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From: jthomp@hosaka.central.sun.com (Jim Thompson)
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Subject: Re: The Persistent Wrong Number Bozo
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Date: 18 Mar 90 09:48:30 GMT
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I might as well add to this thread.

My (current) number is one digit (3, instead of 2) away from the
Garland City Jail (even though I live miles from The Land of Gar).  I
get an incredible number of 3am "Do you have my husband there?" calls.

I find that repeating the correct number back to the calling party,
along with a friendly admonishment about their mis-dial eliminates the
'Persistant' caller.


Jim Thompson - Network Engineering - Sun Microsystems -	jthomp@central.sun.com
Charter Member - Fatalistic International Society for Hedonistic Youth (FISHY)
"Confusing yourself is a way to stay honest."	-Jenny Holzer


[Moderator's Note: I can think of all sorts of perfectly awful ways to
handle these calls, but I am not interested in breaking up a family
and causing a divorce, etc.  :) PT]