How many people screen their telephone calls?

We have both Caller ID and an answering machine. If I know who it is and feel like talking, I pick up the call. If I don't know who it is and don't feel like talking, then I let the machine get it. Most ppl will leave a message but there are some that simply let the machine pick up and then they hang up...and then call right back...that irritates the crap out of me. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]

I sometimes just hang up if it's not important I can call back but usually I leave a message if I call more than once and nobody is there or it's important and I'm too lazy to try again screening phone calls, well I wish I could I don't have that feature or else I would have blocked a lot of numbers most calls we get are telemarketers or pranks I let my voicemail answers for that reason those people that don't leave messages to you could be pranksters so it's a good thing that you don't answer it I'm sure people will leave message if they mean well or probably come visit you instead

If i do not know the number or name that comes up on our caller id, i do not answer the call, we have voice mail that will take the call for them to leave a message. if they do not leave a message i do not return a call. If i call someone i always leave a message because i would like them to call back when they can.

I leave messages if it's important. I have a pet peeve about people calling cell phones with the identity/number blocked; I think it's rude. I never answer cell phone calls from unidentified numbers; I rarely pick up even if the number does show up but it's a number my cell phone's address book doesn't recognize--if it's important; I assume people will leave a voicemail and I would call back if it's someone I know. If someone calls me with the identity blocked *and* fails to leave a voicemail, I can safely assume the person was not that interested in talking to me and was probably a telemarketer, a wrong number or just some creep.