Do you answer unknown calls?

[fat_moogle]

Do you ever receive any unknown calls to your mobile, and if so, do you answer them?

I received one this morning but I never answer them. If it's important then someone will leave a message. There was no message in this case.

[Psychotic]

I get loads and I never answer. I Google the number afterwards and it's invariably a telemarketer and so the number gets added to my blocked callers list.

[Loony BoB]

I do. It's rarely a telemarketer for me. Usually it's just someone from work that I didn't have the number of earlier, or someone has a new phone or something.

[Mirage]

Usually, yes. I don't get many, and I've reserved myself against telephone sellers anyway.

[metagloria]

I never answer them. If it's important then someone will leave a message.

I never answer. I Google the number afterwards and it's invariably a telemarketer

These exactly for me.

[fat_moogle]

It's got to the point where I don't even answer the landline anymore xD I know some landline phones have caller display now, but mine is just a cheapo landline with no fancy bells and whistles. I'll let the phone finish ringing and then dial 1471 to see who it was.

[CimminyCricket]

If the unknown number is from my area code I will answer, but if it's from outside the state I will just google the number later and see who/what it was.

[Pumpkin]

Only if I'm expecting a call

[MissH]

Never!!! I already get anxious talking on the phone, I just don't like it. I feel much more comfortable emailing/texting. If it's really important, they'll leave a message!

[noxious.sunshine]

It depends.

If I've ordered food, the places I order from will usually call me to say that they're here or figure out where I live.

Typically I don't answer calls from unknown numbers though.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

Never. They are almost always wrong number calls, and the voice mails are generally more amusing than if I talk to them on the phone. Also, I have pretty bad anxiety with phones, and I don't handle talking to people I don't really know very well.

Based on the wrong number texts and voice mails I've received, I've been someone's grandfather, mom, brother, sister, uncle, possibly a gang member, a cheating whore, Zebediah, etc etc. I'm always confused by the voice mails since my message on the thing is clearly a guy's voice saying "Hi this is Scott, leave a message" or whatever. But then I'll get a voice mail saying something along the lines of "Hi mom, this is your daughter! Just making sure we are still meeting up today. You know the number, so just call me back. Love ya!"

I've asked people "who is this" when an unknown number texts "Happy Thanksgiving" only to receive very disappointed texts that I didn't know who my own granddaughter was. I was very disappointed when I once got a "good morning sunshine! <3<3" text and was then told "sorry, wrong number"

[Shorty]

Nope. I didn't when I had my old number, and now that I have my new number, I assume they are all wrong numbers anyway.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I always get calls from out of state that leave voice mails on my phone from smurfing fax machines.

I don't look at my phone too much at work, and once every 3 weeks or so, by the end of the day I'll have 5 voice mails from some random number with 10 seconds of fax machine squawking. If I pick up on one of them it's still just the damn fax machine. Ugh.

[escobert]

No, if I don't know who is calling I don't answer.

[Bubba]

Nope. Even if it's a number from my contacts you'd have to be one charming smurfer for me to answer.