My name is NOT LaShaun!

[TZ]

I keep getting these work VM's from someone who is looking for that person. But my VM CLEARLY states who I am! Listen to the bleeping message will you? :crazy:

[BeachBaby]

1. LaShaun, DeSean.....

now you're just being picky. Stop.










































































:rofl:

[TZ]

2. PFFT.

Pardon me while I go showboat and drop the ball while prancing around like a fool..:P

[jobycom]

6. Oh, leave Leon Lett alone, would you?

:rofl:

[madinmaryland]

3. Nice post, LaShawn Snyder!!1!!

:evilgrin:

[siligut]

4. How do you know?

Just because you think you aren’t LaShaun doesn’t mean you aren’t. Need to find out more about LaShaun before you can make a decision.

[Heidi]

5. Tell them LaShaun is your cat's name,

and ask what pressing business they could possibly have with your cat. That's what I'd do, then count the nanoseconds before they hang up.

[dawgmom]

7. And MY name is NOT Sharon

Oh, boy, oh boy, oh boy can I relate to this post, and to your frustration. Oh, wait....the voice isn't an elderly woman, is it? That would be just too big a coincidence. Do the calls come from North Carolina?

Why do I ask? Because for the last six months, I have been getting at least three calls a week on my work phone number from an elderly woman who is looking for her daughter Sharon. She is clearly confused, and clearly senile. She was insistent that this was the number her daughter Sharon had given her. As I have a soft spot for the elderly, especially the confused elderly, I went out of my way to see if I could help her. I kid you not -- I spent one entire morning making phone calls to North Carolina (after I had gathered the most basic of information from her), speaking to operators there, trying to find what I thought was a nursing home she was in (based on the rather confused information she provided), speaking to three or four different county social service agencies, until finally I found someone who knew who she was, and who had her grandson call me back. That's when I learned that they have tried repeatedly to make her understand that Sharon's area code is 410 (rest of the number is the same as my work number, but my area code is 301). Problem is, Sharon's HOME phone is in 301, and her work phone is in 410 -- but her Mom doesn't understand the distinction. I even called Sharon myself and spoke to her about it, and she said that they would handle it.

Wrong. That was three months ago, and the calls keep coming. Now, I just answer it and say, "Mrs. X, you need to dial 410-xxx-xxxx." She thanks me, and off she goes. Still, there are a couple of confused voice mails every week, from when I'm out of the office.

So...if your calls are from an elderly woman from North Carolina, if you want, I'll call Sharon and ask her if she has a sister named LaShaun. Ha!

Tell you what....you can call me Sharon, and I'll call you LaShaun. It can be our little inside joke.

[TZ]

8. Okay Sharon!

I've actually never talked to the guy. Just found voicemails on my phone when I got back to me desk..

[Cabcere]

9. You could always

call them back and tell them LaShaun died...nah, just kidding, that would be really mean. It's something one of my high school teachers used to do to telemarketers, though... :shrug:

[CreekDog]

10. i got a wrong number call from a bank/bill collector

for a guy that got eaten by a shark. (i didn't know him but it made the news and a few days later, his bank was calling about his account...)

[Cabcere]

11. Holy crap

That's pretty crazy. :scared:

[Crabby Appleton]

12. Hi, this is LaShaun, did I get any messages?

thx