46　Who should change? 该谁换？

A collecting service company recently launched an 800 number that was identical to mine. Since then I was getting swamped with wrong calls. When I called to the complain, they told me to get a new number. “I've had mine for twenty years,” I pleaded. “Couldn't you change yours?” They refused. So I said, “Fine. From now on I'm going to tell everyone who calls that their bill is paid in full.” The company got a new number the next day.

一家讨债公司最近启用一个800免费电话。它的号码和我的相同。从那以后我天天被错号电话搞得不胜其扰。我打电话去交涉的时候，他们让我换号码。我说：“我用这个号码已经20年了。能不能请你们换号码？”他们竟然拒绝了。我说：“那好，从今以后我会告诉每一个打电话给我的人，他们的账单已经付清了。”那家公司第二天就换了号码。