I recently saw a post on here that reminded me of my own story. This is from back when my family still used a landline. We used to get a lot of wrong number calls from people trying to reach local businesses and we’d just say, “sorry, this is a house number” and send them on their way. Pretty standard. This one incident however sticks with me because of how it confused the hell out of me.
I happened to answer the phone one day when I was home alone. A woman on the other end was calling for such and such business (it’s been long enough that I don’t remember who she was trying to call).
Me: Sorry no, you’ve called a residential number.
Her: …Hello??
Me, slower and louder: This isn’t such and such business, you’ve called a house.
Her: …Hello?? Is this such and such business???
Keep in mind, I can hear her just fine, I don’t know what she’s experiencing on her end. This back and forth goes on for about a minute and I remember hearing her call to someone else to help her. This other person picked up and started talking.
Them: Hello? Is this such and such business?
Me: No, sorry, this is a residential number, not the business.
Them: ….Hello??? -muffled noises of giving up-
And they hung up. No apologies, nothing. Just left me holding the handset, baffled. Hope they managed to get a hold of the business.