As soon as I can if I know who it is, otherwise Caller ID screens & they get the answering machine. This is also a landline; we don’t do cells.
What about you?
If I'm next to it, I'll answer on the first ring because my phone lets me know who it is that's calling. My husband, when he calls me, only gives me 3 rings before he hangs up!! That's crazy when I'm on another level of the house.
As soon as I can reach my phone which is usually within the first ring. Telemarketers and scammers have yet to find my mobile and I don't have a landline so I don't really need to to check who's calling.
At my first job I was so used to having to answer it by the third ring. If I am close to it I'll answer it right away, but if in another room I try to follow this third ring policy.
I don't like talking on the phone, so I'll wait for my phone to stop ringing and then I'll look the phone number up. The only people that usually call me are spammers, my mom and spouse. If it's my spouse or mom, I try to pick it up immediately if it's a spam number or one I don't recognize I block it.
It depends. If my phone is near me and I know who it is I usually answer after a few rings but if my phone rings and I have no clue who it is or I know for sure it's a scam caller, I will just let it ring until the voicemail gets it. If it's important I know they will leave a voice message, nine times out of ten they don't so then I know it was a scam caller.
It depends on whether I am interested in the caller or not. When my mom calls, I pick up in two rings, when my landlord or the bank calls, I sometimes don't even attend the call 😛
Once is enough for me to pick the call unless I'm not close to my phone. I don't like being called more than two times. If I don't pick after the 2nd call, stop calling.
The only people that usually call me are spammers, my mom and spouse. If it's my spouse or mom, I try to pick it up immediately if it's a spam number or one I don't recognize I block it.
