I friggin knew it :mad: !! Ok long story. Around a month ago we started getting these annoying calls. On the caller ID it’s just 000 and unavailibile. Answer the phone silence, dead air, nothing. WTF, who did we piss off? We both have exes, and while mine is the Ultimate B**ch, hangs up aren’t her style. My wife’s ex could care less , so we could rule him out. Old girlfriends, boyfriends? Nah we dated exclusively for two years.
Call the phone company. No they’re not doing, can’t help, Morons! Change the number? Hell no, Ive had the same number for 5 years and can barely remember it when I need to call home. :rolleyes: WTF!
So Who the f**k keeps doing this crap.
Now I start racking my brain. Not someone pissed off apparently. Then I remember the calls qualities, specifically the “dead air”. It’s a computer I think, maybe a fax machine, but there’s no annoying beeping, so Im back to computer. Why the f**k would a computer be doing it. Separate line for computer that’s not it. Dead End.
I always found that if I waited around for a full two hellos (helloes?) I would actually get the damn telemarketer - I assume the computer can tell if someone picks up or not and then connects it to the telemarketer. Wouldn’t want to have them waste THEIR time waiting for the phone to ring, getting busy signals, etc. but there’s a little pause in between when any normal person would have responded and when the connection goes through. It’s very tricky, and I’ve learned to hang up if someone doesn’t respond fast enough. Hey, if they’re someone you wanted to talk to, they’ll call back, and talk fast.
I get the SAME DAMN THING! And even if we stay on the line, it cuts us off and goes dead…and we get a damn busy signal like when the phone is off the hook.
That SUCKS!
Just to follow up my is of the type Guinastasia gets. That’s why we originally thought it was a jerk not a computer.
I get that "Please hold for… one too, but I can deal with those easier, I hang up as soon as someone picks up.
Mine is typically hello…hello…HELLO, Goddammit, cut to busy signal or incompleted call noise
This has also been happening to me for months. I’ve been at the same number for two years now, being very careful who I give my number to. Then several months ago, I started getting these calls where you answer and there’s nobody there. No hang up, no breathing, nothing.
The silence on the phone is especially maddening when someone in the family is ill/elderly/whatever and youre waiting for a call… makes a body want to scream!!!
the same crap happens except i get them up to midnight once i got it at 12:30 a.m. i…was…PISSED!!!
I have gun, next time i am putting the barrel next to the phone and pulling the trigger.
p.s. just wait tl they start calling the cell phone.
Y’all should like this: yesterday, I got a call (which started off with one of those machines that doesn’t connect you to the telemarketer until it knows you’re not a machine, so I was pissed from the get-go) from a dude hawking credit cards.
“Congratulations, sir, you have been pre-approved for a MasterCard blah blah is your address?”
“Yeah, that’s my address but I’m not interested.”
“But sir, blah blah advantages blah card blah?”
“Well, if you’re comfortable with someone with an income of zero having one of your cards, go to town!”
Oh, the confused stammering that ensued…before he could locate the right page of his script, I said, “Thought so. Thank you,” and hung up.
Best thing to do is answer the phone…say yes!! I want whatever the fuc* you are selling. Hold on let me get my card! Lay the phone down and go about your business. of course if you are working a 911 line when they call…please disregard this advice.
We both have exes, and while mine is the Ultimate B**ch, hangs up aren’t her style. My wife’s ex could care less , so we could rule him out. Old girlfriends, boyfriends? Nah we dated exclusively for two years. 
Change the number? Hell no, Ive had the same number for 5 years and can barely remember it when I need to call home. :rolleyes: WTF!
