This came up in the cell phone etiquette thread. Many of us screen our calls for various reasons, regardless if we have a land line or a cell phone. I'd like to see just how many of us do screen our calls, what are our reasons for doing so (or not doing so), and what we consider polite/rude in screening our calls.
I sure as hell screen my calls. If I don't recognize your number on my cell phone, I'm not answering. You can leave a voicemail and I will check it and call you back. This is mostly because I am incredibly phone-shy. I'm not the kind of person who calls people to chit-chat. If I call someone it's to make plans or arrangements of some kind. So if I don't know you, I don't want to subject myself to the anxiety of talking to you. Sorry
