How do you respond to political campaign phone calls?

brianlux
brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
edited October 2016 in A Moving Train
We all get them, right? On the one hand, I understand and appreciate people working for their chosen candidates and causes but personally, I grow impatient with all the phone calls coming in. Maybe I should be more understanding and tolerant. I kind of doubt this will happen but maybe your answers here could persuade me to listen to these calls. I'm trying to remain open minded.
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How do you respond to political campaign phone calls? 17 votes

I listen and learn as much as I can from these calls.
0%
I politely tell the caller, "Thank you but no thanks".
0%
I screen my calls and decide which ones are worth listening to.
5%
brianlux 1 vote
I screen my call and erase any that are political without listening to them.
11%
jeffbrjwhjr17 2 votes
I make a point of telling the caller how much I don't appreciate being called.
5%
eljuda170 1 vote
Other (details, please).
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hedonistmcgruff10pjalive21josevolutionlukin2006cutzwhat dreamsCM189191F Me In The BrainPJ_SoulFreergambsseanwon 13 votes
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Other (details, please).
    I responded by discontinuing my landline lol
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    I screen my calls and decide which ones are worth listening to.
    rgambs said:

    I responded by discontinuing my landline lol

    A lot of people have suggested I do that and consolidate my phones on to one device (iphone or cell phone) but I really don't want all those microwaves zapping my brain.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
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    Same as gambs! This time a few years ago we'd have been bombarded.

    That said, I've had an unusually high number of incoming calls lately on my cell with no messages left (I don't answer if I don't recognize the number), so assuming they're election-related, it's working just fine for me.
  • pjalive21
    pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    Other (details, please).
    Don't have a house phone
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    I screen my calls and decide which ones are worth listening to.
    hedonist said:

    Same as gambs! This time a few years ago we'd have been bombarded.

    That said, I've had an unusually high number of incoming calls lately on my cell with no messages left (I don't answer if I don't recognize the number), so assuming they're election-related, it's working just fine for me.

    I thought that wasn't supposed to happen but we get the same as well as advertising calls on the cell phone which I only have for when out on the road so it's not often a problem. It's the frequent calls at home that get to me. I just wonder how many people actually listen to these calls?
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    -Roberto Benigni

  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    I go all-out Lindsey when they call ..

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    edited October 2016
    Other (details, please).
    I don't answer calls from numbers i don't know, so it's not deliberate screening specifically of political campaign calls, but I don't end up answering them by default. So I get a voice-mail where they usually just say who they are and that they'll call back. And repeat, lol. I don't need those calls to understand the candidates. The info is so accessible, and I get emails too.
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    I screen my call and erase any that are political without listening to them.
    PJ_Soul said:

    I don't answer calls from numbers i don't know, so it's not deliberate screening specifically of political campaign calls, but I don't end up answering them by default. So I get a voice-mail where they usually just say who they are and that they'll call back. And repeat, lol. I don't need those calls to understand the candidates. The info is so accessible, and I get emails too.

    Same here. I guess I should have picked "Other".
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    I screen my calls and decide which ones are worth listening to.
    I screen them and listen to ones that might have something useful to hear but that is rare so more and more I just want to erase them.

    Another question: should non-profits be exempt from "no-call" phone options? I don't think so. My phone should be for personal, private use only.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
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    brianlux said:

    I screen them and listen to ones that might have something useful to hear but that is rare so more and more I just want to erase them.

    Another question: should non-profits be exempt from "no-call" phone options? I don't think so. My phone should be for personal, private use only.

    No, nobody should be exempt from no call options, besides emergency services. Phone calls are literally unnecessary this day and age. Any phone call from someone you don't know personally or that isn't from, say, the cops, is completely pointless. Send a damn email, and then we can just send those to the junk folder at our leisure, lol.
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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    I tell them I am against the political process as it exists and i will gladly explain why if they have 20 minutes.

    *click*
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
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    unsung said:

    I tell them I am against the political process as it exists and i will gladly explain why if they have 20 minutes.

    *click*

    That's how I handle Jehovah's Witnesses, lol.
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  • CM189191
    CM189191 Posts: 6,927
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    It's weird, I don't get any campaign calls. None. I was at my grandmother's, and she was getting a call every 15 minutes on her cell & home phones. It was crazy, she said it's been like that every day.
  • Free
    Free Posts: 3,562
    Other (details, please).
    I just don't answer the phone.
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,080
    edited October 2016
    A robocall lets me know that the politician's campaign is out of touch with the public's wants and needs.
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,293
    Other (details, please).
    Don't recognize the phone number, i don't answer(that goes for my Cell and Landline).
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,876
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    rgambs said:

    I responded by discontinuing my landline lol

    This -- I never got a landline with the house. Put my # on the do not call list.
    If someone calls my cell to try and pitch me on something I hang up. Don't tell them why/whatever....they called me. Just hang up. I like it if they call back again, because I just do it again.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    I screen my calls and decide which ones are worth listening to.
    mookeywrench said:

    A robocall lets me know that the politician's campaign is out of touch with the public's wants and needs.

    Sometimes, out of sheer frustration, I will pick up and say, "OK, look I know you're a machine, I know you're just doing your job, doing what you are instructed to do, but you need to stop this, OK?" I even argue their points and if they are rude and don't respond I say, "OK, we're done here. Good-bye!" and hang up on the machine.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    edited October 2016
    Other (details, please).
    F Me In The Brain said:

    rgambs said:

    I responded by discontinuing my landline lol

    This -- I never got a landline with the house. Put my # on the do not call list.
    If someone calls my cell to try and pitch me on something I hang up. Don't tell them why/whatever....they called me. Just hang up. I like it if they call back again, because I just do it again.
    I haven't had a landline since 2001. If a solicitor calls me I actually assume they found my number online somewhere or other, because our info isn't always secure, when we use it to buy things, register for stuff, etc. Either that or they just call random combinations of numbers in each area code, lol.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    I screen my calls and decide which ones are worth listening to.
    Do none of you worry about all those microwaves zapping your brains? (A sincere question, not a put-down).
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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