“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” – Douglas Adams
I keep getting calls from (407) 000-0000 on my cell phone. I have never answered and I never will, but it is beginning to annoy me.
First off, I don’t answer my cell phone if I don’t know the number calling. I quit answering when I didn’t know the number years ago because when I first got my number I kept getting calls from people trying to reach the previous number or sell me stuff. I figure if the caller really wants to talk to me they will leave a message.
I’m never going to know who the 000-0000 number is because I will never answer the phone and they will never leave a message.
It’s probably a telemarketer or someone vishing. Vishing is phone based phising where someone calls you or you get a recorded message that tries to get you to give up personal information.
I’m not interested in buying anything from a telemarketer nor do I plan to give personal information out over the phone to someone I don’t know. If the 000-0000 caller is in either group than they are wasting their time on me.
Another possibility is that the person is using the internet to call me. I don’t think this is likely, though, because if it was someone I knew they would leave a message.
Anyway, if you ever get a call from any area code 000-0000 then don’t answer. It’s 90% likely that the caller wants to sell you something or steal your identity.
Jim works as a nurse in the emergency department of one of the hospitals in Orlando. I’m not that surprised that he got H1N1. Thankfully, he doesn’t live with us so he hasn’t exposed us to the damn thing. I sure as hell don’t have time to be out sick for even a day since my three person department became a one person department.
Jim is mostly over it and is hoping to be cleared to go back to work tomorrow. I hope he is able to go back to work. I know he’s probably going a bit stir crazy right now.
