For nearly 5 years after I got my current phone number in 2014, I received texts and calls for Joey. The texts only stopped because I had to tell people that their happy birthday messages weren’t reaching the right person. Anyway, after 5 years, I’m now getting telemarketing calls for Joey. Again. - ThreadSky

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neilshyminsky.bsky.social • 34 days ago

For nearly 5 years after I got my current phone number in 2014, I received texts and calls for Joey. The texts only stopped because I had to tell people that their happy birthday messages weren’t reaching the right person.

Anyway, after 5 years, I’m now getting telemarketing calls for Joey. Again.

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keekim.bsky.social•34 days ago

Do you answer with "how YOU doin?" 😂

acpickett.bsky.social•34 days ago

Whoever had my number last was an ultra conservative sucker.
Every scam there is comes my way. Every cold call salesman. Every MLM. I hate it.

mspinetree.bsky.social•34 days ago

I used to get party invites for a guy named Victor, he was wildly popular and had 8000 very interesting friends i.e. "Victor, it's Marie, I just got back from Peru, Sally has her art opening tonight, hope to see you there!" I was very jealous of Victor.

neilshyminsky.bsky.social•34 days ago

That’s definitely more entertaining but might very well make it worse, yes 😅

neilshyminsky.bsky.social•34 days ago

And in case you’re wondering - no, Joey didn’t die. I found him on LinkedIn! He just didn’t update his contact info with dozens of people. (And the kind of people who text you on your birthday, which is the weirdest part!)

carolynnebruce.bsky.social•34 days ago

I was constantly getting debt collection calls. The guy that had previously continued using my number. It ended when he contacted me on WhatsApp with a weird message "oh you have this number lol" and his account showed his new number. I started giving to the debt collectors that called

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