answering the phone

Old Reliable · **answering the phone -** 02-14-2003, 02:11 PM

who here answers the telephone...under only extreme circumstances will i answer the telephone becuase 99 percent of the time its a fuckin telemarketer or a recorded ad

Innoxx · 02-14-2003, 02:13 PM

Yeah, my ringer is turned off.

Zoner · 02-14-2003, 02:21 PM

What kind of a fawkin' nutjob doesn't answer the phone? I can see if you have call display, but to just NOT answer the phone?? That would drive me nuts.

I always answer the phone. If it's a telemarketer, I hang up on 'em or give 'em a blast of shit. It's as simple as that.

Zone

Magnum · 02-14-2003, 02:23 PM

I always let the answering machine screen the call. No message left = prank or telemarketer. If it's somebody I want to talk to, I pick it up. Unless I'm expecting a call, I never pick it up as soon as it rings.

Simo Häyhä · 02-14-2003, 02:24 PM

yeah i always answer the phone, old you sound like a miserable old man with no friends..hehe sorry biggrin:
i ALWAYS answer the phone

Innoxx · 02-14-2003, 02:25 PM

Yeah, I have an answering machine and call display. I hate that you're "handling your business" and the phone rings, totally kills the mood.

Miscguy · 02-14-2003, 02:32 PM

Caller ID. Typically someone else answers it, i hate fucking phones. Cell phones are the bane of my exsistance. SHUT UP AND DRIVE YOU DIP SHIT!... oh sorry... habit.

Old Reliable · 02-14-2003, 02:36 PM

yeah I hate phones too, people live on the phone and its rather sad, i just let my other family members answer it and for some reason they get mad at me

Bane · 02-14-2003, 02:43 PM

Fuck the damn phone.

With caller id, privacy manager and an answering machine I hardly EVER pick it up unless it's a friend or family member. Before privacy manager I'd get about six recorded ads A DAY. After: none. It rules.

Don't even get me started on cell phones... especially in the car.

Zoner · 02-14-2003, 02:51 PM

I made a sign and printed it off. I keep this in my glove compartment (well, I keep a bigger, printed version in my glove compartment):

[img]http://www.dodstudios.net/uploads/uploads/cellphone.jpg[/img]

ROAD RAGE! w00t!!

Zone

Tripper · 02-14-2003, 02:57 PM

Meh! Unlike you hermits, I ANSWER the phone....and yes, 50% of the time it is some young man doing telemarketing or some kind of census....But then, that's when you UNLEASH ZEE COUNTERSCRIPT!:

[url:72806]http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html[/url:72806]

I printed one out and put it by my phone...I've used it like 3 times, and it's fucking hilarious.

As for Cell-Phones...I used to think, "What the fuck? why would I need a cell-phone?"

No I can't live without one. It's mostly just serves address book purposes, but TXTing is an asset for making plans.

Old Reliable · 02-14-2003, 02:58 PM

at school its like everyone has a cell phone its sad, it even goes off during class, i just wanna shoot them

[RA]ZdaN · 02-14-2003, 03:04 PM

[quote="Old Reliable":58cba]at school its like everyone has a cell phone its sad, it even goes off during class, i just wanna shoot them[/quote:58cba]

Yeah a girl in my school has her damn cell phone and always in english class the phone always fukin goes off and she says its her mom WTF whos mom clals them during fukin school

Tripper · 02-14-2003, 03:10 PM

Yup, I do fail to see the reason for bringing them to school. Most schools down here have a rule - if the phone interupts class, it gets confiscated.

Bazooka_Joe · 02-14-2003, 03:21 PM

I have a cell phone. if anyone calls my house looking for me, I'm dead. (seriously, I told my parents to tell people that)