In this day and age where telemarketers are granted permission to call households at will, you would think Harold Hendricks would have been deluged with calls. After all, he's had the same phone number for 39 years, is listed in the phonebook consistently, and is on a number of mailing lists.
But the Pheonix man says that since the day he signed up for phone service in March of 1964, he has not received a single phone call- not even a wrong number. Ameritech, Inc., even has the records to confirm his claim.
"It's the dangest thing", 61-year old laborer Hendricks said. "I always had to check and make sure I had a dialtone, and sure enough, my phone's been in service but no one wants to talk to me".
Phil Wanstadt of Ameritech is bewildered as well. "I've never heard of a case where someone hasn't gotten a phonecall from someone, but his line has never had any activity- not even a wrong number".
Hendricks decided to check and see if this was a world record, and contacted a staff member of the "Guiness Book Of World Records" for confirmation. I waited along with Harold as we anticipated the good news.
Finally, the moment came.
"Mr. Hendricks? Congratulations are in order", a Guiness representative said.
"I'm the world record holder?" Hendricks asked.
"You're well on your way. The previous record was 39.5 years, but you only have two weeks to go to break it."
"That should be a piece of cake!"
"Only one problem."
"What's that?"
"I called you on the phone to tell you the news."
"Oh... well, that's my luck I suppose."
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