Callers To Road Construction Info Line Get 'Nasty Sex Talk' Instead

[matcom]

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. --Callers to a state road-construction information line Thursday might have been surprised to hear, "We love nasty talk as much as you do."

The Illinois Department of Transportation intended newly installed signs along the Dan Ryan Expressway, which will undergo major reconstruction starting later this month, to instruct motorists to call a toll-free number for information on alternate routes.

Instead, the initial number posted directed callers wanting "exciting live talk" to another toll-free number, which begins, "Hey there, sexy guy. Welcome to an exciting new way to go live, one on one, with hot, horny girls waiting right now to talk to you."

Three of six informational signs were planted Thursday along the 11-mile stretch of roadway that will be rebuilt during the next two years, IDOT spokesman Matt Vanover said. An IDOT worker commuting to work Thursday morning recognized the incorrect number and alerted officials, he said.

"We apologize to anyone who may have called that number and did not get the information that they were looking for," Vanover said.

Workers were correcting the number on the signs Thursday afternoon, Vanover said. The Bureau of Operations is responsible for the signs, but Vanover would not comment further. He said the agency would investigate the mistake but he would not speculate on whether anyone would be disciplined.

The signs alert motorists to the coming work on the nation's fourth-busiest expressway and urges them to find a detour with help from the toll-free number.

But the first one posted prompted callers to dial another number, where they were invited to engage in "hot amateur talk and voice personals" for 99 cents a minute, or "live, one-on-one" chat with a "nasty girl" for $2.99 a minute.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/03/23/road_construction_callers_get_sex_line?mode=PF

[GOPisEvil]

1. Driving with a cell phone in your hand is bad...

...driving with your OTHER hand "occupied" is even worse.

[NewWaveChick1981]

2. The phone number for my work conference call system is

one digit off from a "nasty sex talk" line, and my boss cautioned me to dial carefully when I was first hired. Apparently, some of the not-so-careful employees got an earful. :)

A few years ago, a Federal Pell Grant hotline number (I'm a former financial aid director) was published incorrectly in several manuals, and the same thing happened. That's the Federal government for you, though. :P

[ET Awful]

3. I once worked for a company with an 800 number, somehow, our number

was mistakenly printed on the back of an adult magazine.

I realized this when, after getting my morning coffee, I took my first sales call of the day (selling musical instruments), and when I said "Good morning, this is Company XYZ, can I help you?," I was greeted with "Hi, is there a sexy girl there for me?"

Now, being a young male, my first thought was "Buddy, if there was a sexy girl here, she'd be for me, get your own damn woman," but instead, I asked him why he chose to call this number. He said because it was on the magazine and he wanted to talk to a woman. I explained to him that there were no woman there for him, never were any, and that since I was one of only 4 people who worked there, I was fairly certain none would be forthcoming in the minutes, hours, days or weeks ahead. He then asked me "well why the hell did you print your number in the magazine?" Of course, he couldn't quite comprehend that WE didn't print the number, but that the magazine had obviously made an error. He literally had to be told 5 times that there were no women there, and he called back twice later in the day.

There were a few dozen other calls as well. Fortunately, we were able to get the phone company to void those charges to our line.

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