Who's Calling, Please?

[stoutfellow]

My long-distance provider is AT&T. Among the services I purchase from them is Caller ID, which I have found invaluable.

A little while ago, the phone rang. As usual, I allowed the answering machine to pick up, while standing near to pick up if it seemed appropriate. It didn't, this time; it was a robocall.

"This is an important message from AT&T :boastful blah-blah: Please return this call at :number:"

Set aside the discourtesy inherent in robocalls.

Set aside the gall of using a robocall and asking for a return call.

What I want to know is why the Caller ID screen showed UNKNOWN CALLER.

Comments

[countrycousin.livejournal.com]

I suspect it wasn't from AT&T, but from a telemarketer, who may have been hired by AT&T.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Oh, probably. It still strikes me funny.

[countrycousin.livejournal.com]

Yes. Sorry, just came in from long day and am hyper and much too serious :<}