Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Danial Hamilton Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The Persistent Wrong Number Bozo Message-ID: <5151@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 14 Mar 90 17:05:29 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Hgts, IL Lines: 9 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 172, Message 2 of 10 My standard procedure for handling wrong numbers has always been to ask the caller what number they dialed. If the number they give me is different than mine, then I tell them that they must have misdialed, and to try their call again. If they dialed my number correctly, then I tell them that they dialed correctly, but the number they have is incorrect. Case one avoids revealing my number, and case two (hopefully) avoids repeated call backs.