could stop her from
getting frustrated with/angry at whatever business she was dealing
with. Of course, if she gave you any indication about what company
she was trying to call... you could always pass on the information to
them.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On 2011-02-26, Andy wrote:


Incoming phone calls are the bane of my life. With mom not paying so
many of her minor bills, the bill collectors are relentless. Now,
most ppl call your answering machine with their calling machine!
I call it, "harrassment by recording".

I used to have a very concise and to-the-point answering msg. I even
had one caller compliment me on it. Somehow, it got erased. Now, I
jes let it do the default answering recording saying, "please, leave a
msg". Turns out it kills or interupts more of those infuriating
automated recorded calling messages than my custom answering message
ever did. Let your cheapo Chinese phone's pre-recorded answering msg
do the work for you. Apparently, automated calling msg machines are
better at detecting default pre-recorded answering msg's and
disconnect quicker. Let's hear it for automation defeating
automation!! LOL.....

nb
 
On 26 Feb 2011 18:00:19 GMT, notbob wrote:


Why do you call it harassment? They weren't paid and they're
reminding her she needs to get going. Why don't you set up auto-pay
from her account? Then all you need to do is track it by computer.


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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
sf wrote:



sf,

I thought better of it and sent her a postcard. I wrote saying what you
basically said but rather than put any details of the matter I said call me
for details and gave her my phone number. That way I can play back her
message to her which might better remind her and so we don't have to have a
discussion about it.

Best,

Andy
 
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:43:49 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:


Isn't that the one that you get everyone else to contribute to, then pass it
off as your own? Who knew?
 
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:06:16 -0600, Andy wrote:


How did you know she was calling from Dallas, TX?

I smell a fabricated story. And not much of one at that.

People from Dallas don't just call up people who may need help
remembering them (by reminding them what city they are in) and
announce all sorts of "personal information".

-sw
 
On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 03:35:53 -0600, Omelet wrote:


Actually I was commenting on the misconception that it was a std. male thought
and they were hanging with the wrong crowd because of the misconception.
No need to apologize ;-)
 
On Feb 25, 8:06?pm, Andy wrote:

I'd drop her a line just to let her know and also maybe clue her into
bad dialing. A terse postcard will do. I know I'D wanna know.

I had a message on my machine once from a drunk looking for a lady
friend - such a hoot, I listened to it maybe 50 times til I could
repeat it verbatim, with every inflection.

It started: (Southern drawl)
"Hey, doll...........why aintchu HOOHHHM?....why didntchu CAWL me...."
He was "up the VFW - why donchu drop in...that's if you can spare the
TAHM".
 
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