Actually, no. I'm not Sam's Club

[EvilAuthor]

Where I used to live, my cell phone was only one digit off from the local Sam's Club. I got calls all the time. Most of the time, people were very polite and would tell me they were sorry when they realized they miss dialed. So in return, I always tried to be polite to the people who called me because it really was an honest mistake.

I moved from North Carolina to Oregon. Different side of the country, different timezone. I kept my old number, but had it updated to get the area code for Oregon. I figured the calls would stop.

One morning around 2am, I got a call on my cellphone. I have caller ID, but when the phone wakes you up, you rarely bother to look at it, so I just answered.

Me: Hello?

Guy: Hi, Sam's Club? I was wondering what your hours were."

Me: Oh, I'm sorry. You misdialed. This is a personal cell phone.

Guy: Yea, whatever. I just need what time you open.

Me: I don't open. I'm not Sam's Club.

Guy: I want yo speak to your manager.

Me: I don't have one. You called the wrong number.

Guy: I know the number I dialed. Either give me your number, or tell me your hours.

Me: Did you dial [The number for the Sam's Club where I used to live]?

Guy: Yes, I know the number.

Me: Then you also know that not only did you call the wrong number, you called the wrong area code? This is a personal cell phone.

Guy: Oh.

He hung up. I went back to sleep. At about 3am, I got another call.

Me: Hello?

Guy: Hi, can I speak with a manager?

Me: What?

Guy: I called earlier to find out your store hours. The woman who answered the phone was very rude and unhelpful. I want to complain.

Me: That was me. You called a cell phone again.

Guy: Oh. Can you put your manager on?

Me: Do I call you at 3am?

Guy: It's 6am.

Me: It's 6am on the east coast. The area code you are calling is for the west coast. It's a different timezone. You've woken me up twice now.

Guy: You shouldn't be sleeping at work you lazy cow. This is the worst customer service I've ever gotten!

Me: Yeah. Maybe you should try calling a company and not cell phones.

Guy: I just want to know what time you f***ing open!

Me: You live in [Name of where I used to live], right?

Guy: Yes! What time do you open?

Me: I think I still remember the number of the police department in that area. If you call my PRIVATE CELL PHONE NUMBER one more time, I'll give them a call and report this.

Guy: You shouldn't be using your cell phone at work anyway.

I hung up on him and sure enough he didn't call back.
What gets me is that he lived in the area. The number on caller ID had the area code for that area. He was actually taking more effort in calling me then it would take to call Sam's Club. Oregon and North Carolina have very different area codes too so it wasn't like that was a simple mistake either. I have no idea why he was calling me.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I have no idea why he was calling me.

I do--because he's an unbelievable dumbass who shouldn't be allowed access to a phone.

I don't know if I'd even trust him with tin cans and string.

[HowMayIHelpYouToday]

I misdialed Cox Cable's # and got:

You have reached a private cell phone number. I cannot fix your cable, Internet, or phone. But if you want to leave me a message, wait for the beep.

I almost left her a message saying how awesome that message was

[Hobbs]

I misdialed Cox Cable's # and got:

You have reached a private cell phone number. I cannot fix your cable, Internet, or phone. But if you want to leave me a message, wait for the beep.

I almost left her a message saying how awesome that message was

Didn't you mention that in a previous post?

Still hilarious, btw XD

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

Hah! Reminds me of a joke I heard about someone who kept getting calls for a hotel that refused to change their number. She started taking "reservations" until the hotel was about to go under. Then accepted a low offer to sell, providing they change the phone number.

[HowMayIHelpYouToday]

Didn't you mention that in a previous post?

Still hilarious, btw XD

Yes I did But since no one quoted it I thought no one read it. I was wrong

[EvilAuthor]

Putting something in my voice mail is actually a good idea. Aside from that one guy, I haven't gotten any calls since I updated my area code, but it can't hurt, right?

[MadMike]

Putting something in my voice mail is actually a good idea.

Yeah, if people actually listen to it. A lot of the time, they apparently don't.

When I had my first apartment in the city, I was constantly getting not only calls from wrong numbers, but also messages. So I changed my message to something like "If you're calling for Mike, please leave a message. If you're calling for anyone other than Mike, you have the wrong number." Dumbasses STILL left messages, although the one time I think it was one of my friends being a smartass.

[Hobbs]

Yes I did But since no one quoted it I thought no one read it. I was wrong

Ehehe, you can always rely on me

EA, that's a good idea, you should do it, just in case, y'know?

[Wenchie]

I misdialed Cox Cable's # and got:

You have reached a private cell phone number. I cannot fix your cable, Internet, or phone. But if you want to leave me a message, wait for the beep.

I almost left her a message saying how awesome that message was

My old number (land line when I lived in Lansing, MI) had previously been the number for a small heating/repair/appliance shop.

Anyway, every winter for 5 years, I would get phone calls from people wanting me to fix their furnace. So I changed my voicemail to say "Hi, you've reached Shay. If you're calling to get your furnace or any other appliance repaired, you have the wrong number. Such-and-such store is out of business and does not have a forwarding number."

And they'd STILL leave messages wanting a call back to get their furnace repaired!

[hinakiba777]

See it's the totally different area code that gets me. Why or how did he get your area code?

Unless they area codes are really similar between NC and Oregon. Then it's just a massive misdial.

That's horrible though. Getting calls like that at 3am. Poor dear.

[Dasota]

A friend of mine had a number that was very similar to the pizza place up the road, the one night instead of saying you have the wrong number, we took about 3 calls, wrote down their orders and then called the pizza place and told them the orders and addresses. Later that night we got a free pizza.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

You are way nicer than I would have been, ESPECIALLY on that second call. I seriously would have cussed the guy out and gone back to bed.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

You are way nicer than I would have been, ESPECIALLY on that second call. I seriously would have cussed the guy out and gone back to bed.

And then he would've called back demanding a manager to fire the person on the phone who cursed at him.

[EvilAuthor]

And then he would've called back demanding a manager to fire the person on the phone who cursed at him.

Ugh. Yea, that'd go well. "Sam's Club can't fire me. I don't work there." He'd probably ask me why I was answering their phones.


Hinakiba, that's what confuses me too. It's a totally different area code. It's 503 vs 919.