It's 2:45 a.m., we're sleeping like logs and the phone rings

[PrairieRose]

I never get a good phone call in the middle of night so ofcourse it scares the be-jeebers out of me. I answer and a man with a very heavy spanish accent asks for ____________ (lady's name). I said no you have the wrong number. He said, sorry. Hangs up. Umkay....fast forward about 45 minutes. Almost got my pulse back to normal, seriously contemplating sleep again and the phone rings again. Hello?! Same thing..... no I say, you've got the wrong number. He says, sorry. Hangs up. Ok now I'm awake. So at 4:40 I'm in the bathroom and the phone rings again. Gripey answers it and he is, shall we say 'gripey'. He screams hello and the man says is ___________there? Gripey says (and not in a friendly tone) YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER! Guy hangs up. At 5:45 he calls again!!! He said I'm calling for Ascentia ________. I said there is no Ascentia _______ here, I do not know Ascentia _________. She is NOT HERE. He says is this 94_-53__? I said yes but this is my phone number, SHE IS NOT HERE. PLEASE Do NOT call again. He says is this __________, Texas? I said, SHE IS NOT HERE, YOU have the WRONG NUMBER. PLEASE, PLEASE do not call again. He said ok, it won't happen again. Sorry. Click. And ofcourse his number was an 'unknown number'. Now, if I had not had an aging parent living in town who is dependant on us, and if Gripey didn't have an aged mother in poor health and IF we didn't have family spread out all over the world I would have just taken the *#$~!@@@ phone off the hook! OMG it took about an hour to settle down and then Gripey and I were calling each other these names just to try to lighten it up around here. I've never been more frustrated in my entire life. Anyone ever had this experience before? I was lying there thinking about how awful it would be to be on the receiving end of this type of 'mischief' on an ongoing basis........ ggrrrhhhhhhh.

[Nada.Leona]

lol

The other day I came home and received a call from a woman. When I answered the phone, she immediately said, "I'm sorry I have the wrong number". I told her that was okay, and we hung up.

The phone rang a second time and I again answered it. Again, it was the same woman. I asked her who she was calling for, and she said her aunt and appologized again and hung up the phone.

On the third ring, I figured it was her. So when I picked up the receiver I said, "Third time's a charm, huh?" She burst out laughing and appologized, confirmed the number she was calling and we hung up. It was a positive experience, a far cry from what you just went through.

On another occasion, I had my cell phone ring at 8:20 a.m. while I was getting my desk set up at work. The caller didn't sound, well, sober, and when he asked is so-and-so there, I said, "Sorry, you have the wrong number."

"No I don't," he said.

I said, "Yes, you do".

"No, I don't!"

"You dialed ###-####", and rhymed off my number, "and this is the wrong number."

"No I didn't," he said. "I dialed ###-####", which of course was not the same number I'd just told him, "and this is the right number!"

"Look," I said. "This is ###-####. You dialed the wrong number. Do NOT call it again." And I hung up. *shakes head* Some people...

[northernmom2boys]

I am so sorry you guys had so many stupid phone calls.Our number is one number differnt then a car delaership so I get people calling all the time for parts and during the winter time we get early moring calls and they are asking for Junior,apparently this Junior plows driveways and his number is close to ours too.Once in a while I cant help but say ya Junior will be right there or ya sure I will give him the message lol

[Michelle68]

Our phone number used to be one number off from a local school district's phone number. We would often get calls from people applying for jobs, book companies, etc. One day we received a call from a woman who said she wanted to apply for a teaching position and was going to fax her resume. I told her that she had the wrong number. The phone rings (caller ID showed this same caller's phone number ) and when we picked it up we heard a fax machine. I hung up but this woman called back FIVE times trying to fax her resume before she finally gave up. And this was someone looking for a job educating children ? Geez!

--Michelle

[baxjul]

I had some guy keep calling my cell phone, his wife's number is one digit off from mine, anyway, we started talking one day and made a big joke out of it. It was kind of funny. Sorry you had such a hard time Lisa!

[Emerald_Mommy]

Sorry you had this - how aggravating!

One similar thing that happened to us: We came home from church one day (this was when we were first married) and had like 6-7 messages on our answering machine. They were all from the same girl. She sounded really young. She was trying to get in touch with her dad. She never said her own number but her last message sounded really sad/scared, "Dad why don't you call me back?!" I felt awful for her but we didn't have caller i.d so I didn't know how I could possibly let her know that her daddy wasn't just ignoring her. She called later that night and Philip told her she had the wrong number. That was almost 8 years ago and I still feel bad for that little girl and hope she finally got in touch with her dad!

[nwmissourigal]

I haven't had the middle of the nite call, but we have lived in our new home for 3 years and apparently the girl that had our phone number before us wasn't a nice girls. We have creditor, lawyers, car credit companies, you name it and they call for her. And what's worse is they thing I am lying. It is just awful and my dh and I are thinking of changing our number...geezz.

[PurpleButterfly]

I hate it when the phone rings in the middle of the night, that is so scary to me. One time my bank put my phone number on some scammer ladies checks and well she had a fantastic time writing bad checks to someone who worked at the horse race track near me. Whoa, it took me awhile to get her to believe that i wasnt the woman who wrote the bad checks. I felt bad for her it was a large check, she just wanted to be paid. And then did i let into my bank. Can you believe the bank acted like it was no big deal?? Sorry i got off track. My family received the call about my grandma dying in the middle of the nite, that is why i get freaked when our phone rings in the middle of the nite.. I hope that looney guy never calls again.

[emortis13]

When I had just moved into a new apartment about 2 years ago I got a phone call at 2:30am on a weekday night. I will never forget that phone call.
Also, in the last two years a lot has changed. I don’t do bad stuff anymore.

The below is a copy and paste. It was sent to people who know me in real life about two years ago.

“Ring, ring, ring” Its 2:00am and the damn phone is ringing.

I wake up and stick my hand out from underneath the comforter groping for the phone. I think its one of you people trying to get me to come party or dong something irresponsible to a lawn gnome.

Me: “sleep time, call back when the sun is up” I mumble.
Phone: “mam, im with the Ramsey county sheriffs department” I pause.
Me: “huh?”
Phone: “I need you to answer your door, two units are waiting for you.” I stop breathing for a second and sit up very quickly. The blood rushes to my brain. I start going over every damage I may have done in the past few days that was illegal. I can’t think of a possible thing. Then my Mom comes to mind, omg, my mom just left for south Dakota right before I went to bed at 11:00pm. I looked at the clock and quickly calculate the time. She would still be on the road. My mom just got put on 24/7 pain medication that makes her act weird and not drive in a straight line.
Phone: “mam?”
Me: “sorry, um…” {I fall off my bed and start groping around for bathrobe}
Jimmy, or James, whatever his name is: “what’s going on?” he mumbles sleepily from the other side of my bed.
Me: “I have to pee”
Phone: “excuse me?”
Me: “not you, just… hold on”
Jimmy, or James, whatever his name is: “ok…” snore

I put on the bathrobe and tie it closed.

Me: “The phone doesn’t reach to the door…”
Phone: “set it down then,”
Me: “oh right… ok…” I laugh stupidly. I try to take it with me anyways, despite reality. I put the phone down.

I run to the front door and look out the peephole. Nothing. I open the door. No one.
“Hello??”
“Police officers??”
No response,
“Doughnut patrol?”
Nothing.

I run back to the bedroom and pick up the phone.

Me: “there’s no one there…”
Jimmy, or James, whatever his name is: “there’s never anyone there, they just are, man, they just are” more snoring

Phone: is this {she says my phone number}
Me: “Yes, it is.”
Phone: “what’s your address?”
Me: {I give her my address}
Phone: “oh, sorry, wrong number.” She hangs up.

Thank you Ramsey county sheriffs department. You made my night just a little bit more interesting.

[Viv]

I take the phone off the hook at about 9:00...sometimes a bit earlier depending on the weather and kind of day we'be had..

Friends and family know that ...others?...I don't care!

I cannot see to drive from dusk on...and my sister works full time and has to be at work and very alert everyday.
There is not an emergency call I would be able to do anything about..so I just have to pray (and I do!) that whatever might come up, can be handled at 4:00 a.m. when I automatically wake up..so I hang the phone back up.

We have had late night solicitors, credit card sales people, wrong numbers, and for some reason, the auto-dial on two of my grown and gone kids cellphones get pushed.. (I tell them "your butt just called me again.."...strange too, cause I can hear conversations, or snoring but since they have their phone on "silent" no amount of yelling "What??..or "hang-up!"...and yes, even a referee's whistle I keep by the phone..works to get their attention.

A couple of times eons ago I got calls from someone in my family calling for me to post bail...Uh...NOPE...rules are, if you are dumb enough to get yourself in that kind of a situation, I will bring you clean underwear at the hailhouse, but I will Not bail you out.

In reality, it may not work for you in your situation..but it sure is worth a try...or put it on silent ring at night and let the answering machine catch it.

[Darlene]

Sorry Lisa, I would have been mad too. Haven't gotten any nutty calls here in a long time. One that stands out is this:
Phone rings I pick up.

Me~ Hello
Who's this?
Me~You called me, who's this?
Who's this? I asked you... (irately)Who's this?!
Me~Looks like nobody taught you telephone manners. Gonna put you out of your misery, Bye!
Click

[Sundae]

At least that was the end to your calls from that person.
Here DH has two *friends* mind you they are 50ish, one with a family and one not, any ways at least 4 times a week they call at after hours, any were from 11 pm to 5 am, the single one will get drunk and call in the middle of the night. And then others too think its OK to start calling shortly after 5 am. Just because my DH farms doesn't mean he's up that early all the time or even wants to talk on the phone.
DH does have an elderly aunt and uncle and yes he has gotten calls from them in the middle of the night because uncle has fallen and can't get up, so we can't take the phone off the hook.

[ravenmoonmother]

Years ago when i was alot younger and lived with my nanan we never used to answer the phone after 10pm but one night it rang late and i picked it up. It was a man who asked for some one i'd never heard of. When i said they don't live here he said "well i'll talk to you instead" i said" no you won't" and told him that he had got me out of bed and my husband was waiting for me. (had visions of a mad man turning up at the door, i was only about 14)
My sister answered the phone once and it was a heavy breather, she breathed back so he hung up.

[Missy]

i turn off the ringer when dh gets home from work. if it is important they will call his cell phone. other ppl can wait till business hours tomorrow.

[baronmom]

Our old number use to belong to someone that sold nuts and bolts. We use to get calls all the time for them. People are so thick headed when you tell them that this person no longer has the phone number. One person asked me how much certain nuts and bolts were. I told him I had no idea. They keep asking if you know what their new number is, and how they can get a hold of them. I told one guy, I wish I did know the new number so that when I get these calls, I can give the new number out so people stop calling me.