# Receiving voicemail for a survey

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiving-voicemail-for-a-survey/667378>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 28, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiving-voicemail-for-a-survey/667378 "2013-08-28T05:55:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiving-voicemail-for-a-survey/667378/3 "2013-08-28T20:33:28Z")

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I decided to post this question because of a persistent theme that I’ve seen on this board. Here’s a prime example from another thread.

> [@Automobile extended warranties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automobile-extended-warranties/667407/4):
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> Get a call blocker app for your smart phone - I have Call Control for Android. For any other phone make sure to check Caller ID and don’t answer anything that you don’t recognize. If it’s important, they will leave a voice mail.

In other words, according to this commonly-expressed opinion, these Marist surveys must surely be important, since we leave voicemails asking people to call us back.

I find it interesting–and not entirely unexpected–that at least some people are apparently just blowing smoke when they say something along that line. The poll results so far are extremely lopsided.

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