The last two weeks I've experienced a noticeable uptick in the number of spoofed-number robocalls. By noticeable I mean it's gone from four or five a day to four or five an hour. I presume it's because some scammer's robo-bot called my number and confirmed it as active, then spread word on the Scams-R-Us Network. Other than cluttering up my voicemail it's no big deal as I ignore calls from numbers not in my Contacts. Same with those which lack a campus prefix.
It does bring up one of my personal gripes ... people who expect return calls just because they rang. If it's important enough to merit a return call, it's important enough to merit a message. It's just common courtesy, not to mention reasonable expectation. At the very least, a quick text to let me know you need to hear from me. The only people who get calls automatically returned are my wife and parents. Unless you raised me or have to sleep with my grouchy ass every night, leave a message.
Brad