Sunday, November 25, 2012

International Dialing Dilemma


One problem I had contacting the hotel that was supposed to pick me up was the same problem I have everywhere—the international dialing dilemma. Everyone gives you phone numbers with the country code which is super annoying if you think you are trying to make a local call to that number.  Basically anytime you see a number that starts with + it means that you can never figure out how to call it locally. Some country codes are two digits, some are three. For some to dial locally you have to add a zero, for others you have to subtract the first digit. You can try every permutation (as I did) but really showing someone else the number and having them dial it is your only shot. And then they inevitably look at you like you’re stupid.

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