Every call I’ve ever had that was a wrong number, misdailed number, pocket dial or whatever that wasn’t supposed to be for me turned out to be a spam call or marketing call for something. Most of the time, it was a way for me to confirm my number to some dumb marketer.
For the past year or two, I answer all mysterious calls I don’t recognize and put it immediately on ‘mute’. If the person calling doesn’t identify themselves … I let them hang up first and then I just block the number. If they identify themselves with some weird marketing message … I let them hang up and then block the number.
I have a contact list of about a dozen people that I call or call me … mostly family and two friends. I have more people I know beyond that list but they all know I don’t like talking or texting on a phone. I don’t like using the phone.
The only time I get to use the phone is in watching at least one random call a week. Half the time its a telemarketer and the other time, some political or government organization wanting to ask something. Texts are usually random with people asking dumb questions like ‘hey’ … ‘where are you?’ … ‘hey frank how you doing’ … or some random thing to entice me to answer. If I don’t recognize, I delete and block.