Someone calls my number about once a month for Mr. Gupta. I suppose I could screw with them, but why?

On the other hand, I once had someone call several times in a row with the wrong number. After several times telling them such, I finally said that, no, they were not allowed to speak to whomever they were trying to reach, and pretended that I was at their house, just to screw with the caller. They had the police call me to see just what the heck was going on. What a bunch of nonsense.

One woman was very understanding about it, and I explained that I didn’t have the correct number to give her so the property owner would know to correct the sign. She figured out the right number, and called me back to give it to me, so that I could contact the guy. When I called him and politely explained that people were calling my cell instead of him, and suggested he make a new sign so that he didn’t miss out on business, he was so rude and short with me. Making it my fault that people couldn’t read his poorly handwritten sign, and my problem that they were calling me. I was just trying to do the guy a favor, and he was being a dick.

So now I’ve gone back to “sorry wrong number” but I really want to warn people against renting from such a jerk.

When I worked for an enviro non-profit, our fax number was one digit off the White House general fax number. We got some really interesting ones, but would call a courier to come get them for their intended recipients.