Stupid hidden number

[Adagio]

Why do people have hidden phone numbers? It's just annoying
Today as I was shopping someone called me, talking about something that sounded important (note that I couldn't hear anything except for a word now and then). She said she would call back in 30 minutes... 3 hours ago
And because she has hidden number I can't call her back


Also a friend of mine has a hidden number, even though he's tried everything he could to stop it (putting his Sim card into another phone removes the hidden number), but he has had no luck so far... why is his number hidden for me, when I have his number in the phone book?




Ok, that was the rant for today

[Japher]

Q: How do you keep Adagio in suspense?

[duke o' york]

Anywhere where there is more than one extension (as in, most offices) will show as a hidden number on a mobile. A select few show the reception number as that calling you, no matter which extension the caller is using, but often it is just "number unknown" or whatever. I doubt it was that important though - don't worry about it. Probably phone spam.

[Adagio]

Didn't sound like a call from an office or anything like that, and they knew something about me, that some random caller couldn't have known

[Flubber]

I have a friend that has his number listed but in a fake name. Its Akimoto. He knows that if he gets a call for Mr. Akimoto, its likely to be a telemarketer.

As a friend of his, I know how he is listed so if I ever gorget his number I can always look it up.

[Flubber]

Another phone peeve

My other phone peeve is telemarketing outfits that use these "predictive diallers" software. Essentailly they have hundreds of callers so they can be constantly phoning people since the software knows how many agents are available and what response rates are supposed to be.
An agent isn't "assigned" to your call until you pick up. The software increases their agents efficiency since they never have to wait out a ringing phone

There is a short but noticeable time for this to happen and often I can heat a faint click as I am being transferred to the agent

This ROTS me. If you are going to call me at supper time, at LEAST have the courtesy to be on the line.

My solution is to hang up immediately when I hear that noticeable click.


The only thing that peeved me more was a call from a bank when a RECORDING asked me to saty on teh line for the next available agent . RIGHT .

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Adagio
Didn't sound like a call from an office or anything like that, and they knew something about me, that some random caller couldn't have known

If you couldn't make out most of what they were saying , one of you needs a new phone.

[Adagio]

Damn that sounds sucky, luckily telemarketing isn't that much used here, and when some telemarketer calls there's a 99% chance that he wants to sell some newspaper (and you have a 50% chance of guessing which newspaper it is)

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Flubber
If you couldn't make out most of what they were saying , one of you needs a new phone.

I was in the noisest part of the noisiest store in this city

[Last Conformist]

If it's important, she'll call again.

[Adagio]

Maybe I scared her off

As she called I thought that she was someone else, so I called her later, but she says she didn't call, so maybe I said something wrong... don't know what that should be though


And it's probably more important to me, than to her

[Last Conformist]

Sucks to be you, then.

[Combat Ingrid]

I have got phone calls from Israel recently, that I have won a cruise. All you need to do to get the free cruise is to give them your credit card number

[duke o' york]

All you have to do to win your cruise is to keep them talking as long as possible.

[Stuie]

I actually answered a phone call a couple weeks ago and was told "Please hold for the next available agent."

So I hung up.

Then it happened again. And I hung up.

Then it happened AGAIN. So I hung up.

Fourth time a live person was on the other end; turned out to be a collection agency looking for someone with the same name as my wife. Well WTF!? First off, don't call me and ask me to hold, and second, no, those are NOT the last four digits of my wife's Social Security Number.