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I have this checklist: * If it's a withheld/private number, I don't answer. * If it's a number I don't recognise, I don't answer. * If it's a number I recogn
by cocotino 10y ago
I have this checklist:
* If it's a withheld/private number, I don't answer.
* If it's a number I don't recognise, I don't answer.
* If it's a number I recognise from work/a client, I don't answer.
* If it's a number I recognise from a friend, I don't answer.
* If it's a number I recognise from a direct relative, I don't answer.
* If it's a number I recognise from a very direct relative and I've been called several times in the last minutes, I start pondering if I should pick it up or not. I usually do not, but ymmv
- eitally 10y agoIt gets trickier when you have children, especially school aged.
- cocotino 10y agoI completely agree. This is a checklist for someone who isn't directly responsible for anybody. Of course if you have children, you'd be paranoid at any number-what if it's school? A teacher? The hospital? That's hairy stuff.
- chronic81 10y agoHow does it change anything? If it is an important call, they will leave a message. This is even more true if the call is concerning someone you are responsible for.
- roywiggins 10y agoOr your child calling with a friend's phone, because their phone battery died / bad service / ran out of minutes...
- kinleyd 10y agoI have a shorter checklist but the result is the same as yours. I guess I'm more efficient. Others wonder why I carry a phone at all - I don't know why.
- dingo_bat 10y agoIs there a reason why you don't answer friends/relatives? It seems to me you would save a lot of effort by just disabling incoming calls on your number.
- cocotino 10y agoI don't answer anybody as a policy
- x0054 10y agoSo... you don't have many friends, I take it.
- insulanian 10y agoDo you make phone calls?
- cocotino 10y agoObvious answer.
- insulanian 10y agoWhat's the point of having a phone then?
- dorfsmay 10y agoWhy have you given your number to friends and family if you're not going to answer them?
- hueving 10y agoThere is this messaging technology called SMS, you should look into it.
- cocotino 10y agoExactly. If you need something, use WhatsApp, for Christ's sake. Don't make me interrupt whatever I'm doing to talk to you.
- dorfsmay 10y agoNo need for sarcasm. There are other technologies for messaging (hangouts, WhatsApp, etc...). Also, if the issue is friends and family, OP could simply let them know to phone only in case of emergency but to use messaging at all time otherwise. Complaining that people phone you, people who are close to you, family and friends, and proudly boasting of ignoring the calls feels very immature to me. You don't want phone calls? Don't give out your number, find alternative techs for messaging, or at the very least make it clear to people that you don't want them to call.
- hueving 10y ago>Don't give out your number, find alternative techs for messaging, or at the very least make it clear to people that you don't want them to call. That's not how social interaction works. If someone asks for my number so they can text me, I happily give it to them. I'm not going to interrupt the conversation at that point to give them a lecture to never call me. They will get the point when I don't answer. It's like telling people not to give out their physical address for mail if they don't want people to show up unannounced at their home.
- pmontra 10y agoBasically you have a call-only phone. Supposing you're making calls you're taking advantage of everybody else not following your policy. Doesn't feel it strange not to reciprocate?
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- oneeyedpigeon 10y agoI pretty much do this too, but for a totally different reason: the volume on my phone is switched off 99% of the time. Why? Because I don't want some godawful notification sound / random video / anything at all suddenly playing at full blast in public. Although there is some kind of provision for separate volume levels for ringtone / other stuff in android, it's really difficult to manage, so I just don't bother. Sometimes I glance at my phone, notice it ringing, and answer it; other than that, it pretty much goes unanswered.
- leephillips 10y agoWhat about alarms that you forgot you had set?
- oneeyedpigeon 10y agoI only ever bother with same-day alarms (usually within an hour or two) in which case I do turn the volume up temporarily.
- leephillips 10y agoOn my Android phone, the alarm sounds even if I have the phone set to "silent". If there is a way to actually silence the phone, I'd love to know about it.
- tene 10y agoI'm very curious about how you end up with alarms configured that you don't want to go off, especially often enough for this to be a regular problem for you.