 
"Administration, This is Derek.""Hi, um, is this customer service for Proactiv?""Sorry, this is Lincoln Mutual; you must have a wrong number.""I'VE got a wrong number?!!?"Her emphasis on "I've" makes me wonder - does she really think that the guy who answered the phone has the wrong number? I affirm her error, and she hang up. Oh well. Proactiv customer calls are very common after 4:00 in my office; the number is very close to ours.
I remember reading about a
mother who wanted to raise her
kids to be quick thinkers,
adept at stepping into a brand
new situation and adjusting
rapidly. One way she did this
was by handing the phone to
one of her kids when a wrong
number call came in whispering
to them,"You're ______ today."
Just to see how long they
could keep a conversation
going./// We get a lot of
wrong numbers where the caller
just clams up after we say
hello. Unless it's a lot of
automated calls to record the
time of day when someone's
home to pick up the phone. --busmun, 10/20/2003 04:02:29
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