Whenever I get a seemingly random call, I say nothing and the computer on the other end also says nothing. If I respond, however, I hear a blip and the computer starts its schpiel.
One of the robocalls I get often is a deep-voiced guy that (is obviously computer-assisted) asks me if I would like to donate to the proud officers of the local (seemingly) police. Now that I hear the deep voice asking if (my name) is here, I simply say nothing.
Another one, a common scam, asks me if I am aware that my vehicle warranty expired. I ignore that one too.
One problem is that even if I have a "Robo killer" and am on the do-not-call list, the scammers have some sort of device that randomly generates numbers and even if I block one number, an endless amount of "new numbers" is always generated. There oughta be a law...
Now, as for the banks and other services, I often end up with a not-so-helpful agent from...oh, I dunno...India? I'm not being prejudiced here except to suggest that these people don't really understand my life or my technological challenges. The company (Chase, for example) must employ these overseas customer services simply because they are cheaper than hiring domestic agents. What will certainly really get frustrating is that sooner rather than later, my agent will be either Alexa, Siri, or Cortana!
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain "
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“…far from science having buried God, not only do the results of science point towards his existence, but the scientific enterprise itself is validated by his existence.”- Dr.John Lennox
“A God without wrath brought men without sin into a Kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a Cross.”
H. Richard Niebuhr, The Kingdom of God in America
“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of a doubt, what is laid before him.” — Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You
(1894).