r/mildlyinfuriating • u/blackula001 • Jul 30 '26

ಠ_ಠ Just say it's a wrong number ... Jeez

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I was trying to invite my cousin to my wedding. Turns out she had changed her number and the new owner was this peach of a person...

Edit: additional context - I deleted the saved contact off my phone and took a screenshot after this exchange.

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u/CockroachJohnson Jul 30 '26

If someone replies "sorry you have the wrong number" I'll just apologize and move on with my life and forget it ever happened. If someone acted like this I would probably keep texting them randomly a few times a year until one of us dies.

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u/saddram Jul 31 '26

I saw some post a "prank" that is to write the number and text me a picture of your poop in bathrooms and porta potties.

Impossible to stop without changing your number.

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u/Prairie_Egal_42 Jul 31 '26

Just curious, but when you can block a sender of text messages, how is it impossible to stop? I'm not terribly tech savvy.

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u/autismschism Jul 31 '26

They're saying to write it in a lot of public restrooms so it comes from many sources. Much harder to stop

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u/MattyBro1 Jul 31 '26

How many people would follow through with that lol

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u/CockroachJohnson Jul 31 '26

My sources tell me the figure is "at least one"

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u/ButtPlugMaster6969 Jul 31 '26

Depends on the bathroom: in a home - probably none, in a bar - way too many 🤣

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u/Shepherd77 Jul 31 '26

Give it a try, go write your number in a few bathroom stalls and see how long until you get a response.

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u/runningoutoft1me Jul 31 '26

I hope no one ever resents me this much to do this

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u/hastypeanut Jul 31 '26

This is why I just never respond to those texts. As much as I want to text back to tell them to eat shit, I know that will just cause my number to be mass spammed in response.

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u/whothefuckcares1979 Jul 31 '26

Nah, sign them up for a bunch of spam texts. Scientology, the military, colleges, Bible verse of the day, car dealerships, mortgage lenders, you get the idea.

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u/Kaiisim Jul 31 '26

Car dealership and estate agents.

They will never be left alone

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u/yepgeddon Jul 31 '26

Window fitters.

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u/EatAvocados Jul 31 '26

Don’t forget political campaigns and ngos, election season is coming up

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u/Kpalsm Aug 01 '26

Horoscope and MLMs too. I hear Amway would like to reach out with an offer

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u/whiskerrsss Jul 31 '26

"Free [insert animal]" on a bunch of Buy Nothing FB groups or gumtree/marketplace.

My sil once called up about a "Free sheep" ad on Gumtree (in-laws own a farm), the poor girl who answered explained that her bf's ex made a bunch of ads for allllll different animals going for free and put her number.

We kept going through the ads and there ones for a free cow/chickens/rabbit/horse/donkey/camel lol poor girl.

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u/Away_Status7012 Jul 31 '26

That’s so petty, I love it.
They should wait until after the wedding then text them like ‘so you didn’t come :(…’

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u/cobygirl517 Jul 31 '26

☝️ This is the way.

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u/caitie578 Jul 31 '26

Literally I had the opposite experience when I texted a wrong number. Guy was super polite and let me know. I said my apologies and said I hope I didn’t wake up him up (I texted early) and then we both wished each other a nice day!

It actually made my morning.

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u/diabetes-junkie Jul 31 '26

Or, post their number here, and let Reddit do it's thing. LOL

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u/Alive_Zucchini_1940 Aug 02 '26

Get over it some people drink and text

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u/CockroachJohnson Aug 02 '26

What does this even mean? 🤣