Why Has Phone Ettiquette Gone Out the Window?
In my dream world a wrong phone number call goes something like this:
- Me: “Hello?”
- Caller: “Is <random> there?”
- Me: “Sorry, I think you have the wrong number.”
- C: “Oh, terribly sorry, have a nice night.”
- M: “No problem, goodbye.”
- click
Of course, real life is far different…
- Me: “Hello?”
- Caller: “HELLO???!!!!” [yes, he sounded like an AOLer in a chatroom]
- M: “Hello?” [confused]
- C: “[ random unknown words in a foreign language ]”
- M: “Sorry, I think you have the wrong number.”
- C: “HELLO???!!!!”
- M: “I’m sorry, I think you have the wrong number.” [maybe he didn’t hear me]
- C: “Hello”
- M: “I’m sorry, I think you have the wrong number.”
- C: “Hello?” [note: it didn’t sound like a joke, but someone with bad hearing or something, maybe a missing brain]
- M: hangs up
