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What do you do when an unknown/blocked number rings you?

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  • 02-05-2015 11:54pm
    #1
    SparkySpitfire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭


    Usually if a number is blocked and I'm not expecting a call, I won't pick up. Just there I got a call that my phone says came from Limerick/Scariff (061) area code. I picked up and the caller hung up immediately. Weird I thought. I don't even know anyone from Limerick; who gave you my number or how dare you type mine by mistake :mad:


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    #2
    Vojera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,812 ✭✭✭Vojera


    I don't answer blocked numbers unless I'm expecting a call. If it's important they'll leave a message. I hate talking to strangers on the phone.


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    #3
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users Posts: 3,747 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    I dont answer private numbers as a rule


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    #4
    HardenendMan
    Registered Users Posts: 583 ✭✭✭HardenendMan


    Have a ****. Wait, what was the question?


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    #5
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    I usually answer in an abrupt tone of voice, just in case it's somebody trying to sell me something.


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    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    I answer all calls except the 061 numbers.


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    Cold War Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭Cold War Kid


    I answer it. I can't understand why people are so terrified of undisclosed numbers, but they are. Not sure what they're afraid of happening to them if they answer though. When there was no caller ID they just answered, so there appears to be something perhaps a little faddy about it.
    If it's a cold call I just say "Sorry, I'm not free at the moment" and hang up. It usually is a cold call, but you can't always know. At the moment there's something up with my friend's phone so calls from her come up as blocked number.


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    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Caller ID is the worst innovation in the history of the human race. Used to be when the phone rang you answered it, now it's a case a looking at the screen like it''s the control panel of a thermonuclear warhead, then frantically googling the number to see if you can figure out who it is.


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    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Caller ID is the worst innovation in the history of the human race. Used to be when the phone rang you answered it, now it's a case a looking at the screen like it''s the control panel of a thermonuclear warhead, then frantically googling the number to see if you can figure out who it is.

    Ha ha. That's like my grandparents passing a letter from one to the other saying, I wonder who its from repeatedly, just open it ffs!!!


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    #10
    SparkySpitfire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭SparkySpitfire


    I don't want to talk to strangers though. If I didn't give you my number who are you to be calling me like.


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    #11
    MistyCheese
    Registered Users Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭MistyCheese


    PANIC!

    What I tend to do is; I place the phone carefully on the table, cover it with a saucepan, put something fairly heavy on top of the saucepan and then set the house on fire, and run like hell. Just to be really sure.


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    ShoulderChip
    Registered Users Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    RayM wrote: »
    I usually answer in an abrupt tone of voice, just in case it's somebody trying to sell me something.

    Does that stop the trying to sell stuff? or does it just come accross as weird if you then realise you know the person and immediately change your tone?


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    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    SparkySpitfire wrote: »
    I don't want to talk to strangers though. If I didn't give you my number who are you to be calling me like.
    How do you know they are strangers if you don't answer it? It could be someone you know ringing from another phone for any multitude of reasons.


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    LadyAthame
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭LadyAthame


    I don't answer. Why are you witholding your number?


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    #15
    ShoulderChip
    Registered Users Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    My phone has an app which searches its directory for the number calling me, and shows what company it is etc, it also warns me if others have reported the number as spam and allows me to block numbers easily.


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    #16
    SparkySpitfire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭SparkySpitfire


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    How do you know they are strangers if you don't answer it? It could be someone you know ringing from another phone for any multitude of reasons.

    They'd leave a voicemail if it was important. Besides that, it's very rare I get a call that's not from work, I prefer face to face for long chats or texts for short ones.


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    Moyglish
    Registered Users Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Moyglish


    ShoulderChip wrote: »
    My phone has an app which searches its directory for the number calling me, and shows what company it is etc, it also warns me if others have reported the number as spam and allows me to block numbers easily.

    What's the app?


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    MistyCheese
    Registered Users Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭MistyCheese


    ShoulderChip wrote: »
    My phone has an app which searches its directory for the number calling me, and shows what company it is etc, it also warns me if others have reported the number as spam and allows me to block numbers easily.

    Yeah? Well, em, my phone has a calculator in it.


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    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


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    #20
    bottlebrush
    Registered Users Posts: 8,192 ✭✭✭bottlebrush


    You answer it and just like the olden days you call out your phone number digit by digit


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    #21
    LadyAthame
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭LadyAthame


    MistyCheese wrote: »
    Yeah, well, my phone has a calculator in it.
    I don't use apps either! :)


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    ShoulderChip
    Registered Users Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    MistyCheese wrote: »
    Yeah, well, my phone has a calculator in it.

    Oh yeah? did it make the list of the top 14 calculator apps?
    http://www.androidauthority.com/best-android-calculator-apps-577878/


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    #23
    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,740 ✭✭✭degsie


    I go straight to Boards and stick up a post about it.


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    #24
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    I had to bin my last phone because the dialler gave up on it. Smartphones, an app for everything except a fcuking phone.


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    Undergod
    Registered Users Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Undergod


    Usually when my phone rings I answer it like.


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    #26
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    ShoulderChip wrote: »
    Does that stop the trying to sell stuff? or does it just come accross as weird if you then realise you know the person and immediately change your tone?

    It makes the "sorry, I'm busy right now" sound more sincere. If it's someone I know, I either apologise for using my 'blocked number voice' or ask them why the fuck they're ringing from a blocked number (depending on how well I know them).


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    #27
    MistyCheese
    Registered Users Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭MistyCheese


    I don't know and I can't check it right now. An unknown number tried to ring me there a minute ago so I had to get the matches out.


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    #28
    Cold War Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭Cold War Kid


    LadyAthame wrote: »
    I don't answer. Why are you witholding your number?
    Probably not for a sinister reason.
    Undergod wrote: »
    Usually when my phone rings I answer it like.
    What?! Mad, crazy carry-on!


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    #29
    LadyAthame
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭LadyAthame


    Yeah well i don't shrug. I don't even like talking on the phone.


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    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Never answer it.

    They can leave a message if it's important.

    It's nearly always something like a recruitment agency or cold caller.

    If a mate ever rings me from a different phone, like a work one, I'll save it so I recognize it in future.


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    #31
    LadyAthame
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭LadyAthame


    anncoates wrote: »
    Never answer it.

    They can leave a message if it's important.

    It's nearly always something like a recruitment agency or cold caller.
    Exactly they will leave a message and you can call back.


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