re: People who call back a missed call from unknown number?

If its during the time of year I get a lot of reference requests I will. I don't want someone to not get a job just because I didn't answer.

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I do at work because I have to. They come through a recorded line and pop up in a window as a missed call.

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That's different. We're talking missed call on your personal cell phone from a number you don't know.

it's funny how the dynamics have changed 100%.

Now that we have a multitude of ways to connect with each other, calling someone back seems almost counterintuitive. Unproductive if you will.

15 years ago, I would always do it.

Now, I'm at the point, why are you even calling me? Send me an email, and it will save us both 5 minutes of our day.

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Do you dial back your missed calls?

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Never.

There's this thing called "voicemail".

Use it if you want me to maybe call you back.

I've heard a scam where when you call the number back you get hit with a lot usage charges...
I never do it...

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There's this thing called "voicemail".

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yep

if its of any kind of importance, they can leave a voicemail.

i never answer random phone number calls

Isn't it a pretty big scam now where you'll get calls from a foreign country that look like domestic numbers, and when you call back you'll get fricked paying like 5 bucks a minute or something?

I call back because my work phone and personal phone are one and the same.

years ago before the age of cell phones, my 10 year old nephew got left behind in Biloxi after a school field trip. He called his parents from a pay phone. They did have caller ID but didn't recognize the number so they didn't answer. My sister decided to call the number back and her son answered. no telling what would have happened had they not called back.



This is where my fear comes from.

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Do you dial back your missed calls?

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Always