I never pick up the phone - as a matter of fact, I leave the ringer off and let every call go to the machine. Those who know me know this and when I meet new people and give them my number, I tell them to speak to the machine and let me know who it is and I'll pick up.
I save myself a lot of aggravation that way and none of my friends or relatives mind announcing themselves.
99% of the time they don't leave a message. One of our caller ID boxes has a button you can hit that tells them you don't accept this kind of call. When I'm near that phone, I hit that button. It makes me feel sooooooooo good!
We also get Out of Area a lot instead of Unknown Name.
although a few times it is my sister who can't remember my home phone number, calls information and has them put it through to me (she retired from Ameritech/SBC and gets free phone usage rest of her life so the information calls and charges never apply to her). She laughed the first time and asked why I answer it that way.
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