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OK you're right. It's not an age thing, no one answers unknown calls now. "Eight-in-ten Americans say they don’t generally answer their cellphone when an unkno
by coldpie 3y ago
OK you're right. It's not an age thing, no one answers unknown calls now.
"Eight-in-ten Americans say they don’t generally answer their cellphone when an unknown number calls" https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/12/14/most-americans-dont-answer-cellphone-calls-from-unknown-numbers/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/12/14/most-amer...
And that study is from 3 years ago, it's surely a higher percentage now than it was then.
- dymk 3y ago20%, guess I am right I don’t know why this is the hill you’ve chosen to die on
- coldpie 3y agoYou stated it's not a solution. It clearly is if it works for more than 80% of people.
- dymk 3y agoIt’s not a solution if it doesn’t work for 1/5 users of a system used by millions.
- asah 3y agoI've been on-call for decades and 24x7 caregiver and it's not an issue, even in emergencies: 1. For non-emergencies, just use social media or email, which have better anti-spam filtration. 2. For most true emergencies, "hang up and call 911" just like every doctor's office recording says. 3. For urgent non-emergencies, either accept the consequences of waiting until your can reach the person via option #1 above, or get creative. Contact friends of the person and ask if they can get ahold of them... or someone IRL near them to get their real-world attention. 4. Consider what happens if you lose or break your phone. Responsible people let a reasonable group of people know how to reach them, and the rest contact a member of that group.