Does anyone else absolutely fear answering the phone, nowadays?

Look... I don't recognize your number, the area code, my phone isn't giving me any location information other than "authorized number", and there's a very weird audio feedback happening that hurts my ears... you're not clearly verbalizing whatever company name you represent after me asking for you to repeat it, and no I am ABSOLUTELY NOT giving you a credit card number to settle a debt that may or may not exist.

I am not sorry that you seem offended by that.

@JulieSqveakaroo

everything goes to voice mail unless I am explicitly expecting a call

@JulieSqveakaroo @anthracite If it's a known number you can whitelist it in most phone's Do Not Disturb setting so only that number will ring. If not...cue the monty python sketch :/

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