Caller ID has made our lives so much easier. It’s hard to imagine a time when we had to lift a receiver, listen to a voice, and decide to hang up. Today, we are just a button click away from avoiding a call. We see a contact we know will take at least half an hour away from our lives, and we can silently click to voicemail. However, don’t send the call directly to voicemail. Let the phone ring to completion. If you double-click your iPhone, they will know you’ve purposefully avoided the call. If you are using the toilet, you can send a custom text message as a reply saying you will call them back. There is no sense in interrupting your Disney eMoji Blitz game in the middle of a movement.
How do you handle unknown callers? My general rule is this. If you don’t recognize a number, send it directly to voicemail; if the call is important, they will leave a message for you. If they don’t, add it to the block list. Mine is currently over one thousand numbers.
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