Do you lie about not being at home, when it was you, who answered the phone?

I do this to telemarketers all the time! They'll call me and ask, "Is Mr. Henry home?" I'll quickly say, "No, he's not. Can I take a message?" Then they really try to avoid that hang up. They'll ask all kinds of questions hoping to get some solid answers. "So when will he be home?" When he gets here. "What time will that be?" Whatever time the clock says when he walks in. "Do you know where he's at?" Nah, but I'm sure he does. "Did he tell you where he was going?" No, but he'll tell me when he gets back. "What time does he usually get home?" Nighttime. And they go on and on for like 50 questions. Then as soon as I ask ONE, they get all defensive on me: "Can I ask why you're calling?" "It's Mr. Henry's business, sir. I can't discuss this with anyone else."

only if it's a bill collector. if somebody was being a pain in the butt to me i'd either ask someone else to say i'm out or not answer it at all.

Haha you know I do this quite a lot too! Some days our phone rings constantly with people trying to sell me things and although I am not an ignorant person the fact that they will not take no for an answer really winds me up. So some days it is just easier and politer to tell them that I am not in! The trouble is I am pretty sure that they do not believe me!

I've definitely done this a time or too. Sometimes there are just those people that you don't feel like talking too. Some people just talk way too long and I'm just not in the mood to have a long phone conversation. Sometimes it just might be that I don't want to talk on the phone with them because I don't like the long awkward silences that can happen so I just think it's better not to answer. On the other hand, after multiple calls I might answer because I figure if they call that many times it must be important even if they don't leave a message. Sometimes I don't leave messages because I'm just not very comfortable with that. I especially answer if it's like in the middle of the night because something may have happened. Once I had a friend call me at like midnight bawling because someone had did a hit and run on her and she was still shaken up about it so she needed someone to talk too. It's sometimes hard to say if you should answer a call or not because you never know if it could be serious or not.

Yes, I too often do. Sometimes we are reluctant to answer calls from certain people or we are tired after working all day. I often tell my wife to answer phone calls, I ordered her to say that I'm going out for something that my wife now own. I also tell my wife to say that my hand phone wasn't taken.

actually i was 7 when i learnt something like this..my father use to do this mostly on sunday .he jut wanted to avoid people and most important hated t go out.he wanted total rest with no stress..i was smwall and had no sense of answering d cals so he use to do it by himself.how when m grown and now when the cellrings he will ask to tell that person dat hes out or sleepinf or not well,gone to yhe,doc etc there are no end to these kinds of excuses........

Yes Cream I do it because I am so fed up with the Telesales that keep calling I just want them to leave me alone I do not want to buy anything or change companies with Gas and Electric and what ever else they say to me Lately I am getting calls where an answering machine is talking to me and it said Please do not hang up this is not a sale and that is how far I let it go and then hang up it just makes me so mad how they get my Number as my Number is not even listed

All the especially if its a tele sales person or someone who is trying to get me to buy something. We are ex directory and it annoys me that people do that. So yes I have a secretarial voice and tell them "she is not available".

I have done that with telemarketers and then I tell them to call back when I know for sure that I'm not going to be at home. I have never done it with my friends because they'd catch on for sure. They all know my voice pretty well. I'd mess up...couldn't lie to my friends like that but ya...someone I don't know t hen it works perfectly and when you tell them that 7 is a good time to call knowing that you are not usually home at that hour...perfect!

hi cream no I dont like to lie, so I just cut it off quickly no matter what if someone calls when I a m busy and cannot give them my undivided attention. Ihave lied to telemarketers and will do so again. I am not me, and do not know when me will be here or sometimes I even say no she no longer lives here. And even worse if I can tell its a telemarketer I just hang up right in the middle of their spiel.

Well it wouldn't work if it was one of my family members calling, because they would know its me as soon as I answered the phone..ha. If its a bill collector or something, I might would tell them I'm not home to call back later. I hate answering the phone when telemarketers call, I've told them before that I wasn't home to call back later..lol.

Hey cream! I am lmao! I do that plenty of times! If someone is calling that I don't want to speak to I do that too! How is the person on the other end supposed to know that it is me or not? I love to do that! I say the same thing that you do! I only do it if I accidently answer a call that I mistakenly pick up because I read the caller ID wrong or if was a "Private Caller" and it turned out to be someone selling something! I am usually pretty careful about answering those kinds of calls, but once in awhile I do make mistakes and then I do have to lie and make believe that it's not me!lol

Guilty as charged! I do this to telemarketers. Sometimes, I even have fun with it and change my voice a bit. Or sometimes I pretend that I am hard of hearing, and say 'what', 'pardon me', 'can you repeat that'. I know it is not right, but sometimes I feel that they don't have the right to intrude in our homes. One thing I want to try though, is the Jerry Seinfeld way. If telemarketers called, I'd ask them for their home number, so I can call them back.

Oh yes!!!!!!! So many times!!!!!!! Specially for telemarking and boring people I never say "hello" on telephone with my real voice because if it was telemarking or boring people I can say I'm not in my house!!!! It's so nice!!!!!!!

I hate lies and so I do not lie because I believe you get what you serve to others so if you want respect and honesty firstly be honest to others. To avoid calls and person simply do not respond to them for a while if you in confusion or not in mood to talk with but giving wrong impression or by fake behavior you make fool yourself first and then other. Because any relation based on some genuine feelings and try not to hurt any.

Well, it depends who's calling repeatedly. If it's a telemarketer, yes I would. My husband has already told them he was me, just to mess with them and get rid of them. If they're interrupting your supper or relaxation time for their nonsense, then anything goes as far as I'm concerned.

Nope, haven't done this. I just tell them I am not interested and hang up. Unless we are talking about personal calls? Well actually, if it's a personal call, I assume they'd know your voice. :-)

I have never done that because I believe that if I have to do that then maybe I should just tell the person to stop calling me and let it rest at that.I understand though that somepersons are downright annoying at time sand they dont seem to understand when you say dont call me or dont come to my house

Yes, sometime, we have to lie for certain things, which is not in control. I do this only if its really needed and not just for fun or to bother someone. And yes - call center, selling offers and some similar calls , where I do lie that I am not available at home or office or somewhere else where the next person want me to be available.

I have never done this. We have caller ID, so if I see it's someone I don't want to talk to, or just don't feel like talking at all at the moment, then I just don't answer the phone. I'll let the answering machine or voice mail pick up. Not to mention, I try to not lie. If I picked up the phone and didn't want to talk, then I'd just tell the person that I'm busy at the moment and I'll call them back later.