Serious Question!

[Brooksey86]

The opt out of reviews in the client world

[FredBiscuits]

I tend to answer them, because my father used to have a sensitive job, so his landline was a delisted number, and never displayed caller ID. When I was very young, before it was delisted, a babysitter answered a phone call at the house that made her quit. They though it was my mother on the phone, and made some pretty violent threats... To a 17 year old girl.

But yeah, if it wasn't for my father's calls, there is no way I would. I just can't convince him to use his mobile to call me.

[TommyH123]

I don't even answers numbers I know lmao

lol, me too, jesus christ, what do think text and whatsapp are for?, who has time to actually talk

[charlie82]

Does anyone, provider, client, poet, preacher, ANYONE ever answer 'private number' calls??

Why would someone expect any provider - for whom screening is paramount - to answer private numbers??

They're like the balaclavas of phone calls I don't even understand why they exist in the first place!!! For stalkers/crazies????

I’m pretty slow answering calls from numbers I don’t know let alone private numbers…. My theory is if it’s important they’ll call again and I answer them then

[Ryankelvin]

I receive genuine calls from private numbers , generally something coming from a Government department office,
It doesn’t bother me , I will normally just answer and not speak until spoken to .
I have never received any sort of a bad call from a private number.
I can understand why many people have an issue with them .

[JennyIrish]

I receive genuine calls from private numbers , generally something coming from a Government department office,
It doesn’t bother me , I will normally just answer and not speak until spoken to .
I have never received any sort of a bad call from a private number.
I can understand why many people have an issue with them .

There's only one Gov department that uses private number . . .

[JennyIrish]

mobile set to block all private numbers, it just won't ring or even go to voicemail.

How do you do this?

[Toolbox]

How do you do this?

I have an iPhone so it’s :

Settings / Phone / Silence Unknown Callers

[Nelson]

iphone instructions provided by toolbox.
on android for me is : calls -> call settings -> blocked numbers , then enable block calls from unidentified callers.

for voicemail, i have not done this in years so perhaps there is a way on the phone now, i called up the company and asked to kill my voicemail. any time i changed/ported number to another carrier had to call them to break my voicemail. same applies to punting phone.
i don't want it, if some needs me there sms/whatsapp/messager/101 other apps to leave me a note. I ain't calling voicemail to hear some indian dude or robo message.

[irishjp]

Apparently the today fm giveaways are from a private number.