we receive a lot of "wrong number" phone calls here at my place of employment.

i just intercepted one such call. it went something like this:

bluefunk: good morning. [insert company name here].

wrong number woman: [pause] ..is this [insert wrong company name here]?

bf: no it is not.

- normally, one would apologize for the inconvenience and promptly hang up. wrong number woman did not. in fact, she lingered for a few seconds, "hmm"ing, as though i would suddenly come to my senses and say, "oh ! i'm sorry. you're right. this is [insert wrong company name] !"-

wnm: you mean, this is not 1-800-[insert wrong phone number here] ?

bf: i'm not sure what our 800 number is (since most people call me direct), but this is [insert company name here].

wnm: oh, i'm sorry.

[sigh] people just don't listen do they?