[Magdalen] Blocking calls??

[Scott Knitter]

I've been rude back to the caller lately...a few callers have asked for
"Tricia." I inform them that Tricia hasn't had this phone number for
something like 12 years (which is true). (Too bad she's also been in
financial and/or legal trouble and I get calls for her from people
threatening to serve papers on her). But recently the caller has responded,
"OK, I'm calling from the Police Association to raise funds for..." And I
stop them by saying, "You were calling for Tricia, and I told you this is
not her number. Goodbye."

On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 8:16 AM Simon Kershaw <simon at kershaw.org.uk> wrote:

> I used to have a similar situation Scott. It was a few years ago when
> you and I briefly worked for the same company.
>
> My direct dial number was very like that of a big local taxi company.
> Their number was (and still is) 01223 715715, and mine was 01223 371571.
> So if you meant to call for a taxi but accidentally pressed "3" twice,
> or your finger bounced on it, then you would reach me (the extra "5" at
> the end being ignored).
>
> It got pretty tiresome, and I dreamed up (but didn't implement) two
> possible responses. The first was simply to accept their insistence that
> I was a taxi firm and "take" their booking. They would never get a taxi,
> but was that my fault? The second, more elaborate, dream was to come to
> an arrangement with a rival taxi firm to take a commission for diverting
> such calls to them.
>
> It's amazing how rude some people can be when they have called a wrong
> number.
>
> simon
>
> On 2020-01-04 20:45, Scott Knitter wrote:
> > I often get calls from military bases asking for technical support.  I
> > suspect those who reach me have dialed the wrong area code. Still, a
> > few
> > seem convinced I'm still the one who can help them, even when I tell
> > them
> > they've reached a personal phone in Chicago and not a Navy help desk.
>
>
> --
> Simon Kershaw
> simon at kershaw.org.uk
> St Ives, Cambridgeshire
>


-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA