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.