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That's what I do, too.

If it's a spam call, often you will hear nothing until you say hello. When their auto-dialer hears you talk, it connects you to a real person, who informs you that the Windows box you don't possess is infected with a virus or whatever.

Honestly. The callers are breaking the social etiquette by making unsolicited calls, however if we pick up we feel obliged to be polite. Fuck that, hang up on their face.

> Fuck that, hang up on their face.

What's what I'm suggesting.

And I couldn't agree more :)

Why?

Easier than listening to a 2 second voicemail.

Huh? 99% of telemarketers don't leave a VM.

Do other people?

What other people? People I actually know? I would know it's them (contact list/caller ID). It would still probably go to VM as I am not usually just sitting around waiting to answer a phone call. I will just call them back when it is convenient for me.