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bestcee

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How many rings until you answer the phone? Or do you answer the phone?

I will let the phone go to voicemail unless I am expecting a call - sometimes even when it's someone I know! I'm just not a big phone talker, and my dad is notorious for butt dialing, and there are other people in my family who just won't stop talking. So, unless I have a lot of time, I let it go to voicemail, or more often text.
Regardless, I always let it ring at least 2 times so the caller ID will show me if I know the person, or what state they are in.

How about you?
 
I don't answer unless it's someone I know, in which case I answer as soon as I can. I've never had to wait 2 rings to be told who it is, and I think I've only been butt dialed once in my life. Most people who know me know I'd rather communicate any other way, so if they are calling, they probably have a reason.
 
We don't have a landline anymore, we just use our cells. And I always answer my phone, cuz the only people who have my cell # are those I want to hear from. :-)
 
I only answer if I know the number, or if I can tell by the number that it might be someone I know. I figure if it's important, they'll leave a message. Sometimes people from work get my number from our call tree and I can usually recognize those numbers. I don't get a lot of calls, mostly just my mom...everyone else texts. I've never liked talking on the phone much, unfortunately I have to do it quite a bit at work. I'd love to be able to text the parents of my students, it would make things much easier than playing phone tag, but there are a few parents that I do not want to have my cell #.
 
We only use cell phones now too @Lor - I wonder how many don't have landlines anymore? - so if it someone I know - I will answer. ♥ If I don't - voicemail for sure.
 
It didn't even occur to me that she was talking about landlines. I haven't had a landline in about 15 years.
 
If it's one of my contacts and their name pops up, I will usually answer, but if it's a number I don't recognize, I always let it go to voicemail!
 
Landline: We rarely get family or friend phone calls. I think everyone knows there are better ways to send a message. I wish phone solicitation could be banned. If I'm busy, I'll ignore the phone. If I answer it, if I don't hear a familiar voice within one second I hang up, usually. If I'm feeling up for it, I might listen because occasionally it's fun to participate in a survey.

Mobile: I rarely get a call on my mobile phone and 98% of those calls are my husband, so yes, I answer as soon as I can. :)
 
I answer 100% of the time for my husband. I try to answer every time for my mom and sister and will just answer right away if I can or I call them right back. I have one friend that has struggled a lot the last few years so I try to always answer for her now just in case. :/ Other than that I never answer. Someone can text or send me a fb message lol
 
Landline? we never answer it. (I believe we have it for some reason...emergency??? who knows.)

Cell? I almost never answer it because it's usually in my pocket. After a lifetime of having to answer my phone at work, I learned the benefit of letting the caller leave a message. I prefer texting and my friends agree Even with certain family members, I know who is just going to be a problem. :(
 
Isn't it funny how rarely we use landlines anymore. We got a new landline number last year, I haven't bothered memorising it so only two people have it - I always answer it because it will be either of them.

Mostly answer my mobile when I can - although always after a couple of rings because it will be at the bottom of a bag somewhere and it takes a while to find it...

I don't mind talking on the phone but I absolutely hate ringing up to make appointments or ringing people I barely know.
 
I'd rather talk to someone than text or email them...talking is easier to get the point across without as much misunderstanding. If it's something quick, I'll text, but if it's involved I'd rather explain it over the phone. That said, I do screen calls. If I don't know who's calling or don't have time to talk, I let it go to voicemail. If it's important, they can leave a message and I'll call back. I'm also sick to death of solicitors and those scam calls that say they are from Microsoft and other places trying to trick you into sharing your personal information. Really people... please stop calling me. I'm not gonna give you what you want. I got a call almost everyday last week from Esparza Maribel 1-708-389-0773. I googled it and it's one of the numbers for the microsoft scam. I heard that if you don't answer, most of those call scams think it's not a good number will move on to other numbers, so I told the family not to answer it. Hopefully, they got the hint that we are not playing their games and will take our number off their call list. uggh!
 
I will usually answer the phone if the caller id shows a persons name and not a business or place. I haven't had a spam call with a name. BUT I have helped someone who was lost. No clue who they were - didn't ask and they didn't ask who I was. This was before GPS was on cell phones. Hubby on the other hand answers the phone no matter what. He loves to mess with solicitors. He usually manages to give the solicitor enough greif that they never call back.
 
We are a cell only family as well. Haven't had a landline in years and years. Most of the time I'm in the weeds with the kids or with tasks so I don't often answer. I don't really enjoy the phone, period. I have phone anxiety. So I definitely do not answer if I do not recognize the number. I will always answer for: Bugga's school (because they are only calling me for things for which I NEED to answer the phone), my husband, my mom, and a couple dear friends. Otherwise likely, no. I will answer when I can. I prefer texting overall.
 
I don't know why, but I'm totally paranoid about getting rid of the landline. That being said, I don't answer it very often. At the beach house there is no landline, so it shouldn't worry me at home, but it does for some reason. Since we technically have two "households" we get a lot of calls for doctor appts or other things like that. Like Children's hospital always calls the home phone for some reason. Or I'll answer for ARC who picks up donated household items, or for the school-related calls. My hubby is old-school and also can't be relied upon to actually hear/answer his cell, so it is good to have the landline as a backup because most of the appointment calls are for him. If I talk to my bestie, I use the landline because we usually have marathon calls.

We used to get a ton of collection phone calls for Tim's ex-wife. I finally started answering and giving them her cell number :giggle Recently she changed it, and I don't have it, so I'm back to not answering.

The other day I got a call that said it was a local cell, so I answered. They had my name and were asking me about my "pain" and where it was located, etc. They claimed to be a "medical assistant" but you could tell it was a call center, so I just hung up. If I would have thought quick enough, I would have gone into great detail about the pain that they were causing. LOL.
 
Lor said:
We don't have a landline anymore, we just use our cells. And I always answer my phone, cuz the only people who have my cell # are those I want to hear from. :-)
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This was true. And then my husband made me change to a Utah area code number. Sigh. And now I get random people from the old person who had my phone, companies, and surveys!
 
lorryfach said:
It didn't even occur to me that she was talking about landlines. I haven't had a landline in about 15 years.
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Nope! I haven't had a landline in about 15 years either!

I still don't answer my cell though.
 
If it's my kids or husband, I answer right away. Anyone else, I let it go to voicemail, then text them telling them they know damn well I don't talk on the phone...lol. If it's a number I don't recognize, right to voicemail.

Oh, and we don't have a landline anymore.
 
I was like you Court @bestcee ...but mainly for legal reasons... I had some problems with finances when I came back to England in 2001, and the solicitor/lawyer advice not to pick up the phone...so I let it go on the answer machine, and only pick up if it was someone I knew, when they started to leave the message we picked up....
unfortunately, that phone broke and we didn;t have money to buy a two headset phone with answer machine...so now I answer.... not many people call though, we speak to the family and most friends on skype...and funnily enough... I have changed a lot
I used to love talking on the phone, these days only with very very close friends or family
 
If I know the person calling, I answer. If not, leave me a message because I don't answer.
 
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