Is it not obvious you dialed the wrong number? Why do they want to have a conversation about it?
2007-02-03 06:08:21 · 5 answers · asked by BR 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
If I ask that question it is because I want to help the person who was calling.
If I dial a number and don't get the person I expect, it helps me to know whether I (1) dialed correctly but the number is wrong, in which case I shouldn't try that number again or (2) accidentally hit the wrong number on my phone, in which case I can dial the same number again, but more carefully this time.
It's just a case of doing for someone else what would be helpful for me.
2007-02-03 06:33:33 · answer #1 · answered by obro 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
They ask because people make mistakes dialing and THOUGHT they'd dialed the correct number. And, them asking puts it in a persons mind to be careful when dialing the number again. Asking what number a person dialed is NOT a conversation. Would you rather someone just hung up on you without saying anything when you asked for whomever you were calling?
2007-02-03 14:38:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I don't want to identify myself to a stranger, yet am not sure if someone was intending to reach me. In that case, I will ask what number they tried to dial. I do not repeat my number back for no good reason.
2007-02-03 14:19:58 · answer #3 · answered by kiwi 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes a # was changed and the resident got the # assigned to them... I got loads of calls for a Nursing Home so I needed to relate to them the # was changed and we just got it...You can't be suspicious of everybody.. Stuff does happen!!!!!
2007-02-03 15:15:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, usually what happens is that someone dialling a wrong number calls more than once so they can tell you what digit you're dialling wrong.
2007-02-03 14:16:31 · answer #5 · answered by Kate M 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋