Withheld Number..
Hayley_baby
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Someone called me today on a withheld number and I kinda wanted to pick up but I just let it ring, It really annoys me when people do this >:( Does anyone answer withheld numbers or just let it ring?
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So no. We do not answer them!
Is that a landline? Like the OP, I am really irritated by withheld number calls and I never answer them. I recently looked into getting them blocked but read that it isn't possible on a mobile.
Yeah Im wondering if its a landline too, The calls I get are on my mobile aswell.
Some genuine public organisations haven't set up their switches properly, so calls come through as withheld/private caller.
Most of the time I don't answer.
Same as TBH.
Not if I look through the window and see someone holding a clipboard, or even worse a bible... I don't.
The only problem with the international is I have a relative abroad, but have an idea of the time that they ring.
Random internet things latching on to my landline have a lot to answer for.
It was funny when I used to be bothered answering and got a foreign call centre with someone claiming to have an English name.
Or the other trick were they asked if a Mr/Mrs ...... lives there, expecting me to correct them by giving my surname out.
Just say no and put the phone down.
One can generally see who is at the front door. One can't see who is on the other end of a withheld number.
The last time I picked up a call, on Wednesday, I told the guy at the other end, in my masculine voice, that I wasn't Katie. The cheeky git then asked me "are you sure you're not Katie?"
So now I probably won't be answering calls from any number I don't recognise.
But I also don't (or at least didn't) answer calls with blocked ID - unless I'm expecting a hospital call or similar. Doesn't apply now, as I haven't had any such calls for a considerable time - since moving to a Voip phone.
Same!
My work place work phone no is with held, so maybe it could be something like work, so it does cause problems, if you don't want to answer withheld numbers, what do you do, if its your work place
Is there anything wrong with choosing whether to answer your phone or door? Not in my book, no.
Having the freedom to pick and choose as I see fit, is not a bad thing. There's only so many times I can tell people I don't want to buy their crappy tea towels or that I have zero interest in listening to their bland monotone voice 'selling me' their insipid political stance whilst wasting 10 minutes of my time.
It's more a 'saving minutes of my life' kinda choice than any fear of who might be knock knocking at my door.
Well I highly doubt it would be their workplace otherwise they'd be aware of the possibility. Also I see no reason why they'd call on a Sunday, from a withheld number (for the majority of people)