Every call I’ve ever had that was a wrong number, misdailed number, pocket dial or whatever that wasn’t supposed to be for me turned out to be a spam call or marketing call for something. Most of the time, it was a way for me to confirm my number to some dumb marketer.
For the past year or two, I answer all mysterious calls I don’t recognize and put it immediately on ‘mute’. If the person calling doesn’t identify themselves … I let them hang up first and then I just block the number. If they identify themselves with some weird marketing message … I let them hang up and then block the number.
Just a couple weeks ago, I got a call from a number I didn’t recognize that wasn’t screened for some reason, accidentally answered it because my hand was sweaty and it registered a tap on the accept button and not the damn cancel button… It was a random real person trying to inform their family member about another family member’s death.
The most awkward wrong number I’ve ever received. Like, who the hell still dials the number everytime they call someone instead of just having it saved in contacts?
I have a contact list of about a dozen people that I call or call me … mostly family and two friends. I have more people I know beyond that list but they all know I don’t like talking or texting on a phone. I don’t like using the phone.
The only time I get to use the phone is in watching at least one random call a week. Half the time its a telemarketer and the other time, some political or government organization wanting to ask something. Texts are usually random with people asking dumb questions like ‘hey’ … ‘where are you?’ … ‘hey frank how you doing’ … or some random thing to entice me to answer. If I don’t recognize, I delete and block.