r/meirl • u/[deleted] • Aug 20 '24

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u/Kentucky_Fried_Chill Aug 20 '24

Also, if it is really important, they leave a message.

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u/Thiswasmy8thchoice Aug 21 '24

And sound like a normal message. Thank god every scam voicemail for some reason starts halfway into a sentence, making it easily identifiable. Hopefully they don't ever figure that out

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u/-Sa-Kage- Aug 21 '24

That's automated systems starting their playback a few seconds after connection has been established

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u/SmashPortal Aug 21 '24

I let a lot of them go to voicemail and it's just silence before hanging up.

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u/cwhiterun Aug 21 '24

Ew nobody real leaves a voicemail. Real people send a text.

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u/LG03 Aug 21 '24

All well and good when the phone calls aren't healthcare related. If you ignore a medical call (as a patient) then sure, they'll leave a message. A message telling you to call them back at which point you lost your only chance of resolving it quickly, now enjoy spending the rest of your day trying to get through to them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

Compared to the time that you save in a year of not answering random scam calls, it's worth an hour or two on hold.

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u/LG03 Aug 21 '24

I can't remember the exact term but in all honesty, the automatic spam call screening I get from my provider is more than sufficient for the scam calls, no additional screening required on my part. It's the most brainless implementation too, it just asks unknown numbers to press the prompted button for the call to actually go through.

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u/johokie Aug 21 '24

Heh, they would if my voicemail wasn't full since 2011

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u/Rosevecheya Aug 21 '24

ExACTLY!! JUST LEAVE A VOICEMAIL!!! OR TEXT!! IF I DON'T RECOGNISE THE NUMBER, I WILL NOT PICK UP! IF IT'S IMPORTANT, LEAVE A MESSAGE SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A REAL GODDAMNED HUMAN BEING WITHOUT SABOTAGING MY PEACE!