This morning at 4:23 am the phone rang and scared me out of a lovely dream. I kicked my husband and groaned for him to pick it up. It was a wrong number ... the same wrong number that has been mistakenly calling us for the past 3 months.
The person's last name, according to my caller id it Cho. He is Asian and is severely challenged by the English language. I used to respond to the evening call from Cho with a polite "I'm sorry you have the wrong number. What number were you calling?" Every time I did this, he would call back at least 2 more times. At which point, I would add a little humor to cover my irritation. "No, it's me again. Still the wrong number".
Then we started receiving call from some of Cho's friends. While I am assuming they are friends, as the accent and English challenges are similar but the caller id is Lui or sometimes Kheng. In responding to these I became more firm, especially when the calls were at 11 pm. "The person you are trying to reach is not at this number. You have the wrong number. Remove this number from your speed dial. Please stop calling this number. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?"
This morning, we started with an exasperated "You have the wrong number." The second call was greeted with "Stop calling here it is 4:30 AM". The third call I yelled "Are you a complete idiot?". The fourth call went to voice mail. The fifth call met with an expletive. The sixth call I picked up and just left the line open. Granted it held up my phone but my friends and family do not call me for no reason at all. Well this was the last call. But the tenacity of this Cho is unbelievable. I mean 6 calls over an hour span>
So how do I stop this? A call in the middle of the night or early morning usually means someone is in the hospital or dead. My heart was racing and it really set off the day in the least pleasant way. Does anyone know how I can block a call from a specific phone number? Cho and his friends are killing me!
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I think I can help here. It appears that your approach has been met with some resistance so may I offer a few alternate ideas.
ReplyDeleteBeing that there appears to be a language gap, I suggest trying to speak in terms that they may be used to or familiar hearing. Try these the next time the phone rings -
"No I do not want sweat and sour chicken"
"Do you deliver?"
"The truck to take you over the boarder will pick you up at 3"
"If you are calling to increase the size of your penis press 1."
if these dont work perhaps attempting to use the callers native language would help. From the last names supplied it appears the callers may be Korean. I have taken the liberty of obtaining some translations that you may be interested in:
"Ingan-eun Cheonbujeog" (piss-off)
"Yangsim-eul Bu-yeobad-ass-eumyeo Seoro Hyungje-ae-ui Jeongsin" (Good evening Immigration office, how may I help you?)
"Haengdongha-yeo-Kim-Jong-Il-yahanda" (Your food tastes like Kim Jong Il's ass)
If all else fails and the above phrases dont work then all hope is lost and will you need to change your phone number. Guess you'll think next time not to forget to tip that waiter after he provided you extra Yogurt Soju.