We are not talking about the bombardment on Syria or other such countries. It is the incessant ‘phone calls which have started pouring in at any odd time of the day. After a respite of few weeks (or shall we call it a cease fire of few weeks?), the ‘phones have started ringing again. This time round, we are being asked to take part in a survey about “today’s habits”. Even though, I tell the callers that I am not interested in today’s or any future habits, and not to ring me again, they do not want to take no for an answer.
These calls have the habit of taking you by surprise at inopportune moments while you are having dinner or are in company or watching your favorite TV programmes. Having got fed up to the teeth, and having drawn a blank in my attempts to stop them, I simply do not answer the phone unless I was expecting a call from someone I knew. Later on I dial 1471 to see who the call was from and then ring back that person. What is the proper and permanent solution to this as we do not want to be rude to the caller as the poor chap is only trying to earn a living? I have now invested a in a telephone with a “call blocker” and am trying to get to grips with how to filter unsolicited calls.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
