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Chat => General => Topic started by: oldspice on November 09, 2013, 12:39:18 pm

Title: Silent Telephone calls
Post by: oldspice on November 09, 2013, 12:39:18 pm: Is anyone else plagued by these? I get at least six per week and that's when I am at home to answer them. I am sure there would probably be more when I'm out at work.

I know it's companies that dial a large number of phone numbers automatically but I really don't think this should be allowed. Some people (like my brother who has severely restricted mobility) will struggle to get to the phone, only to find no one on the other end.

The other thing I hate is calls from automated messages. They infuriate me! If I am going to get 'cold call' invasions into my privacy, I at least want to be able to scream 'GO AWAY and DON'T CALL ME AGAIN' (or words to that effect!!) at the caller.

Oh dear! Do I sound like a Grumpy Old Woman??
Title: Re: Silent Telephone calls
Post by: Forth Bridges on November 09, 2013, 01:38:50 pm: I hate those calls aswell, you are total right to scream at them, if im in a certain mood will just lie to them about stuff including Im a brain doctor for the queen etc, you get a good laugh
Title: Re: Silent Telephone calls
Post by: wjp666 on November 10, 2013, 03:11:30 am: I get shed loads of automated ones, but silent ones are rare for me.
Title: Re: Silent Telephone calls
Post by: smurfboy on November 10, 2013, 02:19:15 pm: I've had a few of those - they just auto-dial as many numbers as they can and go to whoever answers first. It drives me mad; I'd just ignore numbers I didn't recognise, but I'm job-hunting at the moment so can't afford to take the risk of not answering a potentially important call :(
Title: Re: Silent Telephone calls
Post by: oldspice on November 10, 2013, 02:48:55 pm: I always ignore calls on my mobile if I don't recognise the number, but I can't do that on my land line. Hardly anyone has my mobile number and when it rings, it's almost always a phone pest because family and friends are much more likely to text me. Phone pests must get frustrated with me because some companies call me 10 times a week and I never answer!
Title: Re: Silent Telephone calls
Post by: Forth Bridges on November 10, 2013, 05:18:39 pm: My phone rings about 10 times a DAY, I just let it ring.
Title: Re: Silent Telephone calls
Post by: wjp666 on November 10, 2013, 06:02:28 pm: Remember in the 80's when the phone rang everyone in the house ran to answer it? Well, 25 years later and it's quite the opposite now...
Title: Re: Silent Telephone calls
Post by: Forth Bridges on November 11, 2013, 11:13:37 am: That is so true!

but of course everyone was hopping it was for them.
Title: Re: Silent Telephone calls
Post by: Rainbow on November 15, 2013, 12:30:15 am: I never use my landline phone, and it hardly ever rings.
It was out of order for 3 weeks last month and we never even noticed. In fact we had no idea it was even broken until we got an email to tell us it had been fixed. lol
Title: Re: Silent Telephone calls
Post by: wjp666 on November 19, 2013, 06:23:30 pm: I'm quite the other way... never use my mobile but always use the landline. I need to join the new millennium, methinks.