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On 11/28/2020 10:05 PM, wrote:
> On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 5:31:03 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>>
>> We don't answer the phone anymore, because 4 out of 5 calls are
>> charities. If a real person wants to talk to us, they'll have to start
>> talking to the answering service, unless we recognise their number.
>> This kind of harrassment puts people off donating. So stupid.
>>
> Tell me about it! If I had an account and it accepted 10ยข for every
> spam call I receive I'd be a well-to-do old gal! On the occasion I
> feel in a good mood and answer the phone knowing it's going to
> be some creep wanting access to my bank account my standard
> reply is "I don't do business over the phone and I certainly don't do
> it with someone I don't know."
>
This is why I love my (landline) AT&T Answerphone. It announces out
loud who or what number is calling and if it's not someone I know,
sorry, I'm not going to answer the phone. If I'm busy, people who know
me know to leave a message; I can hear it and if I'm not busy and want
to talk to you I'll pick up. Sometimes the robo calls slip past and
leave partial silly messages. I can hear them and don't bother getting
up to answer. I just hit delete later.

Jill
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