So a guy is lost and has phone service? Why didn’t he just call out for help? Never mind the whole issue of not answering unknown numbers. He had service and didn’t use his phone? This whole story is BS.
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90% of missing hikers get lost in serviced areas.
Pure curiosity , I wonder how many of those are capable of making a call when they need help?
It's great to have service at the bottom of a ravine, but if I cracked my skull falling there, it's quite a misleading stat
I sometimes go solo wild camping and I've had a few moments where I've thought "shit, I'm actually in trouble here". My country is small so even in the wilderness you can usually get signal of some sort. But I never called for help, due to a mixture of embarrassment and not wanting to waste time and resources for a problem I created myself. Not including the countless times I've simply gotten lost.
I always got out fine by myself in the end, but I can totally see how people end up in some pretty bad situations or maybe even dying without calling for help.
This is what happens when you fail to reign in scam calls in any way for a decade plus.
Believe it or not, this is a perfect time to leave a voice mail. The not answering spam calls I am normalized with, but the refusal to use voice mail for important calls is inexcusable.
There's people out there who haven't disabled their voice mail? Wild...
I tried many years ago and couldn't figure it out. I've been hoping it will eventually fill up one day so people just can't leave messages anymore, but as I type that out, I realize that's probably highly unlikely to ever happen.
I would not listen to it. Just send a text
My voicemail box is full because I don’t have the heart to clear it, I have a bunch of old messages from my father who passed
You should try to get those saved somewhere else, they won't last forever in voicemail and you could lose them.
I wish I had saved some of my father's messages 😔
It’s been like 13 years so either they are there or they’re gone. I can’t bring myself to listen to them, it’s too sad
I don't have a voicemail set up specifically because I don't want to dial in to check it. If you're a real person just text me to get my attention.
Dialing into your voicemail isn't as common anymore. I think my carrier still allows me to do that, but mostly it's all handled on my phone nowadays
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Three decades, easily
There was a time where spam calls didn't exist? I am pretty sure 2 seconds after Alexander Bell tested the first pair of phones, someone tried to sell him an extended warranty for his car.
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Why didn’t they text? Cultural norms aside, texts usually go through more easily than calls in spotty areas. But yeah, I’ll take hypothermia and exposure over answering an unknown number any day.
Modern search and rescue tools actually do send a text with a link to ping your exact location. The text is intended to be customized to the situation so they know it is legit.
Clark, your mother Martha is worried about you. You are not in trouble. Please contact Metropolis PD to let us know you are safe, or click this link to share your location so we can come get you.
If I saw that show up on my phone then I would immediately assume that there's a warrant out for my arrest. That message would be more likely to get me to huck my phone in a stream than click the link.
That's your prerogative. Nobody is making you get saved. It's not illegal to be missing.
At least you know that folks are looking for you and can make a decision based on that info.
But if you were actually injured and/or stuck somewhere, you might be inclined to click that link (or call your mother.)
I know this trick, it's a virus
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I'm totally with the hiker on this one, and this illustrates why spam calls are more than just a nuisance.
Yep. I’m lost, 2% battery left, I aint answering a call from an unknown number. Imagining dying of thirst having wasted your last battery on a telemarketing call.
Real talk the lack of caller id for all businesses or government lines is insane.
If you are not making a private call, on a private line, the I'd should be populated
The bigger issue here is spam calls.
If that shit was stopped, people wouldn't ignore unknown callers.
While your solution is good it only solves part of the problem.
No, if a company was calling me and I didn't want to talk to them, I'd still be better informed with caller id.
A spam call would be ignored because I wouldn't recognize the business name
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Many countries have this. It’s just just shitty American carriers that hold us back by gating anything and everything behind a fee.
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In this day and age, people should learn how to text. That guy almost had to have an awkward voice conversation. 😳
I wouldn't expect rescuers to be calling me (assuming this is legit), so yeah, I probably wouldn't answer either
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Valid.
Weird story. If they needed rescuing and had cell coverage why would they need to wait for an incoming call?
Iirc He wasn't lost. Somebody told the authorities, that the guy was missing and that he wanted to go on a hike. So they called him to see if he really was lost. He didn't answer the call, so they presumed he was injured or lost his phone. With this information they declared him lost and started a search.
Then this is perfectly normal. Why would I answer a phone number I don't recognize when I'm out enjoying solitude? I imagine it was on DND and he never even saw the call.
What a weird article.
I looked up a full article.
He did lose his trail, but wasn't at the point where he wanted to call for help. It looks like he wasn't aware that, if a lodge host at popular hiking spots asks about your plans for the day, it isn't just small talk.
It was put out by "bigspam" to encourage you to answer their calls!!!
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I will pay extra and tip the rescuers if they txt me.
....Dear Trevon, we've been trying to reach you about your car insurance..
I mean, did they leave a voicemail?
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