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Generally Speaking => Power On => Topic started by: Java on September 01, 2008, 01:35:47 PM

Title: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: Java on September 01, 2008, 01:35:47 PM
I usually just ignore the call, but someone has been calling me so many times this weekend that if I answer and it's a prank call, I think I'll just play along.
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: .:DL:. on September 01, 2008, 01:37:45 PM
If it's a prank call, I just go along with it because it's probably my friends.


If it's someone else, I just say wrong number or something.
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: Redpaige13 on September 01, 2008, 01:47:35 PM
If I get a call from an "Unknown" number, I answer. 

We have a neighbor across the street who is incredibly sick; she has terrible lungs and therefore needs a transplant.  Because she doesn't have the money to get the operation, she's stuck in her house, and my family and I always do what we can to keep her company, and to help her with whatever she needs.  We even cook her dinner, go grocery shopping for her, and recently we've been helping by cleaning her house.  Whenever she calls, her number comes up as "Unknown". 
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: Doodle on September 01, 2008, 01:50:48 PM
I don't know, I don't have caller ID. :(
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: Zies on September 01, 2008, 01:51:35 PM
...I wonder why someone would want to hide their number...
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: LinkXLR on September 01, 2008, 01:57:08 PM
Better than getting commercial texts.
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: Water ☮ on September 01, 2008, 02:16:44 PM
I pick it up if it doesn't interest me I hang up.
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: ThePowerOfOne on September 01, 2008, 02:18:13 PM
Ignore it. You want to intercourse ing block your name, then don't call. If they keep calling without leaving a message, I just block the number.
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: Dill on September 01, 2008, 02:22:37 PM
I answer in a loud, obnoxious " Hel-lo!" (like a quieter, official version of the Seinfeld hello)which most of the time throws people off. Last time (yesterday) it was my lawyer, but he knew me well enough to respond back in the same way.
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: extraz on September 01, 2008, 03:13:07 PM
probably those darned martians again
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: Kilroy on September 01, 2008, 03:37:27 PM
Quote from: extraz on September 01, 2008, 03:13:07 PM
probably those darned martians again
THE CHANCES OF ANYTHING COMING FROM MARS ARE A MILLION TO ONE, THEY SAY

THE CHANCES OF ANYTHIIIING COMING FROM MARS ARE A MILLION TO ONE

BUT STILL

THEY COOOOOOOOME
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: Linkman on September 01, 2008, 04:11:40 PM
I ignore them.

For some reason almost every other call my phone gets is an Unknown caller.
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: on September 01, 2008, 04:26:39 PM
I ignore it because they don't ever leave a message. Although it's been a while since I've gotten one.
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: Friendly Hostile on September 01, 2008, 06:12:51 PM
Answer and immediately hang up.  If it was important, they'll call back.
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: Kaz on September 01, 2008, 07:05:36 PM
I always answer the phone no matter what the number is, unless I already know it to be someone I don't want to talk to.

I'm not paranoid and I have no aversion to talking to people I don't know. And chewing out telemarketers makes answering the phone worth it.
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: Tupin on September 01, 2008, 07:07:10 PM
I ignore them.
Title: Re: What do you do when you get a call from an "Unknown" number?
Post by: sonicdude164 on September 01, 2008, 07:49:37 PM
Quote from: Kaz on September 01, 2008, 07:05:36 PM
I always answer the phone no matter what the number is, unless I already know it to be someone I don't want to talk to.

I'm not paranoid and I have no aversion to talking to people I don't know. And chewing out telemarketers makes answering the phone worth it.
This. I don't see why it's such a big deal to just pick it up and see who it is at least.