Wrong Number
by Kevin Godby
[It’s 9 am and Kevin is sound asleep. His cell phone rings. Groggily, he presses the phone to his ear and mumbles…]
Kevin: Hello?
Caller: Uh.. is this the meeting?
Kevin [not comprehending]: Wha—? Meeting?
Caller: Uh, yeah. The conference?
Kevin: Uh, no. It’s not. You must have the wrong number.
Caller: Oh, okay. Sorry. Bye. [Caller hangs up.]
[A few seconds later, Kevin’s phone rings again. Kevin notices that it’s the same caller ID number and shunts it to his voice mail.]
This sort of thing has been happening for the past six months. Tonight, at 7 pm I received thirteen calls—most of them from Winnipeg. I managed to eek some information out of a couple of the callers and determined that GoToMeeting is the culprit. The GoToMeeting number is 641-985-1010. My cell phone number is the same, with two digits transposed.
I sent GoToMeeting “feedback” on their website. Hopefully they’ll be more careful about the phone numbers they give out in the future and will correct this typo soon. Both I and their customers will appreciate it.
Comments
You want a multi nationalal corporation to change their number because it is close to your cell number??? good luck with that!
I don’t want them to change their number—just make sure that the number they tell people to call is the correct number.
Interestingly, the total number of calls I’ve received has dropped significantly. I still get a few wrong numbers, but they give up after I shunt them to voicemail.