Do you answer withheld number phone calls?

[skidMark]

maby its offcer tomas

lol u bastard that was pretty gud

[Mom]

Sweets.............answer the phone...........you never know it might be meeeeeeee



















NOT!

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Many people have confidential landlines and those numbers will not show up on any cell phone when they call it. They have them confidential for many reasons.
They could be teachers, police, people who have been abused and hiding from their ex's, hospitals and some businesses. Some people chose to have a confidential number - it doesnt cost a thing now to have one.

The fact that the person rung 5 times within a short period of time, means it could be urgent...... so answer the damn thing..... someone close to you maybe be dead or badly hurt.

But as it turned out it was just a friend.

Mine is in that bracket as I'm a nurse working in mental health. Its confidential for obvious reasons...

[shcabbeh]

If you have just ordered Pizza Hut, answer your damn phone or I will cancel your damn order.

[skidMark]

oooo hookus up with free pizza brooooo eeeee

[shcabbeh]

ahuhuhu

Seriously though, the amount of orders we cancel due to people not answering their phones is ridiculous. ("It was blocked so I didn't answer!")

Telephones aren't devices of the Devil, people. We're not going to steal your soul through them, we have other methods in marketing for that.

[skidMark]

ahuhuhu

Seriously though, the amount of orders we cancel due to people not answering their phones is ridiculous. ("It was blocked so I didn't answer!")

Telephones aren't devices of the Devil, people. We're not going to steal your soul through them, we have other methods in marketing for that.

seriously man, where the fucks my free pizzas?

(you can't sleep either huh) LOL

[shcabbeh]

seriously man, where the fucks my free pizzas?

(you can't sleep either huh) LOL

They're in the Entertainment Coupon Book.

Sleep is for the weak! At least that's how I'm justifying staying up.

[rwh]

Seriously though, the amount of orders we cancel due to people not answering their phones is ridiculous. ("It was blocked so I didn't answer!")

What is the point of blocking your number when you're a pizza shop?

Richard

[Mole_C]

My home phone always blocks itself, dunno why but if i was calling you and you hung up on me i'd kick ya in the head!

[shcabbeh]

What is the point of blocking your number when you're a pizza shop?

Richard

I'm not in a store, I'm in the callcentre.

The way it's set up means that if we call out from there and have our number showing it'll be the number of the individual phone, not the 0800 number. The idea when we leave messages is to call back the 0800 number, not the individual operator. If the operator is on a break or in another call, then it messes up the work distribution and means only the people verifying will get calls. It'd mess up queues and management of calls etc.

Besides that, we get a ridiculous amount of prank calls due to having the second most recognised number in NZ (after 111). We don't want them to be able to get the same person every time.

[rwh]

I'm not in a store, I'm in the callcentre.

The way it's set up means that if we call out from there and have our number showing it'll be the number of the individual phone, not the 0800 number. The idea when we leave messages is to call back the 0800 number, not the individual operator. If the operator is on a break or in another call, then it messes up the work distribution and means only the people verifying will get calls. It'd mess up queues and management of calls etc.

Besides that, we get a ridiculous amount of prank calls due to having the second most recognised number in NZ (after 111). We don't want them to be able to get the same person every time.

Oh, I see. I'm sure a little nice talking to your telco would let you set the 0800 number for your caller id though. Mind if I ask how big the call centre is?

Richard

[shcabbeh]

Oh, I see. I'm sure a little nice talking to your telco would let you set the 0800 number for your caller id though. Mind if I ask how big the call centre is?

Richard

Yeah, we're with TelstraClear.

It's reasonably sized, about 130 CSRs/team leaders and help desk members.

[Shadows]

Well, I don't have caller display, so I can get paranoid every time the phone rings.

[Disco Dan]

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.

My landline numbers have always been 'private' and not in the whitepages etc and always appear 'withheld' when I call people from it.

However, I dont generally answer my cell phone if the number is withheld; I prefer to wait and listen to the answermachine message.

I also may not answer my cell phone if the number is not in my address book - ie I dont know them.

When I set up my landline recently I got Telecom to check the number to see how many times it has been dialled in the past year or so, to ensure it was not going to be ringing every five minutes with wrong numbers.

Everyone is diferent Mark, some people value their privacy more than others.....

I cant stand it when people turn up without being invited to my home, I find it very rude. If someone wishes to come over, they should call/text me first and wait for me to invite them. It is only polite in my view. But that is the English culture I was brought up on.

FYI Mark: 0197 before the number will withhold your number from showing to the person your calling, and if your line is private doing the same number will do the opposite.