Random YouTube comment on a scam call video made me rethink my whole approach

Some guy said 'just let it ring, no voicemail no problem' and honestly I realized I've been overcomplicating spam call blocking for years. Has anyone else found that ignoring unknown numbers completely is actually the simplest 100% fix?

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gavinperez26d ago

Hang on though, do you ever get important calls from unknown numbers like from a doctor's office or a job interview? I tried the ignoring thing for a while but missed a callback from a specialist I'd been waiting weeks for... felt like an idiot. How do you handle those one-off legit numbers that you can't save ahead of time?

ryanprice25d agoProlific Poster

Yeah, but does a doctor's office really call from a private number? My urologist's office shows up as "Urology Associates" on caller ID, not some random 800 number. I got burned once by a job interview that came from a blocked line, so now I just answer and say "hello?" like I'm about to hang up. If it's a robocall, I hang up in two seconds. If it's a real person, they start talking and I figure it out. That specialist callback thing is rough though, I would've been pissed too.

zara_hunt26d ago

Guess the universe decided to test you on that one, huh? That's like the one time you decide to ignore a number and it's the IRS calling about your tax refund. Honestly I just assume any real emergency will find another way to reach me - like carrier pigeon or a friend knocking on my door. But yeah, missing that specialist callback must've stung worse than a papercut on your eyeball. Guess the only 100% fix is moving to a cabin in the woods with no signal at all.

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