Do you call back every number on your caller ID?

[magicmato]

I just look the number up on the internet.

LMAO! I do that all the time! If someone keeps calling and not leaving a message, I look it up to try and figure out who it is...

 

[snowy76]

AAaaaaaarrrrrgggggGGGGHHHH!!!! I HATE when people do this! As a receptionist, I field about 100 calls a day, and at least 3 of them DAILY are some idiot insisting that I tell them who called them a few hours ago, and why. Never mind that we have 130 people in the office. Sheesh.

We had the same thing happening at the last school I worked at. 50 employees, three phone lines that ALL ID'ed back to our office phone... so we'd have parents calling up and asking who called them. Um, I don't know, we have 50 people who work here. Then I'd get reamed because *I* answered, so *I* must have called because it came from *my* phone. Didn't understand the concept of extensions. One mother screamed at me because if someone called from the school then her daughter must be hurt, and why didn't I know what happened to her daughter? Actually, the kid's teacher had let the daughter call home to see if mom could bring her lunch.

 

[Disney Doll]

I usually never call back caller IDs, but every once in a while I'll see a number that looks familiar, I'll call it.

 

[GeorgeG]

No, and I don't answer many of the numbers on my caller ID... the reason for having it in the first place. I'm not anti-social, just don't like talking on the phone.

 

[Keli]

AAaaaaaarrrrrgggggGGGGHHHH!!!! I HATE when people do this! As a receptionist, I field about 100 calls a day, and at least 3 of them DAILY are some idiot insisting that I tell them who called them a few hours ago, and why. Never mind that we have 130 people in the office. Sheesh.

During certain times of the year when we are really busy this happens all the time at work. We all answer incoming lines as we have time and they are all routed all over. The thing is, as a rule, very few people in our building call anyone without leaving a message since they are calling for a particular reason. I always ask the caller if they've checked their messages and the answer is almost always 'no'. You just have to shake your head and laugh.

 

[va32h]

I always ask the caller if they've checked their messages and the answer is almost always 'no'. You just have to shake your head and laugh.

This is so annoying when this happens. Even with friends and family. They'll call and say "oh I saw that you called, what did you want?" And I'll say "I left you a message, did you check your messages?". And they say "Oh no, I just saw that you called."

Well why the heck do you have voice mail if you aren't going to listen to the messages?

And yes, I have had lunatic people call me because my number came up on their caller ID. I don't get why they are so belligerent about it. I have never called back a number from my caller ID. I can even let the phone ring and not even look at it - which drives my husband crazy!

On the other hand - I am incredibly curious about mail. If something comes for my husband I have to call him at work and ask him to please let me open it, because I can't wait til he gets home.

 

[Swimnoid]

I had caller ID and if I see a number I don't recognize I just delete it. What is the reason for calling back? I figure if it is that important they would leave a message.

Exactly my thoughts

 

[nja33]

This is so annoying when this happens. Even with friends and family. They'll call and say "oh I saw that you called, what did you want?" And I'll say "I left you a message, did you check your messages?". And they say "Oh no, I just saw that you called."

Well why the heck do you have voice mail if you aren't going to listen to the messages?

My sister does this ALL THE TIME! I've stopped leaving her messages because I know that she won't even bother to listen to it. One day I left her a message letting her know my father and I wouldn't be home if she stopped by that afternoon. Instead of listening to the message she sent me a text message wanting to know why I called. I hate sending them back when they can be long because I just think it's annoying so I told her to just listen to the dang message. Geez, if I wanted to text her I wouldn't have called!


Okay, back to the original topic, no, I never call back someone if they don't leave a message. Especially if I don't know the number. I'd never think of asking "who's this?" when I called someone. My cousin does this all the time when he calls from his cell phone so I have no idea who it is and I don't talk to him all that often so I don't recognize the voice. It's so annoying!

 

[poohandwendy]

I hardly ever even check my home caller id history...let alone actually call the numbers back. I use my cel phone primarily anyways. It's very rare for me to get any calls from unknown people.

When I read the OP, though, I wondered if the people who call back so irate are suspicious of their SO or something (cheating)? I dunno, it just seems odd to be super concerned about a phone number you don't recognize. People dial the wrong number all of the time. Unless I kept getting the same number over and over, it wouldn't even cross my mind.

 

[Luv'sTink]

Nope, my time is valuable you know?!?!?! I HAVE to Dis and uhhhh do other things yeah that's it!

 

[Lisa L from MI]

I always call back a number on my cellphone that I don't recognize.....don't know why and the person never has a problem with it.

 

[rie'smom]

The only calls I return are those from my children or hubby. Everyone else can call back if it's important.

 

[MushyMushy]

I hate when people do this!!!

They almost always do it in an accusatory tone. Hello -- you've never heard of a wrong number? My sister does this all the time. Seriously, I wish I had the time and energy to worry about stupid things like that.

However, I did call a number from my cell phone once. This guy kept calling me and leaving messages, so I finally called him back to tell him he had the wrong number. But I was nice about it and didn't do the whole, "Who is this???? Why are you calling me???" bit.

 

[horseshowmom]

No, I never do. If they want to talk to us, they can leave a message or call back.

Same here...

 

[Heidict]

If someone calls my house and asks me "Who's this", I won't tell them. I always just turned it around on them and ask them who they are. If they persist I say "you called me, you don't know who you are calling?"

Haven't people ever heard of wrong numbers? Either they are paranoid or have way to much free time on their hands.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

I never call back a number unless I recognize it (my mother, Ken...)

Especially now that all of the calls I get lately are from Joe Lieberman or Ned Lamont

 

[Tigger&Belle]

The ONLY time that I would do that is if a person keeps calling and hanging up...ie, a harassing type situation. And yes, I have done reverse look-up a few times out of curiosity, but I sure wouldn't call them. I figure if someone wants me to call back they will leave a message. Even if it's someone I know, I won't call them back. I'll figure that someone I know doesn't leave a message because it's something that's time sensitive and they want to talk to me if I'm home and nevermind if I'm not home. Or they'll call back later.

Sometimes I'll be on a call that I can't interrupt--maybe I'm talking to a dr or on a long distance call, etc, and someone else calls (we have call waiting). If it's someone I know, I will often call that person back as soon as I get off the phone and apologize for not picking up when they called. I don't always do that, though since they can always call back.

 

[Pam]

I just look the number up on the internet.

That's what I do, too!

 

[Froggyswife]

We call back every number because we run our business out of our home. We always say who we are and the name of our business and that someone called us from this number and we were just returning all our calls. Most of the time it is someone wanting work done. Most people here hate answering machines and will not leave a message. If we didn't have the business we wouldn't call the numbers on our id just the ones that left messages.

 

[elizke]

I don't get this either, why you can't call a wrong number anymore without an accusatory return phone call. It's happened to me before. You hear the message and realize your mistake, and then they call you later. Are you supposed to leave a message now that you've called the wrong number, sorry....?

Here's another CID-created problem. I have one sister who complains because the other sister calls her and never leaves a message. (She's just irritated because she wants to know why the other sister is calling before she talks to her, so she can come up with an excuse for saying no to something beforehand really.)

Sometimes you don't want to leave a message, you just want to talk directly when they're home. But now they will see if you've called more than once so you really can't do that any more.