AITA for trolling an elderly person who kept calling the wrong number?
So I've been getting calls from this elderly person looking for "Ah Ho". Each time I pick up, I'd tell her that she got the wrong number. She'd apologise and then hang up. I've tried asking what number she dialed but she would ignore the question and hang up. Usually by the third wrong number call I would block the caller, but I couldn't block this particular number because it shows up as "Private Number". I can't block all unknown numbers either because I sometimes get work-related calls from unknown numbers.
By the tenth time or so, I was really annoyed that this lady kept calling the same number despite being told multiple times that she was wrong. I picked up her call, and when she asked for "Ah Ho" yet again, I blasted the most obscene and vulgar rap song I had on hand at the mic. She never called again.
My sister thinks I was an asshole for trolling an elderly person, but I think this was an effective way to stop the nuisance calls. AITA?
EDIT: I didn't expect this post to get so many comments. After reading the response from y'all, I think what I did was definitely dickish, but I honestly don't see any better suggestions - maybe a milder song choice instead of 2 Live Crew's Pop that Pussy.
1) "Ho" is a common family name in my country. The lady was looking for someone with that family name.
2) Her English was fine. I was also able to speak her dialect so no language barriers here.
3) I tried asking more questions to help her (e.g. what number she dialed, full name of the person she's looking for, why she was looking for a Ho in a place where there isn't one) but she would just apologise and hang up when she realised she wasn't talking to "Ah Ho"
I am usually respectful to the elderly (Asian here) but this lady wouldn't respond to my attempts to help and I was really fed up. Maybe granny doesn't understand what pussy means and was just startled by the loud rap. ¯\(ツ)/¯
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