Do you answer calls that say "unknown name/number" on your caller ID?

[johnjohn320]

Problem is, when my dad calls from work (he works for Motorola, not a telemarketing company), it says unknown. So I have to.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: pyonir
It isn't about being afraid. it is about being inconvenienced. I work all day and do not want to come home and have whatever i am doing interrupted.

Of course i hate the phone anyway, and the only people that call me, their numbers show up. Soooo...

Oh, the irony of someone who posts 30 days a day on ATOT being worried about their time or being incovenienced. 😛

When do you guys get off your high horse about post count? The argument is old and tired.

My posts mainly come while I'm at work.

LOL... just givin' ya a hard time 🙂

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: pyonir
It isn't about being afraid. it is about being inconvenienced. I work all day and do not want to come home and have whatever i am doing interrupted.

Of course i hate the phone anyway, and the only people that call me, their numbers show up. Soooo...

Oh, the irony of someone who posts 30 days a day on ATOT being worried about their time or being incovenienced. 😛

When do you guys get off your high horse about post count? The argument is old and tired.

My posts mainly come while I'm at work.

I want your job. :beer:😀

 

[HiTek21]

No. If it says unknown number, blocked number, number out of range or if its an 800 number I won't answer the phone. Everyday the same telemarketer calls up my house with the same 800-247-8682 number when the answering machine picks up he/she they hang up, they call my house 2, 3, 5 times a day. I signed up for that Do Not Call list but I guess It hasn't gone into effect.

 

[pyonir]

soxman...no...you don't.

 

[cavemanmoron]

i do not have caller ID
' i use the answering machine,if the voice is one i do not know, i will ususally not pickup the phone;

Last night/this morn,i got a wrong number call,about 1:30 am,
the Lady said;"I am at the hospital,Please call Uncle,XYZ$%,and have him come get me.

I picked up the phone,and Politely said, I am sorry miss you got a wrong number,try again,Please.

For that type of a "wrong number" call I will answer the phone.

 

[Cat13]

Absolutely not! :|

 

[bolido2000]

Yes. My sister's cell phone is "private". My mom calls me using a calling card also.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: bolido2000
Yes. My sister's cell phone is "private". My mom calls me using a calling card also.

Your mom's number shows up on my Caller ID... weird.


😛

 

[bolido2000]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: bolido2000
Yes. My sister's cell phone is "private". My mom calls me using a calling card also.

Your mom's number shows up on my Caller ID... weird.


😛

Word..something is up with your house's telephone line. I can see my sister's number at your mommy's room

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: bolido2000

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: bolido2000
Yes. My sister's cell phone is "private". My mom calls me using a calling card also.

Your mom's number shows up on my Caller ID... weird.


😛

Word..something is up with your house's telephone line. I can see my sister's number at your mommy's room

Can we get off moms? I just got off yours. 😉

 

[MrHappyMonkey]

i pick it up. Most times its a client. If it's a telemarketer than I just waste their time asking completely retarded questions (I can lower my APR to 14%?!?!!? wow... so you are saying that I should refinance my morgage with my credit card right? Cool!)

 

[propellerhead]

I pick it up, sometimes. I have a new game with the telemarketers.

TM: Hi. Is xxxx there?
Me: Yea, sure. Hang on.

... one minute later

Me: Can I tell him who's calling?
TM: Yea, this is bla bla bla...
Me: Ok. Hang on.

... one minute later, if the TM is still on the phone

Me: He's almost done. He was on the other phone ordering some stuff.
TM: Ok.

... one minute later

Me: He said to hold. He's just has to give his credit card number.

... one minute later


You get the picture.

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: propellerhead
I pick it up, sometimes. I have a new game with the telemarketers.

TM: Hi. Is xxxx there?
Me: Yea, sure. Hang on.

... one minute later

Me: Can I tell him who's calling?
TM: Yea, this is bla bla bla...
Me: Ok. Hang on.

... one minute later, if the TM is still on the phone

Me: He's almost done. He was on the other phone ordering some stuff.
TM: Ok.

... one minute later

Me: He said to hold. He's just has to give his credit card number.

... one minute later


You get the picture.

from what i hear, they actually dont mind... cuz they get paid while ur on the phone... and the less they have to talk i would imagine the easier it is

 

[Nocturnal]

I do just because I rarely have any telemarketers call my cell.

 

[MithShrike]

Yep. If it's a telemarketer I tell them to go to hell or if it's someone I know then it's kind of nice...

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: chin311
sometimes, because for some reason, long distance calls show up as 'private/unknown'

 

[Shawn]

My cell phone does not show up on caller id for some reason.

 

[nativesunshine]

On my cell phone...sometimes.

On my house phone...rarely. I just let the machine pick it up.