phone attacks

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I get unwanted calls on my landline, but no more than one or two a day,

and never late at night. There's something strange about the vast number she's getting.

What I really hate is when I answer the phone as I always do: "Hello, this is Poindexter" and several seconds later someone says, "May I speak to Poindexter?" I point out they weren't listening when I answered the phone, so they can hang up, call me back, but be on the line when I pick up the phone. I know that it's the automated call system that does that, so as to save time by not having the caller be on the line while someone doesn't answer, but it's still incredibly rude. Sometimes I simply hang up if there's no one on the line when I pick up the phone.