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childofnature2002 asked: Advice needed, annoying calls on my cell phone are driving me crazy?
A guy from work calls me way too often for advice (sometimes business related) . He usually calls me on my cell phone as he knows I use it for business so I will usually answer. I have to work with him so this makes things difficult. He’s so immature and constantly needs reassuring or something. As my cell phone is very important to my business I really don’t want to change the phone number. Also I do need to speak to him occasionally to discuss business but he probably calls 10 – 20 times more often then necessary – any advice on how to get him to call less often without offending him – (he’s like a kid and gets easily offended which would cause problems with our work) thanks.
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Answer by Elna W
I’m no cell phone expert, but the first thing that popped into my mind was ring tones. Like I said, I’m no expert, but I believe you can assign ring tones to particular callers. Also caller ID and voice mail. Let him leave messages and then you call him back at your convenience. Another idea–if you aren’t visible to each other is to tell him you will be available for calls only between such and such hours. You could also give him the bill for incoming calls. (just kidding) The alternative is to build up his confidence. Give him positive reinforcement whenever he takes on some task successfully. (I work with dogs). Or, maybe he has a crush on you.
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Depending on his position, and yours, I would ask him to first refer to any written instruction before he call the supervisor, and if then if all else fails, then escalate it to you. That way, another person will see how often he calls you, and you’ll have proof that this person goes too far. If his phone calls are usually personal calls that have little to do with work, tell him that you are only accepting phone calls for business during these hours. If none of this works, tell him the truth. Tactfully tell him that on your time off you prefer to not hear your cell phone, anything he can do to help you with this would be appreciated. I’m not sure what phone service you have, but on my cell phone (Sanyo, Sprint), you can screen your incoming calls. So if it’s an important call you can listen, then take it, if not it goes to voicemail.