Yeah, sorry, wrong number.

[cyrano]

This morning at 2am (just about the time I'd finally settled in for bed) I got a phone call which, as soon as I picked up, disconnected.
I was a little concerned, since anybody who calls me at two in the morning is probably in need. And it wasn't a number I recognized. So I reverse dialed, and the person on the other end quickly picked up.
I said "I just received a call from this number--"
"No you didn't. Because nobody's been using this phone." The response was quick and firm, and would brook no disagreement.
Um. Whatever. "Okay thanks. *click*"

Does anybody recognize this number? 408 842 4512

Comments

[janne.livejournal.com]

I googled a bit out of random nosy curiosity and actually found a webpage that claims to do reverse phone lookups (http://www.anywho.com). It didn't recognize that one, though.

At that hour of night, I'd be assuming it was somebody too drunk to dial the right number. It's still an unpleasant thing to happen - I stopped answering nightly phonecalls entirely after getting a genuinely scary call at 3am once. If it's anybody in *real* trouble they can as easily dial the local version of 911 as me, and anything else can wait for the morning...

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the reverse look ups apparently can't do cel phone numbers, which pretty much covers about half the numbers out here any more.
Who ever answered didn't sound very drunk. But I was suspicious they were aware that their phone had accidentally called me and didn't want to discuss the matter.

[starherd.livejournal.com]

There's also the joy that it could be like what happened to me... I got a cellphone, and they programmed it with a number... apparently at the same time as someone else was assigned the same number.
We got it sorted out after answering each others' calls for a week (I finally had the idea that I should just call my own # from the cellphone and see what happened, and got to talk to 'em).
Anyway... the person who dialed the wrong # might not have been the person you reached at all, really... and if it's been happening recently, it would explain the person's instant irritation. :-P

Anyway. I'm just making this up.