I'm the same as your relative, I don't understand why anyone wouldn't answer a call, just because you can't see the number?
I'd guess that you'd have been fine answering house phones before they started displaying numbers on them, so why should it be any different on your mobile?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 11:52, 4 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

It's a scary world out there
I answer all calls, but I cover my phone in tin foil first.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 11:54, Reply)

that doesn't work, man.
You need the foil on your ears to prevent the mind waves getting in.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:04, Reply)

because you had no way of knowing who it was before
if a number is witheld now it's either a business call or a tosser with tinfoil hat issues. I've got no interest on wasting my time on either.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 11:54, Reply)

It could be either my mum or my wife calling from their respective work phones
And since I'm not a tinfoil hat wearing freak I'm quite happy to answer telephone calls.
( Bazongaloid, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 11:57, Reply)

But what if it's the minicab office calling up to say they're taking to court because their being blackmailed by some ex-staff who say that you've got their data when you haven't walked in the building in like 3 years?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:00, Reply)

I solve this problem by only giving out my mobile number to people I know
so the cab company don't have it.
( Bazongaloid, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:00, Reply)

But I used to work for them, so they have to have had my number.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:03, Reply)

You should change your number.

( Bazongaloid, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:04, Reply)

But I've had the same number all my mobile-phone-using life.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:05, Reply)

have their number blocked, then.
it's hardly rocket surgery.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:06, Reply)

Or just don't answer it if you don't want to.
Which brings us back to...
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:08, Reply)

TEN POINTS FOR TEAM-'deal with it later' !

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:10, Reply)

...slowly rocking backwards and forwards, danking?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:10, Reply)

danking?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:14, Reply)

yes sweetie.
Drunken wanking whilst sobbing.

The friday night practice of 47% of male b3tans.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:15, Reply)

I miss danking.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:17, Reply)

The other 53% do it every night

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:18, Reply)

you totally made a typo
quite the speedy imagination at covering it up though. the illiterate quentin could learn a LOT from you.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:19, Reply)

I totally didn't.
it used to be used a lot on here.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:26, Reply)

Doe - a deer, a female deer...

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:10, Reply)

They use their personal mobiles and the company has about 30 numbers.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:09, Reply)

me too
i would get dreadfully confused if it changed.

and just think of all the hundreds of HAWT guys who would no longer be able to text me.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:08, Reply)

I can see that
but then, what's the point of them texting you? you'll only decide they can't hold a candle to nipple boy.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:15, Reply)

i'm not THAT bad!
i do know he would drive me insane in the long term.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:15, Reply)

Of course you're not.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:18, Reply)

I don't know many people who call me from their work phones, generally
so I don't. Not answering a phone to someone you have no need to or interest in talking to is hardly the preserve of the tinfoil hatted, Al.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:01, Reply)

Thats exactly what a tinfoil hat wearer would say.
WAKE UP SHEEPLE! IT'S ALL A CONSPIRACY TO GET YOU TO MISS YOUR PHONECALLS!
( Bazongaloid, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:03, Reply)

Fuck, I'd never thought of that.
We're off the map, people.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:04, Reply)

Exactly.
It may, however, be the preserve of the terminally grumpy, but I am happy to be counted among that set.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:03, Reply)

Telephone calls are intrusive though.
They pay no mind to what you are doing att he time and just demand yor attention. I don't answer my phone for any number of reasons, and withheld numbers is just one of them.

I won't answer on public transport, if I'm eating, pretty much if I am in the middle of anything that I don't want to interupt, even if it's just reading the paper.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 11:58, Reply)

This,
I often put my office line and mobile on voicemail if I am in the middle of something. Phones are very much like a small child shouting in the corner of a room demanding attention, to this end they should be beaten and silent at times.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 11:59, Reply)

You usually answer if you're in the middle of a wank, though.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:03, Reply)

I usually arrange for someone to call when I know I am going to be.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 12:04, Reply)

Because I have a nervous disposition and find it quite an ordeal to talk to cirtain people when I am in cirtain situations.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 6 Feb 2012, 11:58, Reply)