Those *** spam calls ...

I have to share a personal rant today. The robo spam calls that most of us receive – some of which are trying to sell us our soon-to -xpire car warranty (we drive a 2003 Saturn Vue, think it expired a way back when); Medicare insurance information (goodness, I hadn’t realized how bad mine was before you called); my television provider (I can’t get the real provider to call me back when I am having problems but this imposter calls regularly; insurance needs (ever hear of so many insurance needs that you could become insurance poor?; and a new one today: “We are charging your account $440.69 today unless you press No. 1 to speak to our agent.” (You have got to be kidding that I am going press No 1 or any other number with this recorded approach).

That’s just a sampling

My wife and I are on the federal no-call list. It really doesn’t seem to help. My wife has a simpler solution for robo calls. She answers no call unless it is one of her contacts. Smart woman.   

Some would call me anal; others a slow learner, but I still answer the call when my phone rings. Maybe it is my business training or experiences in the past that make me answer but there I am, “Hello, hello – (listen) - forget it, don’t call back”.

I do not keep my phone in the bedroom – sleep is too important to be interrupted by this nuisance, besides which, any friend or relative that would call in the middle of the night would know better. Friends tell me that if I didn’t pick up the call that sooner or later the robo calls would stop. Old habits are so hard to break. A call may be important.

So, the occasional rant has to slip out.