Block them, or hide caller id, call them them back and play them a song (that really pisses them off), install Nomorobo (some don’t like it, I do). Phone rings once, call is sent o fake voice mail.
Never talk to, answer a question Yes, or ask to speak with the supervisor. It gives the caller a chance to lock into your phone. I once asked to speak to the supervisor, click, and then had a charge for the call on the next phone bill.
We have had our phone number for just short of 40 years. The number we have is one lookalike digit away from a Domino’s pizza, an optician, and (currently) a doctor’s office (TV place used to have that number). Long before the current problems with robocalls we had our answering machine on all the time to get rid of calls not for us. I never knew that Domino’s is open at 3 am – we get calls for them then (or the staff uses it as a club house). Storms – we get pizza orders – sports events – we get pizza orders. We get messages such as (when they used to deliver in 30 min) – “this is Mrs. Smith I want a cheese pie and I am timing you” – notice the lack of address or phone number. Saturday night drunks calling over and over and over again. (Husband has been known to pick up and say "sorry, not delivering tonight, you have come and pick it up – and they agree to do so). Optician we would get calls “This is Mrs. Jones, I decided not to get my contact lenses tinted.” We know all about the manager’s financial problems. Some years before this last, we suddenly were inundated with calls for the optician. I politely called and spoke to manager and told him about the similarity of numbers and that if they had something printed recently – it might have the wrong number as we were suddenly getting so many more calls. He was not very nice at my trying to help him – so I was a bit happy that he had financial problems. The doctor is a recent change and we will actually pick up and tell people that they have the wrong number – mostly we get calls from hospitals about patients and patients calls come just after 9 am and wake us.
pcolli about 5 years ago
African prince?
stairsteppublishing about 5 years ago
I just hang up, but will have to remember Ben’s answer. Love it.
DDrazen about 5 years ago
Talk about a slimy silver lining.
cuzinron47 about 5 years ago
Best use of a cold to date.
goauntjo about 5 years ago
I’ve used Cheyenne County Morgue as a greeting and so far they have all hung up; only one tried calling back.
ElGato about 5 years ago
Block them, or hide caller id, call them them back and play them a song (that really pisses them off), install Nomorobo (some don’t like it, I do). Phone rings once, call is sent o fake voice mail.
stairsteppublishing about 5 years ago
Never talk to, answer a question Yes, or ask to speak with the supervisor. It gives the caller a chance to lock into your phone. I once asked to speak to the supervisor, click, and then had a charge for the call on the next phone bill.
mafastore about 5 years ago
We have had our phone number for just short of 40 years. The number we have is one lookalike digit away from a Domino’s pizza, an optician, and (currently) a doctor’s office (TV place used to have that number). Long before the current problems with robocalls we had our answering machine on all the time to get rid of calls not for us. I never knew that Domino’s is open at 3 am – we get calls for them then (or the staff uses it as a club house). Storms – we get pizza orders – sports events – we get pizza orders. We get messages such as (when they used to deliver in 30 min) – “this is Mrs. Smith I want a cheese pie and I am timing you” – notice the lack of address or phone number. Saturday night drunks calling over and over and over again. (Husband has been known to pick up and say "sorry, not delivering tonight, you have come and pick it up – and they agree to do so). Optician we would get calls “This is Mrs. Jones, I decided not to get my contact lenses tinted.” We know all about the manager’s financial problems. Some years before this last, we suddenly were inundated with calls for the optician. I politely called and spoke to manager and told him about the similarity of numbers and that if they had something printed recently – it might have the wrong number as we were suddenly getting so many more calls. He was not very nice at my trying to help him – so I was a bit happy that he had financial problems. The doctor is a recent change and we will actually pick up and tell people that they have the wrong number – mostly we get calls from hospitals about patients and patients calls come just after 9 am and wake us.
mafastore about 5 years ago
Forgot – and while we have been getting all these calls – our machine had an ad for our handcrafted business on it, so they really did not listen.