Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 12:39:29 +0000 (UTC), DerbyDad03
wrote:



Mine too...and when the call is from an area code where I have no friends
or relatives, I make the assumption that it's someone I don't want to talk
to. If they leave a message - which they rarely do - I'll know whether my
assumption was wrong - which it very, very rarely ever is.

I've done that, but in a couple of instances, it was a call that was
important. Call centers are all over the place now and it may be a
"local" business with a call back from elsewhere..

Are you saying that you answer every call that comes to your phone?

I only do that with my cell phone. I only give my cell number to those that
I want to talk to. Every other place that requires a phone number gets my
home phone number. If I don't recognize the number I don't answer it. I do
have the advantage of still using a "local" answering machine as opposed to
voice mail for my home phone, so I can screen calls but I honestly can't
remember the last time I actually picked it up.

The vast majority of times the caller hangs up once the message begins.
That tells me that it wasn't important.