Has your phone been busy today?

Names and telephone numbers have been changed to protect the guilty!

A few days ago I got a rush job. We had installed a new mail server, and it appeared that it was missing an email address. It was one of those generic ones, like info@

So I rang up the person who wanted the address to see where they wanted it to go. Or rather I tried.

I dialed 01234 567123 (His direct dial)

I get a woman, she said:

"881155."

What???? I think to myself. I say sorry got the wrong number.

I dial again. This time though, I keep an eye on what is appearing on the screen.

I got the same woman. Well obviously there is something very weird going on with the phones. I'll deal with that later. I apologise again, and this time dial the company's main exchange.

"Hello, can I speak to Joe Blogs?"

"yes I'll just put you through"

Ring! Ring!

"881155."

At this point I suspected something was up.

"I am sorry I was just trying to get hold of someone at ABC"

"It wasn't Joe Blogs was it?

"Yes it was"

"He's my husband"

The penny drops. He has got his phone on divert to his home phone for some reason. I asked if Mrs. Blogs had Mr Blogs mobile phone number, she had. I dialed it.

"Hello Joe, has your phone been busy today?"

"No, it's been a bit quiet actually"

"Well, your wife's hasn't!"

Ah well, made me laugh!