Wrong Numbers
Shortly after getting a phone line in my flat I quickly found out that the number was listed somewhere as the number of a Chinese takeaway. Cue lots of wrong number phonecalls. I did have 5 or 6 calls from the ignorant who didn't believe me: (Why do ignorant people always assume they are correct and you are in the wrong?)

Me: Hello.
Caller: Hi, is this so-and-so's takeaway?
Me: No, sorry, this is a private residence, you must have a wrong number.
Caller: Are you sure?

I quickly started getting sarcastic with the callers, but even that didn't deter one lady:

Caller: Are you sure?
Me: Oh, no, now you mention it, you're quite right. This is indeed a takeaway; I just never noticed it before.
Caller: Great. I'd like sweet and sour chicken, two bags of prawn crackers...

I no longer answer the phone in my flat. Partly for the above and partly because one of my friends (Who is a firm member of the mobile generation) had a habit of calling me and immediately asking "Where are you?"

I stopped apologising for length two girlfriends ago.
(MrKWatkins, Mon 10 Jan 2005, 2:34, Reply)