Do you answer withheld number phone calls?

**skidMark** · 28th June 2007, 23:03

i keep getting call after call like 5 in a row now withheld number, i don't like to answer them i dunno figure it might be cops or something, i figure if somebodys hiding thier number from me it aint a gud thing.

what you guys reckon am i being silly or best to just let it ring.

not just in this case but in general.

**marty** · 28th June 2007, 23:07

you just never know who's looking for you.

sounds to me like it's the cops. they ALWAYS hide their number

**scumdog** · 28th June 2007, 23:10

Yeah you silly cunt, if it IS the cops then that's the least of your worries.
Now if it is NOT the cops then you really are in the shit.

**Drew** · 28th June 2007, 23:14

If the cops are ringing you, then it aint that bad, cos they wouldn't call to let yuo know they were after you for something serious, and they would leave a message. Five calls in a row would be damn near harassment, and they aint dumb enough to jeaperdise anything by being so silly.

Baycorp and IRD however, will just keep coming, not answering wont help, they've got unlimited resources to chase you with.

Just grow a pair and answer the thing.

**Madness** · 28th June 2007, 23:17

If it is the plod there's no point in answering anyway. They would have already remotely activated the big brother feature installed on all modern cellphones. Your phone is probably now a microphone, linked directly to Police National Headquarters.

You're fucked Mark.

EDIT: Wrap the fucker in tinfoil, quick!

**Karma** · 28th June 2007, 23:19

All sorts of places withhold their number, mainly the places that run on PABX's, hospitals, that sorta jazz.

Someone could be dead.

**yod** · 28th June 2007, 23:28

anybody remember when caller id didnt exist??

did anyone answer their phones then?

**scumdog** · 28th June 2007, 23:31

Originally Posted by yod

anybody remember when caller id didnt exist??

did anyone answer their phones then?

Shudup ya silly prick, carry on like this and you're going to ruin the whole thread with your logic.!!!

**yod** · 28th June 2007, 23:33

Originally Posted by scumdog

Shudup ya silly prick, carry on like this and you're going to ruin the whole thread with your logic.!!!

oops....sorry!!

**inlinefour** · 28th June 2007, 23:41

Originally Posted by skidMark

i keep getting call after call like 5 in a row now withheld number, i don't like to answer them i dunno figure it might be cops or something, i figure if somebodys hiding thier number from me it aint a gud thing.

what you guys reckon am i being silly or best to just let it ring.

not just in this case but in general.

If someone is ringing then its just plain rude not to answer it. The only time I will not answer my phone is when I'm operating a motor vehicle.

**skidMark** · 29th June 2007, 01:26

it turned out just to be my mate on his bros phone, not wanting me to have his number lol....

but regardless this is just one example, it makes me think the worst when a number is hidden, they have a reason, as i have had mr plod call in the past...withheld

**Gremlin** · 29th June 2007, 01:57

My life is busy enough without having a "private" mobile. Then again, when my phone rings, the shit has usually hit the fan somewhere, but yeh, always answer the phone, it can be anything (plus boss would start to be just a little annoyed, if I decided not to answer my phone

)

re PABX, it does sometimes depend system to system. One client, I can see which DDI is ringing me, another, I was puzzled for a few days as the person ringing from a number kept changing, but then I realised, its just a line, to be used, to go out.

**scracha** · 29th June 2007, 04:20

Originally Posted by skidMark

what you guys reckon am i being silly or best to just let it ring.

not just in this case but in general.

You're being silly. Telecon are such a fuckup that a lot of the time the caller ID doesn't come through and it's nothing to do with the other party deliberately withholding their number.

**Trudes** · 29th June 2007, 06:54

I do if my hubby's not home, because it's probably him.

**Kflasher** · 29th June 2007, 07:07

It could be a random radio call... you could have won something.... or just some crazed axe wielding maniac that just wants to talk... answer you damm phone, I wanna know.....