On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 23:04:11 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 23:12:14 -0500, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>>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 10¢ 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
>Bingo Jill. That is exactly how to handle it.

Far more simple my way!