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Default OT Hello, Susan?

On 8/21/2014 2:16 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 8/21/2014 1:16 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> I have been getting these calls for a long time. The first time I got
>>> one, I was picking my daughter up at school so it was probably May or
>>> June. The call had come in while I was driving so I couldn't answer.
>>> When I played back the voice mail, it was from someone at AARP about a
>>> job that Susan had applied for. So I called the number back to tell
>>> them that they had the wrong number but there was no answer. I left a
>>> message.
>>>
>>> This same scenario played out several times. Couldn't answer.
>>> Voicemail. Left message.
>>>
>>> Finally I was able to get a live body when I called but each time, the
>>> woman on the phone sounded very confused. She said there were 10 people
>>> who worked there and she had no idea who had called.
>>>
>>> But finally, just now, the woman called and I was able to answer. It
>>> was AARP in Seattle. She sounded very astounded to hear that there was
>>> no Susan here. Asked me if I was sure and even read back my phone
>>> number to me.
>>>
>>> I hope that was the last of it. But AARP must be very desperate for a
>>> new employee if they have been calling over a 3-4 month time span to try
>>> to contact Susan!
>>>
>>>

>>
>> That ain't nothing. I had somebody calling me for 10 years asking for a
>> Mark.

>
> so why were you not "Mark"?
>
>


I could have done that - say "hi this is Mark, can I help you?"
Actually, that's a pretty good idea. That would have been funny. Oh
well, I guess we'll never know how much money Mark owed these guys.
That's the breaks.