Calling just to hand up

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OK! I am very tired of it! Is there any way I can call the operator to find the #$% hole that calls me EVERY DAY just to hang up when I answer the phone?! I will make THEIR life hell, just like they made mine!

Maybe they would like to be in the middle of a hectic dungion run, get wiped because of a dam phone ring, then deal with the group calling them a looser?! Maybe they would like to have someone wake them up in the middle of the morning just to stupidly hang up! Maybe they want to be unemployed, waiting for an important call to come in! Maybe they would like to have a loved one stranded somewhere they can't reach, waiting for some sign that they are ok, only to get "click". .. 'ring' "hello" "chuckles' CLICK"

This has gone on for a long time, and I am very tired of it.

Are you it's not just a telemarketer?

I've had the same two telemarketer companies call me all weekend on my cell. I dont answer but one always leaves a voicemail that's only 2 seconds long and no one is saying anything.

You don't have to call the operator. You can just put in *69 and you will be told by a robo-recording.

This was even immortalized in a R.E.M. song:

"I know who you are
I know who you are
*69"


You can also call your phone company and get caller id enabled but there is a monthly fee for that. Nevertheless, I pay that monthly fee because it is very nice to be able to just look at the phone screen and know who is calling before I even pick up the phone.

This happened to me once for years on my home phone. The number was blocked to *69. Eventually I just gave up on a home phone as the calls were so frequent that I could never have the ringer turned on.

I cannot imagine having a telephone without either caller ID or an answering machine (if you buy a phone with an answering machine built in, there's no need to pay for caller ID).

I won't pick up the phone until I know who's calling. Even if its someone I know, I often wait and call them back later, when I'm ready to talk.

But I understand how irritating that can be, my phone rings at least once an hour between 9a and 9p and its either robot creditors looking for people who had the number before me, or call hangups, which I ascribe to telemarketers who know they can't sell anything to an answering machine.

What annoys me most about it all is that both my land line and my cell numbers are listed with the National Do-Not-Call Registry and these people still keep calling!

Caller ID is a must for me. The ringer on my land line is turned off and I check it occasionally. Anyone I need to talk to has my cell. I hate the sound of a phone ringing. It makes me jump every time and the only people who call on my land line are telemarketers. That makes me think, is it possible to get a phone designed for the hearing impaired that would just flash a light? I know that would bother a lot of people but I would prefer it to the abrupt nerve jangling ringing.

You can buy the light kits at Radio Shack but I don't know if it comes with instructions on how to wire it into your phone. I saw engineers in radio stations do it many times ('cause of course you can't have a phone ringing when the mic's on). Frankly, the flashing light can get just as annoying as a jangling ring after awhile, especially when you're busy and just can't get to it right now. I just recently bought an ATT base/satellite combo that has a menu of different ring choices, much like a cell phone. I have it set to a very muted ring, like you hear in Doctor's offices. Of course if I'm not in the room when it rings or I have music playing, I often miss the call until I check the machine. Oh well. Like I would have been rushing to answer it anyway...

I used to just turn the ringer off entirely - I would know somebody was calling when my outgoing message would suddenly start playing. That had a tendency to jangle my nerves sometimes, too, and it was my own voice. But the message was fun - it said:

Hello! By entering this code number, you've activated an Interconnect Telecommunications Intelligence Satellite Feedback System - which will cause the telephone receiver you are now holding to detonate with the force of a one-quarter megaton nuclear device. Should you have any final words for posterity, please feel free to leave them at the end of this message. At the tone, you will have 20 seconds to reach minimum-safe-distance...

But after 911 I decided the authorities might not find that quite so amusing, so I changed it.

funny message

They had to come and get my son out of class on days they had fire drills in elementary school. Now that he's in middle school he does better simply because not only is the tone different but there is a flashing light a second or so before. It's all about the startle reflex for both of us.

I would recommend the Do Not Call list.

Get a caller ID. You can call them back.