What is something that frustrates you almost every day?

JamesGrant4

JamesGrant4

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Hello all!

I am new here but I am happy that I found this community.

I wanted to ask, what is something that frustrates you almost every day?

For me its all those telemarketing and scam phone calls I get all the time.

Does anyone even know how to stop those?
 

JamesGrant4 said:
Hello all!

I am new here but I am happy that I found this community.

I wanted to ask, what is something that frustrates you almost every day?

For me its all those telemarketing and scam phone calls I get all the time.

Does anyone even know how to stop those?
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Answer: how to deal with phone scams.
Donā€™t answer the phone unless you know who it is. Dont give your number out to anyone you donā€™t trust.
 
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Hey James.... welcome. šŸ‘‹ I finally stopped the annoying phone calls by turning my phone off and tossed it in my purse for emergencies. It's been blissfully quiet.

Something the frustrates me almost every day? Oh gosh, there are so many things. :unsure: Top frustration... the injustice I see everywhere I go both online and off.
 

When I get a call from a number I don't recognize, I answer in a low, robot-voice, "Hel-lo."

If it IS a scam call, there's usually a delayed response and I repeat my robotic Hel-lo as soon as they start talking. They always hang up and then I can block the number. It's kind of fun, and I never hear from that one again.

If the caller says "Umm....am I speaking to Mr Murr?" I turn back into a human and we're good.
 
I have a call blocking system on my phones, so all incoming calls goes through a screening system, and if I don't know who the caller is I don't answer and the caller has no idea that I heard the call...

I haven't had a cold caller in years..

What frustrates me on a Daily basis is also the limitations caused by Pain..in my fingers mainly due to recent onset of OA ( and in other places in my body).. which makes it all much more difficult to carry out normal day to day tasks without experiencing pain..
 
Welcome, James!

I have a couple of rules regarding this thing called a "phone".

First off, I never give out my phone number to a business and I DEFINITELY never give out my number when donating to a political campaign. That information is sold to others and that's why all those calls come in.

Secondly, if a business or entity of some sort absolutely must have my phone number (without which, apparently the world will cease to exist), I evaluate whether or not I need to interact with that entity. If they're that stubborn about it, I walk away. I don't need them that badly.

Third, have I said today that I hate cell phones? If not, please let it be said. They're a necessary evil, but not to the point where they become an appendage to my body. I will go DAYS without even looking at the bloody thing.
 
Welcome to the forum, @JamesGrant4!

I hope I don't jinx myself by saying this, but I rarely get spam or bot calls. When I do, Verizon flags the number as spam, and I block it.

Something that frustrates me on a daily basis is my work. I'm an editor. I'm so burned out. I badly need a break, but I can't afford one right now. I'm grateful to have work, but I need to figure something out (i.e., how to get un-burned out) soon.
 
JamesGrant4 said:
Hello all!

I am new here but I am happy that I found this community.

I wanted to ask, what is something that frustrates you almost every day?

For me its all those telemarketing and scam phone calls I get all the time.

Does anyone even know how to stop those?
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Hi JamesGrant4: Welcome to the forum. I know what you mean by nuisance telemarketing phone calls. I keep a whistle next to the phone and as soon as they ring, I give it a good blow. Hardly seem to get any more. For a while I keep getting those annoying letters in the post to donate to various causes. Childhood Cancers, Breast Cancer, Bowel Cancer and the rest. I used to return them but now tear them up and put them in the trash can. I don't mind donating maybe once a year but not every month.
 
Hard to believe, but most days I get ~6 or more solicitations in the mail from charitable organizations. Many are national charities that are well known. Quite a few, however, are from organizations that I have not heard of, in locations all over the U.S. I assume that the vast majority are legit, worthwhile charities. Up to when I was working 4 years ago, I gave a fairly significant amount of money to charity. But now retired on a fixed income, I only donate less often to a few charities that I have been giving to for many years. The situation is this--I get far more solicitations in the mail now than I did 4 years ago when I made larger donations to more charitable organizations. I don't get it?
 

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