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> Don't want to be unfriendly Given my experience with robocall and stuff, I _do_ want to be unfriendly. I hate to guts that a lot of people assume that they
by p2t2p 7y ago
> Don't want to be unfriendly
Given my experience with robocall and stuff, I _do_ want to be unfriendly. I hate to guts that a lot of people assume that they can interrupt you at any given moment. One guy called me when I was driving and wasn't having any of that, kept on complaining that I didn't pick up.
My current plan right now is to have a landline number from my internet provider (that's SIP essentially). Whenever anybody requires a phone number give that.
Now, there will be an voice mail device on my side with message: "Hello, you've reached p2t2p and his wife. We _DO_ _NOT_ appreciate your call. If you think your message is important, leave a message and we maybe, just maybe call you back. Otherwise, use email please".
And that is not even for bloody robocalls. Every single bloody prick think they are important enough to steal my time. Hey, I wrote you an email so respond to email, dumbass, don't call me. There were one windows installation company that stopped interacting with as soon as I told them that I won't pick up the phone and asked them to use email.
I guess the ultimate solution is to have my iPhone in permanent "contacts only" mode.
- macintux 7y agoI’ve been paying for Vonage for 10-15 years now so I can keep my old landline phone number active to give out to businesses. Haven’t had a phone hooked up to it for nearly all that time. Voicemail + transcription works great.
- koolba 7y agoYou can get that for free with a google voice number. If you can’t port directly, the indirect method is to sign up for a PAYGO mobile phone and port your number there as an interim hop.
- macintux 7y agoI don’t trust Google with my email. Not going to trust them with my voicemail. (Yes, I know, a significant portion of my email ends up in their hands anyway.)