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

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    #32
    Undergod
    Registered Users Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Undergod


    If it's someone like that I don't want to talk to I can just hang up on them.


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    #33
    LadyAthame
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭LadyAthame


    Undergod wrote: »
    If it's someone like that I don't want to talk to I can just hang up on them.
    Some people don't get the message.


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    #34
    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    Answer, obviously.

    Could be someone you know ran out of credit and got a loan of a strangers phone who has the number blocked.
    or
    Some payphones still exist out there and may have no number displayed.
    or
    your friend was playing with settings/settings got adjusted while phone bouncing around in pocket, he's calling to invite you to the awesome thing.


    so its a gamble of (someone you know who badly needs your help) VS (oh sorry wrong number).




    worst case scenario is 'hi its steve calling, did you know you could save up to 30% on yo' - bleeep.


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    #35
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    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.

    If a mate ever rings me from a different phone, like a work one, I'll save it so I recognize it in future.
    I have the voicemail deactivated in my phone, can never be arsed listening to them.


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    #36
    Ethel
    Registered Users Posts: 106 ✭✭Ethel


    Cold War Kid wrote: »
    I answer it. I can't understand why people are so terrified of undisclosed numbers, but they are.

    Nobody is 'terrified' to answer a blocked call. I'm not terrified to answer a blocked call. I choose not to answer for the same reason I won't answer my door unless I'm expecting someone. I like my privacy.


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    #37
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    A man named Frank Garrett has been phoning me on a blocked number the past few nights and cursing me out of it. Elderly sounding chap, says he operates a pole barn building company somewhere in Oklahoma. I'm totally confused by it. :confused::(


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    #38
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »
    Answer, obviously.

    Could be someone you know ran out of credit and got a loan of a strangers phone who has the number blocked.
    or
    Some payphones still exist out there and may have no number displayed.
    or
    your friend was playing with settings/settings got adjusted while phone bouncing around in pocket, he's calling to invite you to the awesome thing.


    so its a gamble of (someone you know who badly needs your help) VS (oh sorry wrong number).




    worst case scenario is 'hi its steve calling, did you know you could save up to 30% on yo' - bleeep.
    Ex directory landlines show up as private too.


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    #39
    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,677 ✭✭✭buried


    I answer it. Could be work related or hopefully a new customer that got my number from someone else. Could be a wrong number. Could be the Microsoft people calling me to fix my computer and I can bull$hit them back for a while until I get bored of it. Could be many things. If I find out the caller is someone that I don't want to talk to I tell them that. Its only a phone call for christsakes

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



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    #40
    Undergod
    Registered Users Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Undergod


    LadyAthame wrote: »
    Some people don't get the message.

    For dealing with a specific problem, like a weirdo stalker, it makes sense to me; as a general policy I've always found it a bit bizarre.


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    #41
    Uncle Ben
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭Uncle Ben


    The blocked numbers used to precede the registered letters. Now I just don't give a damn and answer them.


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    #42
    MistyCheese
    Registered Users Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭MistyCheese


    The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »
    worst case scenario is 'hi its steve calling, did you know you could save up to 30% on yo' - bleeep.

    Aw, you hung up too early. Now we'll never know what Steve was trying to save us 30% on! It could've been something really cool like... love.


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    #43
    Cold War Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭Cold War Kid


    Ethel wrote: »
    Nobody is 'terrified' to answer a blocked call. I'm not terrified to answer a blocked call. I choose not to answer for the same reason I won't answer my door unless I'm expecting someone. I like my privacy.
    I've known people to have used the "You wouldn't answer your door to someone wearing a balaclava" analogy (worst analogy ever) in relation to this though :pac: that's what I was thinking of when I used the word "terrified".
    I don't answer the door (after checking out the window and seeing it's a Jehovah's Witness or Airtricity sales rep) either. I don't think answering your phone is comparable though - it's just a matter of pressing a button and then pressing another button to end it.


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    #44
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Do YOU like scary movies op.

    I can see what you are doing right now.

    Don't turn around........
    Private number calls are never good either the cops or a killer.


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    #45
    SparkySpitfire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭SparkySpitfire


    The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »
    Some payphones still exist out there and may have no number displayed.

    Actually! Smartphone batteries being **** as they are, I was due to meet someone in (Dublin) town but we hadn't arranged a time/place as they didn't know when their luas would arrive so I sat in a cafe off Grafton to wait. My phone ended up dying so I went up to Stephen's Green to use a payphone. Every single one of them had been plastered with "Sorry this phone has been disconnected" and the date of disconnection was a week previous. :mad:

    I ended up finding them in the crowd getting off the next luas but if someone was in a genuinely stressful situation, where are they meant to find a phone? :confused:


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    #46
    LadyAthame
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭LadyAthame


    It's your phone do what you like.

    I do get nervy about it and don't like answering it that's why. i know they will leave a message ...if its a genuine call ..if they are private enough to use blocking they should respect the privacy of others.


    Mostly if you get a call from a private number they don't leave a message. I have never gotten a message from a private number what does that tell you?


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    #47
    MistyCheese
    Registered Users Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭MistyCheese


    If they dont leave a message then it doesn't tell you very much at all.


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    #48
    LadyAthame
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭LadyAthame


    MistyCheese wrote: »
    If they dont leave a message then it doesn't tell you very much at all.
    Lol ok you do what you want it's your phone. What a thead!


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    #49
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    MistyCheese wrote: »
    If they dont leave a message then it doesn't tell you very much at all.



    wasn't important so


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    #50
    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    SparkySpitfire wrote: »
    Actually! Smartphone batteries being **** as they are, I was due to meet someone in (Dublin) town but we hadn't arranged a time/place as they didn't know when their luas would arrive so I sat in a cafe off Grafton to wait. My phone ended up dying so I went up to Stephen's Green to use a payphone. Every single one of them had been plastered with "Sorry this phone has been disconnected" and the date of disconnection was a week previous. :mad:

    I ended up finding them in the crowd getting off the next luas but if someone was in a genuinely stressful situation, where are they meant to find a phone? :confused:

    You can sometimes recharge your dead phone battery while outdoors by drinking your own piss, Bear Ghrylls had it in his video.


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    #51
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    It tells me if you're not going to bother answering why should I bother leaving you a message. :)


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    #52
    MistyCheese
    Registered Users Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭MistyCheese


    My phone is less a 'phone' more a 'candy crush machine that occasionally receives phonecalls'.


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    #53
    Uncle Ben
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭Uncle Ben


    MistyCheese wrote: »
    My phone is less a 'phone' more a 'candy crush machine that occasionally receives phonecalls'.

    Are you my wife. Sounds very familiar.


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    #54
    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    LadyAthame wrote: »
    It's your phone do what you like.

    I do get nervy about it and don't like answering it that's why. i know they will leave a message ...if its a genuine call ..if they are private enough to use blocking they should respect the privacy of others.


    Mostly if you get a call from a private number they don't leave a message. I have never gotten a message from a private number what does that tell you?

    That if you answer a blocked number an erection will come through the ear piece and get ya.

    stay safe.


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    #55
    bee06
    Registered Users Posts: 4,514 ✭✭✭bee06


    I'll answer it unless it's a weird foreign number. My dads phone is blocked number and my parents and my home phone is ex-directory so if it's blocked it could be one of them. I've also been applying for loads of jobs recently so it could be to someone asking me for interview too.


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    #56
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    In the future, there will be street stalls selling phones so you can accessorise your billpay selfie stick.


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    #57
    LadyAthame
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭LadyAthame


    The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »
    That if you answer a blocked number an erection will come through the ear piece and get ya.

    stay safe.
    Yeah ...there is a lot I could say here....


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    #58
    MistyCheese
    Registered Users Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭MistyCheese


    Uncle Ben wrote: »
    Are you my wife. Sounds very familiar.

    I might be. You could try ringing me to find out but then you'd be interrupting my game of candy crush.


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    #59
    LadyAthame
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭LadyAthame


    If you ring from a blocked number I don't want you calling me and I don't want to talk to you.


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    #60
    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,677 ✭✭✭buried


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    In the future, there will be street stalls selling phones so you can accessorise your billpay selfie stick.

    In the future peoples phones will be in their brains wired into their eyeballs. Like the Terminator but with less red colours and more facebook

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



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    #61
    Undergod
    Registered Users Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Undergod


    LadyAthame wrote: »
    Lol ok you do what you want it's your phone. What a thead!

    I don't think anyone is trying to force anyone else to change!


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