I've occasionally wished I had Caller ID. Even telemarketers, I hate to hang up on them. I try to explain I'm not interested, but they have all these canned responses so I end up having to hang up on them anyway.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.
The majority of people call or message me because they need something or they want something. You never know what people's intentions are.
I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day.
Everybody knows I return all of my phone calls. I pick up my cell phone myself, much to the chagrin of my staff.
One thing that I tell people all the time is, 'I'm not going to answer a call from you after nine o'clock at night or before nine o'clock in the morning unless it's an emergency.'
I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.
I don't like telephones.
People with the strongest and healthiest sense of calling are not obsessed with their calling. They are preoccupied with the Caller.
I don't even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don't want to call anybody back. If I go to hell, it will be a small closet with a telephone in it, and I will be doomed and destined for eternity to return phone calls.
I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.