Today, a telemarketer called and asked if they could speak to my "Mommy or Daddy." I'm 25 years old. FML
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Today, a telemarketer called my house phone and asked for my grandpa. We were in the middle of having his wake. FML
Today, I checked my inbox and realized I got an email from a potential employer, saying they were having trouble getting a hold of me by phone. They called while my mom was using my phone to look up directions to a place, and she answered, kindly hanging up when they asked for me. FML
Today, after applying at over 30 businesses over the past 6 months, I have had not one single call. I later find out that I was using my old phone number on the applications, and my secondary phone was my mom's. She thought they were telemarketers. FML
Today, I was so desperately lonely that I begged a telemarketer not to hang up on me. FML
Today, after months of job hunting, I finally got a phone call. They were impressed with me. That's when my son decided to throw a tantrum asking for food. After some silence, the caller told me they were looking for someone who wasn't juggling little kids at home and hung up. My son is 20. FML
Today, I got a call from "No Caller ID", which usually only shows up when someone calls from my house phone. Thinking it was my kids, I answered imitating a cartoon voice. It wasn't my kids. It was the district attorney's office calling about the job I applied for. FML
Today, my phone rang with an unknown number. I answered in my professional “customer service” voice: “Hello, this is Sarah, how may I help you?” It was my mom, who immediately said, “Why are you talking like a robot? Did you get fired again?” I was on speakerphone at the grocery store checkout. FML
Today, I cleared out the messages in my voicemail. Of the 50+ messages, most were from my mother wanting to know when I'd be home. I'm 27. FML
Today, I got a call from my parents' divorce lawyer. When I answered the phone, she thought I was my mother and told me the details about my parent's divorce. I'm a 13-year-old boy who sounds like a woman and just learned that my parents are separating. FML
Today, out of nowhere, several spam calls started calling my cellphone number. Every single one of them about health insurance. I didn't know why they were calling me or how they got my number. After a bit of questioning, it turns out my dumb dad used my name and cellphone number while trying to look for info. FML
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abeye111 8
Tell him they are busy in their bedroom
Meowingtons500 18
Next time, use your best Consuela voice. Thats what I always do. Is your mommy there? No, no, I have no money.
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Comments (113)
MidgeCourtz 9
Hahaha some Indian computer scammer man just rang and asked for my mummy or daddy too ;D
VeganVampyre 26
That happened to me the other day, except when I told him my mum wasn't there, he called me a liar and insisted on speaking with her.
Crazberry 5
One of the girls I work with is 27 and someone asked her the same question when she answered her door. I, on the other hand, am 20 and got called "ma'am" 3 times in one day at work. Count your blessings OP.
abbyabb 4
Well that depends where ur from In Texas even as a child you could be called ser or ma'm and usually you reply to an adult by ser or ma'm
Crazberry 5
Lol I live in Canada :P
Attica 20
This happened to my mom when she was like 35. She said her mommy wasn't home. Lol.
karmicsamadi86 9
I get that all the time because me voice is high!
purplemelons 0
The exact reverse always happens to me. Often people will think its my mom when I answer the phone. I then have to explain I'm her daughter. I'm 13, by the way.
megamandude455 10
T: Is mommy or daddy there? OP should've said no with a deep-ass voice
Adelaide_CF 6
If you're young, it's always better to be mistaken for a child than mistaken for an old person!
WTFisthiscrap 6
I don't really see how being mistaken for one is any better than being mistaken for the other. In my late twenties and early 30s, I was working in a middle school (6th & 7th graders, 11 to 13 year olds), and was often mistaken for a student there. Maybe I'm crazy, but I did NOT take that as a compliment at all. To me, telling someone they look/sound young is a compliment, telling someone they look/sound like a little kid is rude.
loveit0730 7
Next time tell them "yea sure hold on... My daddy said to go **** yourself" :)
SkittlesPhotos 0
That actually happened to me! A telemarketer called my beach house and I picked up. I handed the phone to my brother. The guy asked can I talk to your mommy?
lovesthebeach 0
Tell them mommy is asleep and you cant wake her up and daddy is digging a big hole in the backyard .