To think that it is Ok to screen calls once in a while

[KnayedFrot]

I am screening calls atm for a particular reason.

Dh says he will still answer the phone because he thinks it's rude not to.

I don;t think it's rude not to answer the phone. If I've got a good reason, not to answer it, I won;t.

I wouldn;t think it was rude if someone didn;t answer the phone if I rang & thoght they were probably there, i would just think it was an inconvenient moment.

Reasonable, or not?

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I screen my calls, sometime I just don't want to talk, sometimes don't want to talk to paticular person, no big deal

I do all the time. Anyway how is the caller to know you aren't in the bath, out in the garden, not at home, rather than screening.

( times out of 10 my phone kicks to answer phone because I am in some part of the house and don't reach it in time, or ds has hidden it somewhere and I can't find it to answer.

I screen all the time, not unreasonable!

We do it constantly. In fact that is the reason why we have a phone with 'night mode' or 'do not disturb' which means we can put it on and have only key people be allowed to so much as make the phone ring, never mind have us answer it. How can it be rude not to answer the phone? We own it, not the other way around.

i never answer if it is the inlaws calling

I screen every call. If I'm busy, I don't even bother to look who's calling. In these days of SMS, a ringing phone is a total invasion of privacy.

Ooh, tribpot, I want a phone like yours - where can I get one please?

(Most people I know screen their calls btw).

I screen all the time too !

My mother thinks it is terribly rude and will keep ringing back if she believes I should be in. She will not leave a message either ! Drives me insane !

I think much nicer to speak to someone who wants to speak to you than someone who is not in the mood !

i screen all calls.

in this age of mobiles/blackberry/email screening is the ONLY way of having any time or privacy.

not unreasonable at all imo.

your dh is being weird.

Bony - these phones are indispensable to the parents of a newborn, particularly. We used to have a Philips Vox set but ds basically chewed them into oblivion. Now we have a Panasonic set, will check on the exact model when I can find the box. It removes the guilt of screening if you don't know you're doing it, plus automates some of those difficult choices like "I will speak to my mum but not my MIL" (did that every day when ds was born).

LOL I'll tell him he is being unreasonable and terribly antiquated...

he is quite old, admittedly [old gimmer alert]

Knayed - how old? Am intrigued by this apparent generational divide. I bet my parents wouldn't call screen.

He's 47
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Lord I hope I haven't offended anyone by saying he's old, he's 10 years older than me though, so I do joke about it from time to time

He always insists on answering his mobile too, especially if he thinks it's work.

I personally think it's because he likes to believe he's in demand and indispensible.

We have caller display on our home phone so if it is a witheld number or a number beginning with 08 I never answer it, I don't always answer if its a local number I do not recognise either.
I don't care, the answer phone comes on so if its important they with leave a message.

So no, not unreasonable.

What's the point of caller display if you don't screen calls using it

I do this quite often.

Why not screen? I often don't answer my mobile when I see who is ringing

I do from time to time.

Some people do not know how to just ring, impart information or make arrangements and then hang up.

I also got rid of the answering machine, I started to resent coming in to the house to the flashing button. This action was very liberating.

If it is important they will call back.

I screen all calls and don't have a mobile.
I'll talk when it's convenient for me thanks.

I do it all the time too. Callers can leave a message. It's not rude.

It's not rude,but frankly i wouldn't care even if people thought it was.

Ringer on my phone is never on. I ring people when I want to, if they don't answer fair do

Not unreasonable at all.

Agnes

I screen calls
being a single parent, I have noone to say "shes in the bath" or "shes out" so people assume Im in every night & therefore I would never get away from the phone

just cos Im in, I have a right to not speak - might sound rude but sometimes im not in the mood OR I am in a mood

I always ring back when convenient & say I was in the bath.....