Tuesday, February 26, 2008

We're so confused!

Tonight on our way home from small group, Dave tried to call the boys on his cell phone to let them know we were on our way home and to be ready for bed. When he dialed our home number he didn't get anyone here, he got another residence, so he decided to try again....same thing. The third time he very carefully punched our home number into his keypad...same thing! The man on the other end was a little impatient, and I guess rightfully so. Dave told him what number he was dialing and asked what the number of the residence was. Very strangely it turned out to be an OLD cell phone number of Dave's. ??? It was a slow ride home due to a lot of snowfall and slippery roads, but we finally made it. Later, after the kids were in bed I realized that our internet connection didn't work on either computer, so Dave went to the basement to reset the modem and the router. I was then able to connect to the internet, and almost immediately got a phone call from our telephone company. Dave's sister had evidently tried to call us 5 times and had gotten this other residence instead, so she called our telephone company to report that some lines must be crossed.
This is the reason that we kept getting the other residence...A LONG time ago, Dave gave the phone company his cell number as a number that a phone call would be forwarded to if our telephone was out of order. Evidently he never gave his new cell number, therefore this poor family has been getting a bunch of phone calls intended for us. (I called a couple of times a few weeks ago on my way to work and got this other family too)

7 comments:

Martha said...

The beauty of technology... Maybe James should make sure they don't have his old cell number as a backup.

Dave confused? I don't believe it!

Shelly said...

Oh my! What a crazy mess!!! When Heather first got her cell phone she kept getting calls for a bank. It was very frustrating! For both the bank AND her! Evidendentally it got fixed though... I think the bank was on top of it as they must have had several frustrated clients!!

Priscilla said...

Is your phone back in order now? I treid to call you last night and left a message. Luckily I did not get a frustrated stranger on the phone.

kristina said...

That is very strange. I hope the problem is resolved.

Rachel said...

Yes Priscilla. You must have called before the phone went out of order, so I did get your message. We will plan a game night. I'm glad you got through!

judi/Gmj said...

Did someone call the slightly frustrated stranger and explain what happened?

Rachel said...

gmj- I don't think so...I'm scared!