Do you ever contact a number without the other person picking up the phone? Here’s why your calls sometimes go unanswered.
Dial a phone number and wait, in vain, for the person to answer our call. This is a situation that many of us may encounter and which tends to happen more and more often, especially if you are calling for the first time. It could be a client, a colleague, a service provider or a new acquaintance… Also, if your interlocutor leaves you without an answer and you are unable to get it at the end of the thread, it is probably for this reason that annoys many French people, who have made a radical decision.
Indeed, according to the latest Arcep observatory, a third of French people have decided to no longer answer the phone when they do not know the number. 65% declared, in 2023, that they never (or rarely) answer calls of unknown origin, compared to 59% the previous year. The reason for this exasperation? Untimely cold calling which pushes them to no longer respond for greater peace of mind and to put an end to this nuisance.
Although there are now certain tools to combat telephone canvassing, such as the Bloctel list, and measures have been put in place to regulate the time slots during which canvassers have the right to contact individuals, the French seem to prefer to turn a deaf ear.
A solution which allows the problem to be resolved immediately, but which makes telephone contact a little more difficult. If you absolutely have to call a number for the first time and the person you are talking to does not answer you, you also have the intermediate option: notify you of your call and introduce yourself in advance by SMS or WhatsApp and ask when the person is available so you can contact him.