• PassingThrough@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Y’know, that does put a thought in my head.

      How do you know the President is calling? If I saw a caller ID saying anything like that I’m going to assume spam. Unknown DC number, also spam.

      Does an aide come to my door and hand me a phone, or warn me that the next call is official?

      Otherwise of course I missed the call, guess the President gets to leave a voicemail! And we can play telephone tag with his staff until there’s another moment in his day…?

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        4 months ago

        You can make the caller ID say whatever you want. It probably says “White House”, and, you know, it doesn’t take a Biden voter to figure that one out.

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          4 months ago

          “White House”

          “Neat, more spam….wonder what they’d try to get me with this time, send gift cards to save the country? Wait, no, that’s not a thing…could it be the actual White House?!?!?…Too late.” 😂

          Maybe I’m just in the generation so burned out in spam and junk calls that it’s just me, but that’s about how I think that would go.

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            4 months ago

            Yeah I’m with you, I don’t answer any calls unless it’s a known contact that I’ve put in the my contacts list. Any other callers can leave a voicemail if it’s important (and it very frequently isn’t).

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        4 months ago

        an aide on the other end of the phone will greet you and then advise they are transferring you to speak to the president.

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        4 months ago

        I’m not entirely sure myself. Some callers are recognized by a carrier and get custom names (at least my does it), so there’s probably a way to communicate the president is calling. It won’t play the national anthem instead of a ringtone, but that, at least, would make it stand out from random spam callers.