[T-Bird45]

“1. Don’t answer the phone unless it’s someone that you know.”

So easy yet some just can’t ignore a ringing phone. I apply this rule multiple times per day and some even take advantage of leaving a message. Very rarely is it somebody I need to call back, most are running a scam with an opening about unpaid college loans which were closed out over five years ago, long before the scammers came along with this hook.

[Leaning Right]

> So easy yet some just can’t ignore a ringing phone. <

That’s right, and it’s particularly true with older people.

[trisham]

One of my sisters complained constantly about spam calls. She kept answering the phone, though.

[Vigilanteman]

That's the policy we follow in our house, though sometimes I feel like playing with their head. If they call from an area code I recognize, I'll usually start chit-chatting about that area which either ends with (a)me catching them in a lie or (b)they are calling from California, Florida or somewhere else.

I then call them out, tell them that I will not talk to someone who has tried to deceive me and to not call here again.

[Polyxene]

“So easy yet some just can’t ignore a ringing phone.”

That’s my 88 year old mother! She, has caller ID, and I keep telling her not to answer the phone if she doesn’t recognize the number, but she does it anyway — sigh. She says she just hangs up and doesn’t give out any info — I sure hope so.