Life On The Other Side

I usually don’t answer the phone unless it’s someone I know calling. Today we got one of those annoying “PRV CALL” on our caller ID. The first time it rang, I didn’t answer it but thought that perhaps it might be someone who has a blocked phone number. After all it wasn’t a toll-free number so it might be someone we knew. A few minutes later, the phone rang again from the same “PRV CALL” so I picked it up. Though slightly incoherent, the person asked for someone who wasn’t either myself or my husband. I told them they had the wrong number and thought that would be that. But again a couple of minutes later the phone rang again asking for the same person and, now being slightly annoyed, I told them they had the wrong number. The person, who sounded like an older kid, asked if this was an apartment building so I told them yes it was and again he asked if I knew who this person was and if he could have their phone number. Okay, now being more annoyed, I repeated I didn’t know this person and that I didn’t have the phone numbers of anyone who lived in the apartments. With that, they gave up and I finally hung up on them. If I tell you that you have the wrong number what makes you think I have the phone number of anyone living here and what makes you think if I did have the phone number I would give it out? Does no one teach phone etiquette anymore?