Do you always answer phone calls?

i ALWAYS ANSWER ALL THE PHONE CALLS THAT I GET AS ONE OF THEM MAY BE IMPORTANT.i USED TO GET LOTS OF FUNNY AS INWIERD PHONE CALLS ALL THE TIME UNTIL I PHONED UP BT AND TOLD THEM AS EVERY CALL THE CALLLER WOULD WITH HOLD THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBER.i HAD ALL WITH HELD NUMBERS REFUSED TO MY HOME PHONE THAT STOPPED THE PROBLEM

I never answer calls that i dont know the number for, unless i am expecting someone to phone. If it is important they will leave a message and I can imediatly phone them back! Or they will try to ring again

Hi LittleMel, the numbers I need are in the house phone and the mobile so I can always see who's calling, and if I'm not in the mood I don't answer. I don't feel obligated to be available twenty four hours a day and am quite happy to let a ringing phone ring, I can always call back later. When my son is at school though or out at a friends I always run to answer it in case something has happened. I've never had a weird call on my house number.

I have caller id on my cellphone and on my homephone and if the number doesn't look familiar to me or look like it's from a location that is close to me, I don't bother answering it. Usually the phone calls are all about telemarketing, bills or wrong numbers. It's easier ignoring them than bothering listening to them.

If i do not recognize the number on my caller Id, then i do not answer it. and if i get a message and i do not know who they are i do not return the call.

I have caller id, so I always check the number before pick up. If it is important they can leave a message. As they leave a message, if I know the person, I will pick up the phone and apolgize for not picking up right away or call back later. There are too many telemarketer calls. Even if you are on the do not call list, you still get calls from companies you do business with that are trying to offer you upgrades and new products. I telemarketed for a little bit while in college and I'd rather get no one home, than someone hang up in my hear or let me go thru my whole speech then yell at me. So, I figure I'm not wasting anyones time by letting voicemail pick up.

I always answer the calls I get except when I am inside the bathroom one them might be very important or an emergency. I make sure I get the phone. I haven't had experienced getting weird phone calls.

Yes. I do answer phone calls even i know the person makes mistakes and call me again and again.
first time i will tell the person you called the wrong number,Second time i will tell him again. if the person continued to do similar things i would ask why.

Until now i have not met very strange calls. most of calls just were made wrong by accident.

however if i missed calls and i don't know the callers, usually i don't return.
i heared some cheating calls want you call back and get your information or money. so i'm very careful with these calls.

I am currently unemployed, rely a lot on recruitment agencies, and hence cannot afford to ignore any telephone calls if I am serious about finding another job, although if the number looks suspicious, I will choose to ignore it.

The major problem now (apparently a major international problem given what I have read from people all over the world on MyLot) is the curse that is telemarketing! Unsolicited calls like this are a constant pain in the neck, and the people simply don't get it when you tell them you are not interested (if they actually speak your language in the first place!). This morning I told one of the people that I would only talk if the conversation was about work. The person understood this so well, she asked if she could discuss this with her supervisor first!

I am not sure how it is elsewhere, but here if the telephone call comes off a different network, our telephone indicates "caller unknown" - so it could be a friend of my wife's, a recruitment agency, or a telemarketer, and you have to take all those calls.

That really depends on if I know who's calling. If it is not urgent and I can call them back later while I'm eating dinner with my family, driving, or doing something important then i really have no need to pick up my phone. However, if i have free time to talk and am not tied up I definitely pick it up if i recognize the number/person. If i don't I end up ignoring it and if it's really important THEY'D END UP LEAVING ME A MESSAGE RIGHT!?!? Anyway "do you always ansewr phone calls" - I guess the safest answer could be no, not always...