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What percentage of phone calls (to your personal phone) do you answer? (fedia.io)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'd say I'm hovering around the 60% mark.

I don't answer calls from numbers I don't recognise, unless it identifies someone I'm expecting a call from with the "maybe" thing. I don't use my phone for work (often). I don't call people to catch up, I'd rather IM. My mother or my best friend call and I ignore them more often than I probably should.

But really I just don't like talking on the phone that much.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I pick up every call I'm aware of. Scammers, phishers, polls, and everything else. I love messing with people, and good luck with getting accurate poll results, I have a dice rolling app I use to answer the questions.

It's even on a schedule for me now. The 'TV company' scam calls around 5pm to try me out, polling places seem to be weekend exclusives, and rarely I'll get a noonish jingle from some other random organization.

About 40% of the scam calls automatically disconnect after 8 seconds, and the rest I get to play with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you tried explaining in your native language that you don't speak that language? They love it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Not yet, but I can do that later.

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