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Anyone under 40, who have no kids, don’t run a business, have no presence in the community, and socialize only with people under 40.
by e1g 4y ago
Anyone under 40, who have no kids, don’t run a business, have no presence in the community, and socialize only with people under 40.
- ianbutler 4y agoPretty sure that’s actually a significant amount of people.
- jacobmartin 4y agoI have two kids, am self-employed (tutoring) in my community, and have many friends and acquaintances are over 40 (from church, for instance). Sending unknown numbers to voicemail has been completely fine in every case. I've never missed an urgent call that I couldn't call right back after I read the voicemail transcription.
- e1g 4y agoBy contrast, in December, I had these time-sensitive calls from unknown numbers: airline lost luggage delivery, Amazon delivery who couldn't get in, my kids' doctors, my pharmacy, someone from my accountant's firm, a bank rep, and a few organizations returning my call. December was a typical month, if a bit slow. In theory, I could get a voicemail and then follow-up, but that would result in significant time wasted for both sides (e.g., calling doctors again or setting up re-delivery), and the total time I spent on dealing with spam calls is ~1 minute (5-10 seconds x 5-10 occurrences).
- klysm 4y agoPotentially a significant proportion of the population