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I don't know why we can't get caller ID

14 years ago

on our office phone. I guess it's because of the multi (rollover) lines. But someone keeps calling and hanging up on me and it's pissing me off!

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sunshines
14 years ago
Please refrain your choice of words, there are decent people who browse on here. I'm surprised bad language was allowed to go through.

Thanks
irishdancersgram
14 years ago
There is a way you can trace the number and also there's a way you can re-dial, but right drawing a blank..Check your phone book or even call your phone company and ask what you can do...And if I remember correctly, the phone company can also do something and have a list of every call that comes into the house..But,I don't think you can get this list unless you press charges or something like that....
I'm sure there will be someone here who can give you more information.....It is very annoying....
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angelaid
Original Author
14 years ago
Had no idea it was *bad language*, I've seen a lot worse posted over the years. lol
monica_pa Grieves
14 years ago
"decent people" ??
Mystical Manns
14 years ago
Wow ... that was pretty rude, sunshines. I consider myself pretty danged decent, and I was not offended.
pris
14 years ago
Multiple lines should not be a problem. My office has caller id with 12 lines. I would call the phone company and ask about it.

Angelaid --- I quess next time you'll have to say "it #1's me off."

Get a grip sunshine. It's only a word and not a really obscene one at that.
nycefarm_gw
14 years ago
I guess if I was not offended, am I indecent?!?
jannie
14 years ago
Not offended here.
angelaid
Original Author
14 years ago
I called Verizon. They can trace the call, but it's a PITA (there I go, being offensive again! lol). I have to call an 800 number, wait on the line pressing a bunch of numbers and wait a couple of hours for someone to get back to me. Not worth it.
What I did was call forward the office phone to my cell phone. It was someone from the golf course Scott belongs to. I tried to call her back and their phone lines are all screwed up from a thunder storm this morning. She felt really bad.
kathi_mdgd
14 years ago
No offense here either!!
Kathi
anneliese_32
14 years ago
So I am 77 years old and indecent, how about that! Now that is funny.
stargazzer
14 years ago
Not offended here either, I thought the criticism was a joke.
kacee2002
14 years ago
no offense taken here either

Clever of you to think to forward the calls to your cell, I never would have thought of that! LOL

We have been getting calls intended for a local Thai restaurant....one digit difference
I SO want to put a message on our machine telling people we are not the restaurant and pay attention when dialing please but so far I have resisted......
maybe I should just take their take-out orders and reservations?? No, that would be wrong.......
trishaw
14 years ago
Did not offend me either! We keep getting collection calls for someone who has never even worked for us- I have to listen through all the after hours messages for this junk. I feel for ya!

Trish
gadgets
14 years ago
How many rollover lines do you have? We had our main line, plus two rollover in the school's main office where I used to work. And we had caller ID. The only problem we had was when any one used ANY of the phones throughout the district, including our offices, they could only use the high school's number on the outgoing caller ID. (ie: if I called you from my office, YOUR caller id would show you were getting a call from our HS office).

Shirley
wildchild
14 years ago
No advice but add me to the rude ,crude and socially unacceptable list. LOL

Once got a warning for using the same word in a sentence when Mistress Spike used to be here.
coloredthumb
14 years ago
Not offended by the words angelaid used but I am offended by the inuendo if we aren't offended we are indecent.
Someone else trying to shove their personal moral codes and judgement down my throat usually p`s me off.

Hanging up callers burns me but then i get over it.

CT
redcurls
14 years ago
I think they even use that word on TV.........

Now if you're talking about any of the various forms on the f word, I'll agree.....
trinitytx
14 years ago
Offensive,,,not hardly. I guess I am brutal in my old age.

I would google the phone number and see if it comes up.

Trin
susan_on
14 years ago
I had to go back and read the OP again to see what the issue was. It didn't bother me.
Dash2
14 years ago
I'm far more offended by your self-rightous, sanctimous post than by Ang being pizzed. Take the stick out of your butt. You'll be far more comfortable.
lynn_d
14 years ago
Ang, most likely it isn't the rollover lines but the phone system itself. My office phones are powered by a PBX board, an old one that I put in the office the day I opened it in 1989. For me to get caller ID requires that I add on to the board, to the tune of $1100 per line (6 lines) so that isn't going to happen anytime soon!

(you indecent little hussy, you!)
dances_in_garden
14 years ago
Sometimes I wish we DIDN'T have them on our lines. I feel it allows people to avoid calls to avoid doing work LOL.
chubby_rat
14 years ago
We have caller I.D. at work,always have since I've been there so I don't know anything about it.LOL! But it pisses me off to be called indecent and OMG! my cats name is PITA! LOL! And yes it stands for Pain In The A$$! LOL!
Mickey15
14 years ago
Add me to the "indecent" list too I guess...geesh...

Yarnlover, you made me laugh out loud cuz when I first read sunshines post, my first thought was on Jon and Kate Plus 8, when Jon told Kate "Pull the stick out Kate". LOL
perdita
14 years ago
Well, now I'm pissed because I'm indecent.
kathyg_in_mi
14 years ago
Did you try *69 after the call? That calls back the last caller. Costs about 75Â¢.
Kathy G in MI
Jodi_SoCal
14 years ago
Only at the KT could a post about caller ID post turn into a p!$$!ng war! ... sigh
tammyms
14 years ago
I'm decent AND not offended. I guess it's not PC--someone MAY get offended.

Too many more important issues to worry about and too much time on your hands, I think.

Tammy
country_bumpkin_al
14 years ago
Life must really suck..stink..blow... be unhappy for someone that is so easily offended!

Ang...that was pretty smart forwarding the call to your phone!*S*

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