My New Way to Discourage Unwanted Calls

[k9ophile]

I Love, Love, Love caller ID. Years ago, my usually rational husband made a donation to a political party. And since political organizations are exempt from no-call registries, I have come up with the perfect solution.

I pick up the phone and sing as loud as I can and as off key as I can. Aging as made the off key part easy. My song of choice? None other than "On Top of Spaghetti All Covered in Cheese". I only wish I had thought of this years ago.

 

[southernlady]

We are using cell phones only now...the True Caller app does a nice job of screening them.

 

[JackieOnLine]

I miss having a landline because it's frequently not very satisfying to have a cell to cell conversation. "what?, wait, what? you were fading in and out"


thanks for the earworm, K9

 

[k9ophile]

Glad to oblige.

 

[Munchkin]

I call screen. And 99% of the calls are not real.

 

[JackieOnLine]

I call screen. And 99% of the calls are not real.

I wonder what the % is on cell calls

 

[DianaCox]

I keep getting fake calls from numbers that are the same area code and prefix. Weird. Charles' number and my daughter's number start the same way, so I always look. Sometimes, they come up as "Scam Likely."

 

[RainCity]

I keep getting fake calls from numbers that are the same area code and prefix. Weird. Charles' number and my daughter's number start the same way, so I always look. Sometimes, they come up as "Scam Likely."

I get these types of calls too. I don’t answer and then I block the number.

 

[k9ophile]

I get these types of calls too. I don’t answer and then I block the number.

Our phone company allows 12 blocked numbers for a base fee. More blocked numbers raises our bill. I'm cheap. Besides, until I find some new hobbies or get involved in some volunteer work, the glow of my initial retirement time has faded. It's a minor source of fun.