When do you call someone back?

I call people back if they leave a message requesting a call and a number which they will answer. If the person is a salesperson that I hadn’t contacted, I block the call permanently.

Except for cold calls from sales people, I always respond. Sometimes that means calling the person back, and sometimes, I email the person to answer a question they’ve asked or provide information they’ve requested in a voice message.

When ever you want to! Sometimes I have messages from friends that I am just not in the mood to talk with in the moment. I will usually return calls within 24 hours unless it is an urgent thing, firming up plans, etc. I control my phone, it doesn’t control me.

I call back when I notice that I have a missed call from someone that I know, regardless of whether they’ve left a voicemail or not.

I only call back if someone has left a message. We get hundreds of calls that don’t leave messages. I assume they are marketing calls. I’m not going to bother. But if someone leaves a message and they ask for a call back, I will call.

Never unless it’s serious/work related or an emergency! I hate calls!

What if you can see the person who had called is a close friend, but then friend has left no message?

@tups Well..there is no law about leaving a message. I usually do, occasionally if I am calling someone just to babble a bit without any particular need to exchange some important information I won’t leave a message. I also have a tendency to leave extremely long messages and get cut off. lol Depends on my mood.

If your friend really needs or wants to talk to you they will leave a message so I’d just chalk it up to a moment of ” meh…I’ll call again later.”

If it’s someone I know I always call back.

I definitely try to return calls. Not doing so is rude.

One of my pet peeves is getting a random call back, being * 69’d after hanging up on a wrong number. Happened the other morning, I mis-dialed a friends number and realized I got a strangers voice mail so just hung up. 5 minutes later my phone rings and when I answer a woman asks me ” Did you just call me?”

I explained it was a wrong number and then, I couldn’t resist, I said ” Well, really I am having an affair with your husband.” lololol
Really, I think it is beyond compulsive to * 69 people that don’t leave you a message.
Can you spell c-o-n-t-r-o-l-l-i-n-g?

Only if they leave a message.

If its someone I know I will call back, message or not.
Otherwise, I’ll call back if they leave a message that makes me want to call them back (e.g. not a sales or something).
Sometimes I’m waiting on an important call and then I will call back any missed calls. E.g. I’m waiting to see if I got a job I interviewed for. But this is rare.

I also almost never leave messages. Something like half or more of my friends just don’t check voicemail. I know one person who gets mad every time her mom leaves her a message. I think that’s extreme, but a lot of people don’t like voicemail. If they don’t pick up, I usually send a text. But that only works because 99% or more my phone calls are to cell phones. I don’t think I’ll every have a land line again.

@Coloma I’ve never had that happen to me. But, I suppose its because I don’t have a land line and I usually just called the stored numbers on my phone. Still, I don’t see it as controlling… compulsive maybe…