By orangemango - 22/04/2014 06:18 - United States - Lahaina

Today, my 808 area code phone number has yet again been mistaken for a 1-800 number. I've been getting phone calls at three in the morning from people on the east coast who are trying to return their shoes. They want to speak to my supervisor because I "don't sound professional enough." FML
I agree, your life sucks 47 847
You deserved it 4 008

orangemango tells us more.

Hello! OP here! Nice little surprise when I woke up this morning! This happened to me about two months ago and my husband thought the situation was funny enough to post. I keep my phone on because my husband's 90-year-old grandmother lives in the same community as us and he's the first person she calls in case of emergencies. When he's off island on business trips, that responsibility falls on me. Since I'm a really heavy sleeper, I leave the ringer on pretty loud. And yes, I know there's a do not disturb function on my iPhone, but I never used it cause I've never gotten a phone call at such odd hours. I didn't check the number when I answered the first time cause I was already in a mad rush to wake up and find my phone without my glasses and freak out that something might've happened to grandma while my husbands away. I was pretty groggy when I answered and I guess the lady didn't appreciate the fact I kept saying "huh?" and "what?". She thought I was sleeping on the job or playing a prank on her and wanted to talk to my supervisor. I told her it was three in the morning and that she had dialed a Hawaiian residential number. There was a long pause and she just hung up. My phone rang a minute later from the same number, but it was a man this time. I told him the same thing and he gave me a half-assed apology and hung up. This happened for the next two nights (also rang during the day) and I found out from one of the calls that the shoe company had actually misprinted their 1-800 number on their packing slip (it was printed 1-808-XXX-XXXX). So I did start using the do not disturb function on my phone and I even changed my voice mail to tell people that this isn't the number they're trying to reach. However, some of them didn't even bother listening to my message and started leaving me voice mails. They were pretty funny. The shoe company specialized in plus-sized shoes for women, but I don't think they were very good. One lady got two left shoes and another was threatening to sue if she didn't get her refund. I already had to change my number back in December (a Samoan family somehow got my number and kept calling and intimidating me cause I apparently got beaten up by their son/brother/nephew/grandson and "it would be wise if you kept your mouth shut") and I was going to be charged $36 for a new number and I didn't want to deal with updating everyone my new number again. What I did end up doing was every time someone called, I'd start trolling them. Some highlights were Teniqua, angry black lady who was wondering why some woman is calling her baby daddy; Sugar **** Mandy, phone sex hotline; Rainbow Waterfall, hippie doomsday and conspiracy preacher; and my husband's, Dick Johnson, Swinging Salami Inc., every order gets you a free complimentary *****! The calls stopped coming about a week after we started trolling with a few stragglers here and there. Probably from people who dialed an 8 instead of a 0. We assumed either the shoe company finally fixed the mistake, changed their phone number, or went out of business. Happy to say I got my number back!

Top comments

Is this the shoe store? NO THIS IS PATRICK!!!

"Wrong number" *hang up* Problem solved!

Comments

That's what you get for having a Hawaiian area code

how the hell is it ops fault? I live in Hawaii too and those people call me as well. how would they like it if I called them at 8pm Hawaii time? is that what they get for living on the East coast? no, that's not right.

OMFG I would throw the phone out the window

Fist of all how do you mistake 808 for 1800 fs

But not fml worthy to me.. Better stories than this

Too bad it's not during the day. If you have a kid you could hand the phone to them. The person will not call back again. XD

Def sucks OP. To all the people suggesting he turn off his phone though, I'm sure OP is smart enough to figure out that elegant solution on his own. Some of us don't have that luxury because we work on call. One way to circumvent this OP is to call your service provider and request a number change (they usually allow one per month free of charge) and if that doesn't work for you, you can sign up for a Google voice number(also free) and set up your phone to only receive calls from it during the night. Hope that helps. Good luck!

Hello! OP here! Nice little surprise when I woke up this morning! This happened to me about two months ago and my husband thought the situation was funny enough to post. I keep my phone on because my husband's 90-year-old grandmother lives in the same community as us and he's the first person she calls in case of emergencies. When he's off island on business trips, that responsibility falls on me. Since I'm a really heavy sleeper, I leave the ringer on pretty loud. And yes, I know there's a do not disturb function on my iPhone, but I never used it cause I've never gotten a phone call at such odd hours. I didn't check the number when I answered the first time cause I was already in a mad rush to wake up and find my phone without my glasses and freak out that something might've happened to grandma while my husbands away. I was pretty groggy when I answered and I guess the lady didn't appreciate the fact I kept saying "huh?" and "what?". She thought I was sleeping on the job or playing a prank on her and wanted to talk to my supervisor. I told her it was three in the morning and that she had dialed a Hawaiian residential number. There was a long pause and she just hung up. My phone rang a minute later from the same number, but it was a man this time. I told him the same thing and he gave me a half-assed apology and hung up. This happened for the next two nights (also rang during the day) and I found out from one of the calls that the shoe company had actually misprinted their 1-800 number on their packing slip (it was printed 1-808-XXX-XXXX). So I did start using the do not disturb function on my phone and I even changed my voice mail to tell people that this isn't the number they're trying to reach. However, some of them didn't even bother listening to my message and started leaving me voice mails. They were pretty funny. The shoe company specialized in plus-sized shoes for women, but I don't think they were very good. One lady got two left shoes and another was threatening to sue if she didn't get her refund. I already had to change my number back in December (a Samoan family somehow got my number and kept calling and intimidating me cause I apparently got beaten up by their son/brother/nephew/grandson and "it would be wise if you kept your mouth shut") and I was going to be charged $36 for a new number and I didn't want to deal with updating everyone my new number again. What I did end up doing was every time someone called, I'd start trolling them. Some highlights were Teniqua, angry black lady who was wondering why some woman is calling her baby daddy; Sugar **** Mandy, phone sex hotline; Rainbow Waterfall, hippie doomsday and conspiracy preacher; and my husband's, Dick Johnson, Swinging Salami Inc., every order gets you a free complimentary *****! The calls stopped coming about a week after we started trolling with a few stragglers here and there. Probably from people who dialed an 8 instead of a 0. We assumed either the shoe company finally fixed the mistake, changed their phone number, or went out of business. Happy to say I got my number back!

I have to say that if this happened to me in the afternoon (when I'm awake), I would probably start trolling the callers too. I'm glad to hear that you got to have a little fun with it!

I have to say this is the best, most hilarious follow up I have read. XD

One of my fav fml simply because of this follow up

I want to meet Sugar **** Mandy and have sex with Teniqua--wait.... Haha. But really, is there a way to hear a sample of these trolling sessions?

Dick Johnson Swinging Salami INC. That is pure class. Best follow up I've ever seen.

Hey OP, I live in Hawaii and been getting calls repeatedly at 5am, from the East coast too (Texas to be more specific). but they're people trying to take surveys, same people too. so after the first week I started screaming in the phone, or talk bitchy to them because I need my sleep. tomorrow when they call, I'll try one of your trolling calls and see if that works. :D

This is amazing, you officially win the internet.

That's actually hilarious. I've gotten a call from a PREGNANCY doctor saying I had an appointment and I was 16 at the time.

#121 And it's also one of the longest follow-ups I've ever read.

Cassmoneyyy 15

You can use the "do not disturb" option and choose numbers that can call you and it'll ring even though it's on do not disturb. So grandma can still call you and you won't have to worry about those other numbers.

Unluckymeow 9

That's hilarious OP! My boyfriend's mom also loves trolling callers. One time this lady wouldn't stop calling her, even after being told she had the wrong number. Finally she answered with "S&S Morgue, you stab 'em we slab 'em!" and the lady gasped and hung up. Safe to say she never called again, lol.

Best way to deal with wrong number calls I have ever heard!!

elmateo_fml 9

I applaud you and your troll skills

andrmac 25

Someone keep using my number for everything, so I just went ahead and canceled the dentist appointment. Mine you I had to call Walgreens and remove my number there and receive dozens of calls and voicemails before doing that. After that I never got a call for that person again.