Some anecdotes: Called my daughter's pediatrician's office, left a message with one of her nurses with my question and my contact info so the doc could call ba

Some anecdotes: Called my daughter's pediatrician's office, left a message with one of her nurses with my question and my contact info so the doc could call back when she had time. She did, but she called my wife. (Has happened more than once. Has never happened "the other way.") I work much closer to our day care than my wife and have a more flexible schedule, so if one of our kids gets sick and needs to be picked up I have done the pick up 100% of the time. Yet 100% of the time they call my wife, who then calls me. Also, 100% of the time they are a bit surprised when I show up to pick up the kid. This hasn't caused us any harm, but I believe the phenomena is "real" and I could see scenarios where it does cause harm. It's also true that some instances have mundane causes as others have pointed out here.