January 20, 2026 at 11:15 pm

Library Used To Own Their Landline Number, But Has Ignored Their Appeals To Let Their Customers Know It Changed. So This Family Started Pranking The Library’s Callers.

by Liberty Canlas

Young girl holding a telephone

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Some acts of revenge are necessary.

This woman recounts the story of when her family got loads of phone calls from library patrons because their phone number used to belong to the local library. When their appeals to the library were ignored, the petty revenge started.

Read below for the full story.

Not the Library

When I was growing up, we used to have a landline phone number that previously belonged to the local library.

We got calls for the library all the time, even though my mom kept calling them, begging for them to clearly block out our number in all of their books and put the new one on there.

Surprise, they didn’t care.

That is, they didn’t care until we all started “renewing” books over the phone for patrons. Eventually, the calls stopped.

Not part of the petty revenge, but funny nonetheless… one time, when I answered, and the person asked if this was the library, I looked around the room I was in and said, “No, it’s the kitchen!”

That’s how you get them to listen! They shouldn’t have ignored those pleas.

Other people in the comments are chiming in.

This user shares a similar story.

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And another phone number-related memory.

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This one chimes in.

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People are finding this story too relatable.

Screenshot 2025 12 27 at 12.43.09 AM Library Used To Own Their Landline Number, But Has Ignored Their Appeals To Let Their Customers Know It Changed. So This Family Started Pranking The Librarys Callers.

Reverse prank calls are always fun.

If you liked that post, check this one about a guy who got revenge on his condo by making his own Christmas light rules.

Liberty Canlas | Contributing Writer, Lifestyle & Relationships

Liberty Canlas is a contributing writer for TwistedSifter specializing in relationship dynamics, social sciences, and modern family life. Leveraging her extensive professional background in scientific research and data analysis, Liberty brings a highly analytical yet empathetic approach to dissecting viral online conflicts and social media trends.

Rather than simply reporting on internet drama, Liberty uses her deep understanding of human cognition and behavior to explain why people react the way they do. She excels at transforming complex interpersonal debates into relatable, insightful commentary that helps readers better understand human interaction.

Outside of her editorial work, Liberty embraces a holistic, "semi-crunchy" lifestyle as a dedicated homeschooling mother. When she isn’t analyzing the latest trending relationship dilemma, she spends her time meticulously researching and planning her family’s next global travel adventure.

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