do you answer your phone if someone calls on a private number?

@ezzie26 (185)
Australia
November 5, 2006 11:03pm CST
i dont, i think its rude so i never answer them, if friends call on private they usually text me first to let me know they are about to call me.
13 responses
• Australia
7 Nov 06
i do...but there was a time there when i was avoiding someone and they had their no on private all the time so i never answered. If its someone i dont wanna talk to i just say so. hehe
@ezzie26 (185)
• Australia
7 Nov 06
im wondering if it was the same person that we were avoiding? do you think so?
• United States
6 Nov 06
nope, If i dont knwo the number I dont pick it up lol call me paranoid but if you are worth my time then you will leave a message :)
@ezzie26 (185)
• Australia
8 Nov 06
i also say that, people say why dont you just answer? if you dont want to talk just hang up! but i would rather listen to the message if its important i will call them back.
@magnel (2263)
• India
16 Nov 06
I would not give my private number to everyone, it is only for special people... so if i've given that number to someone he/she has to be special and i have answer that call.
• Indonesia
6 Nov 06
No, i don't... and i will not... ^^
@ezzie26 (185)
• Australia
6 Nov 06
its rude isnt it! i cant see why they cant call from their own number. why hide the number.
@ebnong (411)
• Malaysia
16 Nov 06
yes i do
@ebnong (411)
• Malaysia
16 Nov 06
yes i do
@ilse72 (1450)
• United States
7 Nov 06
I do not answer unidentified calls or calls from unknown numbers. If it is someone who really wants to reach me or if it is important, they will leave a message. I don't want to pick up the phone to find someone trying to push encyclopedias down my throat or trying to talk me into a donation to an organization I never heard of...I have better things to do with my time.
@POOHGIRL (213)
• United States
7 Nov 06
sometimes
@Lindalinda (4111)
• Canada
7 Nov 06
I never answer those calls. Sometimes though I miss out on a call if a friend calls on a cell phone and does not reveal his or her number. Eventually though we do connect either in person or by e-mail
• United States
7 Nov 06
Sometimes
@firelight (1858)
• Australia
13 Nov 06
It depends on my mood, if it is an inconvenient time then often I don't as anyone that knows me does not hide their number. There's nothing worse than being interrupted while doing something important by a stranger trying to sell you something and waste your time.
@ZowieR (940)
• Canada
7 Nov 06
yeah why not, I don;t care where ppl are calling from
@saq786 (733)
7 Nov 06
yes i do answer it. but now i started to stop answering it cos it tends to get annoying nowing that they can call without private number, so wots the point of them to hide there number.