I tend to pick up my phone even if I don't recognize the numbers. We have friends and family who change cell phone numbers irregularly and my parents have been in out out of hospitals so I don't want to miss any calls. Plus this is my business line and any call could pertain to that.
I like messing with telemarketers' minds, so it can be a source of amusement. Recently I've found that the "Microsoft Security Services" guys from India have no sense of humor and hate being laughed at, so when they call I just laugh at them until they hang up. They get really irate, which just makes me laugh harder. 
The Florida Consumer Complaint people were ready to shrug off the FFC calls except for the robocalls and especially because they took control of my line. If I had had an emergency, I would not have been able to call out until their lengthy message was over.
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