Triumphrat

hogwylde · 01-31-2009, 10:48 PM

By nature, I am a nice guy, love people and am friendly to all but when I get pissed off----watch out!

My son just underwent 8 hrs of spine surgery on Monday. So today I am at the hospital today visiting with my son and helping him eat when the hospital phone rings.

Me: Hello?
Caller: May I speak to Santos please?
Me: I'm sorry but you have the wrong number.

I hang up the phone and as soon as I am about to sit down again with my son, the phone rings again.

Me: (sigh) Hello?
Caller: Who is this?
Me: I'm David. Who are you and who do you want to speak to?
Caller: My name is Carmen and I'm looking for Santos.
Me: I'm really sorry but there is no Santos here.

I finish with my son and proceed to eat dinner with my wife when.......you guessed it.....the phone rings!

Me: Hello?!!!!?
Caller: Is Santos there?
Me: Listen lady, there is no friggen Santos here! Now don't call here again!! (slam the phone)

A couple hours later, much to my dismay, the phone rings yet again!!

Me: Hello!?!?!?!?!?!
Caller: Is Santos there?
Me: Maam? I'm really sorry and didn't want to have to tell you this over the phone. But Santos died. You might want to come to the hospital. I can't give you any details over the phone.

A few hours go by and my son asks me to go to the house and bring him a video game. So I drive home and back (30 miles) and see my wife talking to a fella and a lady. Hmm.

This guy approached my wife and asked her if she has a son named David. She says no but that she has a husband named David and this is when I turned the bend in the hallway with video game in hand and my wife says, "That right there is my husband David".

He tells me, "My name is Santos and this is my mother Carmen and you told her I was DEAD?! She drove 100 miles with my uncle. She was hysterical! Why did you do that?

Me: Was she happy to see you? Did she tell you whatever it was she called me eight times for? Have a good night.

trypcil · 02-01-2009, 07:40 AM

When cultures collide!

HiDesert · 02-01-2009, 03:25 PM

For a guy with such a big grin, you can be one cold dude.

Just remember, 50% of the population has below average intelligence.

Joemomma · 02-02-2009, 02:15 AM

Honestly, I don't really think ya'll that nice of a guy...I mean bro, you told some poor women, whose son was in the hospital, he was dead because she had the wrong phone number? I mean was it that physically and mentally demanding to answer a wrong number? It's not like she was a telemarketer.

I hope your son did well and the folks at the hospital providing care don't get quite so mean if he needs to bug them to take him to the bathroom or get him his pain meds. You know, answering that damn buzzer all day can just make you really crazy mean...

I'm sorry, having had many loved ones in the hospital for minor things that turned to have tragic endings, I really just think that's pretty effed up. I seriously wonder what your reaction would be had someone done this to you.

Wrong yes, effective at WHAT is my question?

Catenaccio · 02-02-2009, 02:53 AM

Ouch...your thread title says it all.

alii1959 · 02-02-2009, 09:52 PM

years ago, when I was a kid, my family used to get a wrong number every Sat. night. Some dude would call up, probably drunk, and ask for Doris. My parents were patient, my sister was patient.....then, one night he calls again. My mother was going through the "there is no Doris here, Sir" speech, when I grabbed the phone:

Me: Look man, Doris is with me now.
Him: Silence.......
Me: She said she doesn't want anything to do with you any more.
Him: Silence......
Me: Don't be calling again, understand?
Him: click

I checked the papers for days looking to see if there was a dead Doris...but, nothing. He never called again.

The best answer to a wrong number was on Ruthless People.....

johnnyb84 · 02-02-2009, 10:41 PM

If I ever did something remotely like you said you did, I wouldn't be posting the details in a forum.

I'd more likely be screaming it into a pillow at night, hoping that I could forget about it tomorrow.

hogwylde · 02-03-2009, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Joemomma

Honestly, I don't really think ya'll that nice of a guy...I mean bro, you told some poor women, whose son was in the hospital, he was dead because she had the wrong phone number? I mean was it that physically and mentally demanding to answer a wrong number? It's not like she was a telemarketer.

I hope your son did well and the folks at the hospital providing care don't get quite so mean if he needs to bug them to take him to the bathroom or get him his pain meds. You know, answering that damn buzzer all day can just make you really crazy mean...

I'm sorry, having had many loved ones in the hospital for minor things that turned to have tragic endings, I really just think that's pretty effed up. I seriously wonder what your reaction would be had someone done this to you.

Wrong yes, effective at WHAT is my question?

It was effective in the sense that it got her to stop calling. She kept repeatedly calling after I had already told her (politely) that she had the wrong number. It's not a problem to answer the phone, but when I am taking care of my son recently released from ICU and she just keeps dialing and dialing........ yea, it is a problem.

TB-T100 · 02-03-2009, 10:39 AM

Rude and inconsiderate. But that's just my opinion. There are much better and still effective ways of telling somebody that they have the wrong number.

hogwylde · 02-03-2009, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by TB-T100

Rude and inconsiderate. But that's just my opinion. There are much better and still effective ways of telling somebody that they have the wrong number.

Rude and inconsiderate? On my part or hers? I told her at least 3x that she had the wrong number before telling her what I did and you can see that in my original post. She knew she was calling a hospital room, so if anything, it was she that was being inconsiderate.

Oh well......