In my last apt, my phone number was I think, if I remember correctly, one digit off from a temp/employment agency.
I can’t tell you how many messages I got while at work, from people looking for work. What I couldn’t understand is the majority of them mumbled
so badly into the phone, and could barely string together a sentence!
I never called any of them back, except one. One woman left a rather detailed message, clear and concise about how her check was missing,
or she hadn’t received it. Having been in that same situation, I immediately called her back to let her know she had called the wrong number,
so she could check and get ahold of the right person to get paid. She was very grateful.
Another was at this same number, I got a bunch of calls from a woman who apparently thought I was her dr.,
but again, mumbled so badly I couldn’t understand who she was trying to reach, OR her phone number so
I could call her back and tell her sorry, wrong number. She also left a lot of personal info in the message!
Where I currently live, I was getting calls for some woman who either had my number or gave it out,
from collection agencies, law firms etc. I’d get a whole slew, then they’d stop for a while, then they’d start up again.
I called back a bunch, and told them a. don’t know her b. she doesn’t live here and c. this isn’t her number and please take this number off your list.