I'm calling about a marriage license...

Apparently, my office phone number is just a bit too close to the number for the Marriage Licenses department for the city of Denver. My area code is 303 and the Marriage License department is area code 720, but the phone number is the same.

I get many calls every week from people who have questions about marriage licenses. I always answer the phone with "Nurse-Family Partnership. This is Tara." There are three types of callers:

1. The people who actually listen to what I say when I answer the phone and realize they have a wrong number. They usually apologize and I give them the correct phone number. Sometimes they just hang up on me.
2. The people who don't listen to what I say when I answer the phone and just barrel ahead with their questions. I politely explain that they have the wrong number and I give them the correct phone number.
3. The people who listen to what I say when I answer the phone, but somehow assume that I still know the marriage license requirements for the city of Denver. They ask me their questions and I explain that they have the wrong number. They respond with "But I just want to know _____." And I explain that I don't know the answer because they have the wrong number. Then they usually get angry with me and tell me that this is the number they got online/in their paperwork/from a friend/etc. When I explain that the area code is wrong, they usually hang up on me at that point.

So in case you were wondering, I don't know what paperwork you need, whether you have to have a blood test, or the waiting period for getting married in Denver! But I can give you a phone number to call... ;)