I must have gotten 9 spam calls today before noon. I have had really bad stomach cramps today despite not eating or drinking anything new. So I was lying down trying to relax and fell asleep. Calls 7,8 and 9 were all from the same number. I did my usual answer and hang up immediately routine. This usually stops them at least for a while. But, I was becoming FURIOUS. I fantasized about telling whoever was on the other end that I would find out where the call center was and send someone down there. It was worse than that but I don’t want to type it here.
Instead, for call number nine, I screamed into the phone “STOP CALLING THIS NUMBER YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!” This seems to have bought me a couple of hours. I’m going to tell them the next time that I am filing Elder Abuse charges against every single number they call from.
Obviously, I am in a foul mood today. Did I mention my toilet isn’t really flushing? Yeah. It’s that kind of day.
So what’s going on with you guys?
There’s a special place in hell for spam callers & I hope they arrive there sooner rather than later. If you’re not feeling well, or in a bad mood, those spam callers make it worse. It’s especially annoying because you can’t even really block the calls since they seem to call from different but similar numbers.
Most of the annoying spam calls are not using a phone number but calling thru a computer that generates hundreds of new but similar phone numbers for them daily. No way to Block them because they just create more numbers
I also forgot to add that these computer programs they use to call can change the caller ID to make like they are calling from a legitimate company. I talk to people daily who give out personal and banking info. Think Jen Shah type of companies. Once you answer the phone, no matter if you talk or not, you move to a different list and your info is sold. Even though they calls are a pain in the ass, don’t answer the call or engage
This might help, it’s a website called “How to Block Phone Numbers on a Landline Phone” – communityphone.org
It appears they teach you how to do this on a video. I looked it up knowing how annoying this is for you. Good luck and if this does not work maybe someone else has advice!
My cell is an unlisted number and I still get spam calls!
Watching World Cup. Team won today so it’s been a good day.
Hope you feel better soon. 🤗🤗
Ugh, sorry about your bad day!! I once belonged to a church that was really small and friendly and always welcoming to visitors. We once had a guy come in and we were meeting him after the service. We asked where he was from and how he found us and what he did for work. He said he was a telemarketer and we were just like “Oh…” (dead silence). The conversation just stopped cold and no one could think of anything nice to say. I always felt kind of bad about that. He didn’t come back. Can’t say that I blame him.
Hope your stomach settles down TT! And your phone line. And that your toilet decides to work.
I just cut my husband’s hair which I usually do a decent job on, but today there are a couple of holes in the back. Oops. He said he’s sure it’s fine, but umm… it isn’t. I’m just hoping it grows quickly or looks different after he washes it.
I don’t think anything I’ve written here is showing me in a good light. LOL.
Just TODAY I rec’d 4 VERY lengthy text messages from my medical insurance company telling me about my new “virtual visit assistant” feature with my plan for 2023. I would have been ok with just one. However, four within 6 hours on the SAME day is ridiculous. I just replied STOP instead of going all South Georgia Redneck on them. Calming down by watching the marathon of YELLOWSTONE again. I ALWAYS pick up something different every time I watch. And oh yeah….about to start a pot of Oyster Stew. It’s overcast, drizzly and a bit cool in my neck of the woods. Hope that you start feeling better soon TT.
TT, this is what I do. I get the first spam call. Then when I get the second one, I MEOW LOUDLY into the phone. I keep meowing really loud. Then I hang up. Now this doesn’t work with those recorded spam calls, obviously, but when people are talking it works. They never call back…. call a plumber for the toilet. I really hope you figure out what the hell is going on with you, the mental stress of not knowing is the worst….
Hi all, it’s been a few weeks since last posting. My husband who has been ill for months and was recently put into a rehab facility to hopefully get him back to being able to take care of himself, took a turn this past week and we ended up in the ER for 2 days waiting on a bed. Had an awesome ER doc who actually listened to our story and put in a call to the “big” university hospital that I was having trouble getting in for follow-up. We were finally transferred on Thanksgiving Day and immediately started getting stuff done. He supposedly has a rare Autoimmune disease that requires certain treatments. The 1st ones didn’t work – or made him so weak that improvement has been hard to see. They started the next step in the process today. 5 treatments over the next 10 days. Advise to others, be insistent, do your research and don’t take no for an answer. I don’t know why getting outpatient testing and treatment is so slow, but when life or death is in front of you, you must be forceful. By the time we got here, the ER doc had told the doc here that I was very informed and needed answers and treatment immediately. These days you have to be your own (or your family’s) advocate. PUSH, PUSH and PUSH some more. He went from just sleeping and not awake and aware Thursday to actually smiling and trying to talk today. Still don’t know if the treatments are going to help or not (hopeful), but I can’t sit and let nothing be done. I’m sitting here exhausted in a hotel room alone, thankful that he is still here with me.
Tamara, please be your own advocate. Call them, make a pest of yourself, make them do something to help. If not, you will be waiting forever. In my most recent experience, I was fortunate to have a Nurse Practioner friend at the rehab who also pushed, a great young ER doc and a resident doctor here at the university who took a liking to my husband when he was here in August who I messaged A LOT. She stopped by to see him yesterday and he lit up. She actually saw his decline and I think will be an asset on his team too. Sorry for the long post, but have been holding a lot in to keep from falling apart.
Sorry you (and he) have o go through all of that! Glad he’s still with you. Yes, you have to be your own advocate these days.
Sounds a lot about what I’m going through my husband suffered a stroke in August and because of the small town I live in I have been not able to get any help that I need, and then insurance companies is totally screwing me over
I hear you. Needed an MRI and it was scheduled a month later. Got it done up here the 1st day in the hospital. I live in a small town too. Keep insisting. Make a pest of yourself.
You are correct, you did the right thing! I hope he gets better soon! We have to act like Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment when she went OFF on the desk nurses in the hospital. My hubs was in the hospital years ago (a MAJOR medical center) and they were giving him an infusion for his CLL and he had a reaction and was seizuring and I was screaming for the nurses and nobody came. I went to the desk of nurses and they told me to relax. What??? I went ballistic. I mean batshit ballistic. They all ran in the room, unhooked the infusion and took care of him. Meanwhile, about 10 minutes later the hospital psychiatrist appeared and I was taken out of the room and given a lecture (with drs and nurses listening) about “over reacting” which then made me very nicely and politely told all of them that the next time I ring for the nurse, stick my head out of the door and yell for a nurse or go to the desk and ask for a nurse, if I am not taken seriously, I am going to do a lot more than scream and it will involve lawyers, local TV stations and the AMA and Joint Commission. They assigned a nurse specifically to him. I’m telling you, this was years ago, like 15 or 20 years ago. I can’t even imagine how much worse it’s gotten…… Everyone? We have to be our own advocates and scream the loudest… squeaky wheel and all….
Becky – so sorry you are going through this. Prayers to you and your husband for a good outcome
I was crazy Thanksgiving night and got in line for my favorite boutique to open at 6 the next morning. Thankfully the main rain that happened on Thanksgiving had stopped, but I was already having bronchitis due to asthma and had a colonoscopy the day before. So instead of actually getting some real decorating done this weekend, I just got the fall decorations put up tonight. My lungs have felt horrible all day so I had no energy today. I will try to get some decorating done tomorrow after church, but I also need to do some teacher stuff so I will be ready for Monday.
I bought something called “CPR Call Blocker.” You need to have caller ID on your landline phone for it to work. It has been a God send. I just look over and see the number and if I don’t recognize it I push the button and it gives the caller a recorded message that I am not taking calls now. Occasionally I hit a number of someone I know but it is an easy fix to put them back on “okay.” The best time is when the phone rings, just once, and you know it is someone who got cut off. Especially good for this “change your Medicare part C” crap. All the crap calls seem to come in waves. If I am feeling particularly feisty or bored I will pick up and if it is a real person I engage them in a nonsense conversation until they hang up. It’s the recorded ones that should be banned. They get around the Do Not Call Registry somehow, I guess because they are recorded.
I am still keeping you in my thoughts hoping something changes for your health. Please keep trying….we need you!
I have about 6 hours if grading and then entering grades then planning cause I did not do school work until yesterday.
I spent TG at my youngest’s home and glad I did. But hip pain is waking me up. Got hit by the car door on a slope(car, not door) and Bern unhappy with pain since. Know what exercises PT will prescribe so GOING TO DO THEM, I AM, I AM! First before I go back.
Anyway, I need to call friends I care about because I never write anymore. Which is stunning cause back in the day I handwrite letters all the flipping time and NOW when texting is this easy, I lose touch?? So yeah things are fine, but my mind is wandering.
Final thought, still chagrined, annoyed, stunned that people like Rinna and Erika keep getting jobs and then there are so many others better deserving who suffer all the time. I don’t wish them ill because as a Catholic I believe in Karma (of course!), but man, it’s wrong.
Aaaaaand weird stream of consciousness rant is over.
Truly hope you feel better soon, Tamara. I’m sorry you are going through such a bad time healthwise. That bites.
Hello everyone! I’ve been on a mental break for the last few months. My doctor recommended that I “Tune Off”, which means no news, (online or tv) no internet unless I’m paying bills or ordering things I need. I’ve been reading and coloring with my fantastic gel pens. I also get an overabundance of calls. I’ll share an example of how I deal with them. I engaged in conversation with this one guy. I listened to his scripted words, remaining quiet the whole time. When he was done, I told him that my current plan has (insert benefits here) and that if he could come up with a better plan, I would continue the call. Every time he offered the discounts I would say, ” I pay Zero dollars for it now”. He kept saying that there were other plans that could offer me better insurance. I finally told him, “Do you really want to continue talking after I’ve proved that my plan costs me Zero amount of money?” I guess they work on commission, because he just kept going and I always answered, My plan already has that. I finally said, Look, I’ve kept you on the line so that you wouldn’t be bothering someone else who might fall for your fake information. He got so mad, LOL, but I didn’t care. I hope TT that you figure out what’s wrong with you and get some relief. Call a licensed plumber and e that toilet working. I hope everyone had a happy, safe and easy Thanksgiving. I’m going to try and post like I did before. I miss you all. Peace and blessings to you and your family. Love you TT. ❤❤🙏🙏
Hi Nadia! Just so you, that’s not a great plan. There are really shady companies that will splice your conversation. So even if you say yes or thank you once, they’ll use that as agreement. Even good bye can be used because they’ll keep the “good”. I’m glad it worked for you. But really best just not to answer or hang up. You can look up what I wrote. I promise I’m just looking out.
This is 💯 true
I’m so sorry it’s that kind of day for you. Seems to be that kind of day everywhere, the spam calls don’t stop over here and now on twitter I got randos in my DMs offering me part time work…wtf?!!! The blocking seems to not do a thing. Arrrgh! I hope it’s a better week for you and all the rest of us.
I started taking my anti-anxiety meds. I think baking may be one of the side effects. I made pumpkin cheesecake bars yesterday and today banana bread.
I cut my hair and I may start putting up Christmas stuff.
I’ve been cutting my own hair for the last 2 1/2 years. I really don’t have a problem with it. If you’re not a regular at the places around here they shove you off on a student and try to charge you 70 bucks for the privilege. No thanks. I don’t think I’m going to color it anymore, either. Predict I’ll be gray within a year. I think I’m ok with it, though it is weird.
My sister ended up showing up in this part of the country right at Thanksgiving. Her family got a cabin in the mountains but didn’t call me until day before they left. I don’t know why I’m always an afterthought. Oh well. I visited one day, ate some turkey. Told them I have a puppy and can’t leave her long. Nobody listens. Think I offended them not being there more. Le sigh.
Had a really good meal on Thanksgiving. Really eating everything that isn’t nailed down. I’m gonna brave the outdoors and see if I can find some Christmas decorations I’ve been wanting. Does Amazon sell this stuff in July? I feel like a moe-ron shopping for it now, prices at their highest on this stuff. We’ll see!
I’ve been cutting my own hair for the last 2 1/2 years. I really don’t have a problem with it. If you’re not a regular at the places around here they shove you off on a student and try to charge you 70 bucks for the privilege. No thanks. I don’t think I’m going to color it anymore, either. Predict I’ll be gray within a year. I think I’m ok with it, though it is weird.
My sister ended up showing up in this part of the country right at Thanksgiving. Her family got a cabin in the mountains but didn’t call me until day before they left. I don’t know why I’m always an afterthought. Oh well. I visited one day, ate some turkey. Told them I have a puppy and can’t leave her long. Nobody listens. Think I offended them not being there more. Le sigh.
Had a really good meal on Thanksgiving. Really eating everything that isn’t nailed down. I’m gonna brave the outdoors and see if I can find some Christmas decorations I’ve been wanting. Does Amazon sell this stuff in July? I feel like a moe-ron shopping for it now, prices at their highest on this stuff. We’ll see!