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View Poll Results: Do you screen your calls? | |||
Yes, I screen my calls. | 53 | 67.95% | |
No, I don't screen my calls. | 22 | 28.21% | |
Neither--I avoid the telephone at all costs/I don't have a phone. | 3 | 3.85% | |
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06-29-2005, 06:54 AM | #43 (permalink) |
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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yes. I screen my calls.
I don't respond to voicemails on my cellphone. I'm clear with my friends and family on that account. I don't have caller ID on my house phone any longer. I hated paying extra for it for the 5-10 phone calls I get a month, to which I ended up either letting the answering machine get it, or wait until they called my cellphone since they obviously really wanted to talk to me, and then, rule 1 may apply. Just because I have technology for MY convienience doesn't mean that it's there for YOUR conveninece.
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06-29-2005, 06:58 AM | #44 (permalink) | |
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06-29-2005, 08:00 AM | #45 (permalink) |
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Location: Jayhawkland
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I thought that was the whole idea behind caller ID.
Yes, I screen my calls. There are plenty of people that have my number(s) that I wish didn't anymore. Depending on the amount of alcohol I've consumed that day/night I may or may not answer to numbers I'm not familiar with. It seems I'm more likely to do so when I've had a few. |
06-29-2005, 08:19 AM | #46 (permalink) |
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Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time
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Best way to screen calls? Ignore them.
I never answer phone calls
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06-29-2005, 10:34 AM | #48 (permalink) |
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Location: Angloland
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I always screen numbers, i won't answer you on my house phone 99% of the time, but on my mobile, why the hell not? If i don't like you, i'll bar you
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06-29-2005, 10:35 AM | #49 (permalink) |
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Location: Upper Michigan
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You need a "Sometimes I screen my calls" option. Normally I love talking on the phone, even if it's a phone survey. I don't get telemarketer calls except I've gotten a few from Verison since we were with them a year ago. But their number always shows up as Verison on the ID. Lately I've screened called from my brother because he's been a jerk lately. Even if he wants you to do something for him he's still rude in the way he asks. He's been taught to behave better but he just tells people "It's how I am now, deal with it." Most of the time I am way to curious as to who an unknown number is that I will answer almost anything. Now that we paid off our debts we haven't any collections calls anymore so much less reason to screen. Calls from certain public service (like Social Services, Health Department, etc.) offices in our town always show up as blocked. As a day care provider I sometimes have to deal with them. Sometimes calls from the hospital show as blocked. I think it's for privacy of the patients they call. So blocked calls don't get screened aroun dhere.
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06-29-2005, 10:58 AM | #50 (permalink) | |
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06-29-2005, 04:37 PM | #52 (permalink) |
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Location: Arabidopsis-ville
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Don't screen my calls. Don't see much of a point, but then again, I don't get too many solicitors or unwanted calls. Typically just work-related junk or friends.
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06-29-2005, 04:51 PM | #53 (permalink) |
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Location: Some nucking fut house.
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At home I almost always answer. At work though, the receptionist lets me know who it is and the I choose if I want to take the call or have them leave a message.
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06-29-2005, 10:35 PM | #54 (permalink) | |
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Location: Out on a wire.
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Grace's friends tend not to understand how voicemail works. The outgoing menu starts, they skip the outgoing message, and nearly all tend to say something like, "Hello? Grace, Gilda? Are you there? Pick up if you're there. This is Kari. Are you there? Well, ok, call me back when you have the time." They'll talk for a minute, waiting for someone to pick up, instead of using that time to tell the machine whatever it is that they want Grace to know. Then again, Grace and her friends belong to that bizarre subculture for whom talking on the phone is a form of recreation rather than a means of sharing information. My friends know how to leave a message: "Hey Gilda, this is Brad. I'm going to be a little late for comics tonight, be there about 6:30."
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06-29-2005, 11:00 PM | #55 (permalink) | |
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Location: People's Republic of KKKalifornia
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06-30-2005, 12:03 AM | #56 (permalink) |
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Location: Somewhere entirely too hot.
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If I don't recognize the number or just plain don't want to talk to you for any given reason, I won't. I seriously dislike talking on the phone. Especially cell phones.
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06-30-2005, 12:10 AM | #57 (permalink) |
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Location: in my imagination
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caller id. if your number isn't one i know, chances are i won't answer. the voice mail's there for a reason, lol.
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06-30-2005, 12:24 AM | #58 (permalink) |
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I don't screen them at all - if i'm available i'll answer it when it rings regardless of who it is. If i don't answer, it means im not answering any calls at all so i must be doing something important (not likely!)
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06-30-2005, 12:31 AM | #59 (permalink) | |
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Location: Out on a wire.
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When I did used to answer my phone, I'd tell the callers I didn't want them calling, and it seemed to have no effect, so again, I'm leery about giving my info for free to every telemarketing firm in the country.
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06-30-2005, 02:37 AM | #60 (permalink) |
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Location: Southern England
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I always screen on my mobile, and if i don recognise the number they get diverted to voicemail.
Just recently I've been off wrk on sicklave due to stress/harassment, and I secreen calls because I can't face talking to work for any reason. If they leave me a message (not that they do) I'll write them a letter (not an email). Over here we have "1471" which I think is like "*69" in the US, it tells you the number that called you. I use that a lot.
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06-30-2005, 05:45 AM | #61 (permalink) | |
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06-30-2005, 07:26 AM | #62 (permalink) | |
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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I even didn't register a new phone when we moved, and remembered to do so a few months later. Once registered the telemarketing calls diminished to ZERO. Now once in a while I get gallup polls and local pollings calling. I do not know how they operate, but if I have time to answer their questions I will to help represent my opinion which should also be a percentage of people out there as well.
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06-30-2005, 08:49 AM | #63 (permalink) |
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Location: Dallas, Texas
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I don't screen my calls, I just don't answer the phone. I don't have a land line and I leave my cell phone off much of the time. I really don't like to make small talk on the phone so I let people leave messages and if the call has some importance I will return the call at my leisure. Mostly I find the phone an annoyance but it comes in handy in emergencies.
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07-05-2005, 08:41 PM | #66 (permalink) |
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Location: Up yonder
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I almost always screen my calls. Not many people have my number in the first place so if it is a phone number I don't recognize then I'm not answering - it's more than likely just a telemarketer. Bleh! More often than not people get my voice mail or answering machine because quite frankly - I hate to just chit chat on the phone.
I have a bad reputation amongst my friends because I never "pick up". *shrug* If it's important they know to leave a message and I'll get right back to them!
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