Robo calls are ruining my life a little bit.
I hardly ever get them on my mobile phone, but my landline is a different story.
I get 30 to 50 robo calls a day on my landline. I have nomorerobo, which stops the calls after one ring, but that doesn't really solve the problem.
There are several calls that I am currently expecting, and that are important to me. I'm waiting on calls from contractors. I just had surgery, so I'm waiting on calls from doctors. To make matters worse, these asshole callers are spoofing the number of my local hospital, so sometimes they are getting through.
So let's say that I am pretty sure that I have handled my personal telephone business for the day, but I really can't turn my ringer off in case an important call comes through. But I want to take a nap because, you know, I just had surgery. As soon as my head hits the pillow, either a one ringer will come in, or a spoofed call. No nap. So I go to wash my hands...a one ringer comes in. Since that may be an important call, I jerk my soapy hands away from the sink and start looking for a towel, then the ringing stops. Or. it's a spoofed number from my hospital, so I answer it, and there is a long pause...a sure sign that it is some boiler room robo call bullshit.
Or, I'm on an important call with my doctor on my cell phone, and my landline starts ringing with a spoofed number from my hospital. So I say fuck it, the machine will get it, but it then just rings 4 times and they hang up.
Multiply this fucking horseshit by 30, or 50 times a day, and you start experiencing real stress.
I passionately hate these fucking lowlifes. I want to hurt them. Seriously...this kind of shit makes me hate everything.
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It's closed down with the federal shutdown. 
Of course they can only go after the "legitimate" callers and not the scammers that spoof numbers
I feel for you, Lucky Charms - I went through the robocall/telemarketer harassment after surgeries and while my parents and mother in law were dying. It's hellacious.
I keep my great aunt's old whistle that she used while teaching phys ed next to the phone. Microsoft "Security" and the vehicle warranty people get that at full force. Once I heard the guy on the other end say, "It's the lady with the whistle!" just before he hung up. 
