Robo Calls

[SilenceS]

Late on posting this, but just remembered.

A couple weeks ago I got a call from some number I'd never seen before, so I sent it to VM.

Same number immediately called again, to VM.

Again immediately.... VM 1 more time.... I've had robo calls do this.

Fourth time, immediately... ok fine let's see who it is.

I pick up... "Hello?"

"STOP FUCKING CALLING ME"

"I'm sorry, who is this?"

"I SAID STOP FUCKING CALLING ME, YOU'VE BEEN CALLING ME ALL FUCKING MORNING"

I want to pause here.... this guy was getting spammed, supposedly by my number, but more than likely by a block of Google Voice numbers and mine was in the range so he dialed until he got one with a person behind it.

And even if I buy that my number was calling him over and over all morning.... didn't he, at some point, answer one of the calls? And find a robot message that was annoying him, rather than me?

Ok, let's proceed.... me responding to "I SAID STOP FUCKING CALLING ME, YOU'VE BEEN CALLING ME ALL FUCKING MORNING"

"Listen, I don't know who you are, but I haven't been calling you."

"THEN WHY HAVE I BEEN GETTING CALLS ALL FUCKING MORNING"

Btw he sounds like your average white 22-26 year old who understands the world roughly as well as he did when he was 7.

"I don't know who has been calling you, but it sounds like you're being robo called.... you've reached a real person here, and I've not been calling you"

"WELL... OK I MEAN.... THEN WHY AM I GETTING ALL THESE CALLS"

Oh caveman starting to kinda get it.

"You're likely getting robo called, I get em too, they are quite annoying, but I can assure you it isn't me calling you... again I am a real person and I haven't been calling you."

"OK... Ok... Fine then.... Ok sorry.... man just... like... whatever, bye I guess"

"Good luck"

call ends.

I'm not 100% certain if a robo call was somehow spoofing my number or if this guy was getting robo spammed and just decided to try calling any number in the block until he got a person, but either way the ultra shouting aggro af that he had, and then that steep drop when I was generally polite to him.... was pretty lolz.

I still feel bad I didn't get the chance to explain to him he could block numbers from calling his phone.... I remembered as I blocked his number lol.

TL;DR for @Grimson

AGGRO AF WAS GETTING ROBOCALLED AND @Ares EXPLAINED ROBOCALLS TO HIM AND HE IMMEDIATELY CALMED THE **** DOWN.

I get called by my own phone number

 

[Omeletpants]

Late on posting this, but just remembered.

A couple weeks ago I got a call from some number I'd never seen before, so I sent it to VM.

Same number immediately called again, to VM.

Again immediately.... VM 1 more time.... I've had robo calls do this.

Fourth time, immediately... ok fine let's see who it is.

I pick up... "Hello?"

"STOP FUCKING CALLING ME"

"I'm sorry, who is this?"

"I SAID STOP FUCKING CALLING ME, YOU'VE BEEN CALLING ME ALL FUCKING MORNING"

I want to pause here.... this guy was getting spammed, supposedly by my number, but more than likely by a block of Google Voice numbers and mine was in the range so he dialed until he got one with a person behind it.

And even if I buy that my number was calling him over and over all morning.... didn't he, at some point, answer one of the calls? And find a robot message that was annoying him, rather than me?

Ok, let's proceed.... me responding to "I SAID STOP FUCKING CALLING ME, YOU'VE BEEN CALLING ME ALL FUCKING MORNING"

"Listen, I don't know who you are, but I haven't been calling you."

"THEN WHY HAVE I BEEN GETTING CALLS ALL FUCKING MORNING"

Btw he sounds like your average white 22-26 year old who understands the world roughly as well as he did when he was 7.

"I don't know who has been calling you, but it sounds like you're being robo called.... you've reached a real person here, and I've not been calling you"

"WELL... OK I MEAN.... THEN WHY AM I GETTING ALL THESE CALLS"

Oh caveman starting to kinda get it.

"You're likely getting robo called, I get em too, they are quite annoying, but I can assure you it isn't me calling you... again I am a real person and I haven't been calling you."

"OK... Ok... Fine then.... Ok sorry.... man just... like... whatever, bye I guess"

"Good luck"

call ends.

I'm not 100% certain if a robo call was somehow spoofing my number or if this guy was getting robo spammed and just decided to try calling any number in the block until he got a person, but either way the ultra shouting aggro af that he had, and then that steep drop when I was generally polite to him.... was pretty lolz.

I still feel bad I didn't get the chance to explain to him he could block numbers from calling his phone.... I remembered as I blocked his number lol.

TL;DR for @Grimson

AGGRO AF WAS GETTING ROBOCALLED AND @Ares EXPLAINED ROBOCALLS TO HIM AND HE IMMEDIATELY CALMED THE **** DOWN.

You are one angry ******

 

[Burque]

I get healthcare enrollment calls from a number that's similar to mine all the time.

It will always be the same area code and first three and then a random last four, for example: (505) 555-xxxx. I used to ignore them, but then had to go and delete the VM. I just answer, press 9, if it doesn't hang up I press 2, if that doesn't work I then hang up manually.

I also get the extended warranty calls. That's some list that your name gets on when you buy a car. I swear they've been threatening to stop calling me for like three years now. This is your final opportunity!