Has anyone ever called you because you have a funny name?

[slackmaster]

It just happened to me.

A '411' operator called me because she saw my unusual (real life) name when she was trying to find a listing for a customer. She wanted to know if that was really my name.

:argh:

[sugar magnolia]

1. No, but someone called me once to ask me if I knew...

my phone number spelled D-O-G D-I-C-K

[slackmaster]

4. I had a coworker whose home phone spelled A-P-E D-I-C-K!

:toast:

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. No, but that is curious...

because my surname is a different spelling of an insect. Pronounced the same way, but spelled entirely different.

I mostly get calls because there are people in the same block with the same last name and they confuse us. And it isn't all that common a name.

And a while ago, because there was a restaurant with a similar phone number that happened to be named something that sounded exactly like my first name. I got calls saying "I want to make a reservation". I'd respond "What for?"

Think the place is out of business now. No phone calls for a couple years.

[signmike]

3. Joaquimo Paranquaicutiqitidimiquaro

Real guy in the Whittier phone book. My sister was a telephone operator there - even the operators would harass this poor guy.

[slackmaster]

5. We used to have a Thanongsak Xaysanapanaha in San Diego

He lived on Z street. Moved away or died years ago.

[signmike]

11. Aw, every town has at least one of them.

;-)

[Blue in a Red State]

6. A teacher of mine, once

His initials were L.L.L. and he lived on Lyric Lane. Almost didn't buy his house because of the street name. Information operators were highly amused.

[Cadence]

7. No but

when I was young we used to make prank phone calls to Harry Dick and Cherry Bottom (both real names). They used to get so mad.

[sakabatou]

8. No

but people have "meowed" at me.

[progmom]

9. That's so rude!

Wow.
:mad:

[slackmaster]

10. I was kind of flattered and amused

Plus the caller sounded like a young female so I went into Flirt Mode when I chatted with her.

Sadly she lives in Los Angeles (I'm in San Diego).