Have I Made it to Your Directory ?

I have joined the world of android phone user. (NB I do not refer to the device as a telephone). From ancient Greek (tele, “afar”) + (fone, “voice, sound”). I guess cellular service and products of the 21st century assume that calls made from these devices can connect with virtually anywhere on the planet as long as there are satellites, towers, and no obstructions.
I don't know how MOST folks arrange their phone directories. I know how I arrange mine. The majority of the numbers are associated with individuals. I use first initial (or a first-and-middle initial combination) followed by the last name followed by the letter 'C' for cellular or 'H' for home. Companies are listed by the company name in initials; i.e., Bank of America is BoA, Men's Central Jail is MCJ, etc. If the company name is a short one--such as ACME--I will use the entire name in upper case letters. It works well for me.
These days, the most common incoming caller goes by the name 'Spam Likely'. This caller is most annoying because many times he/it/they/she won't speak. From time to time there will be a mechanical swishing sound at the beginning of the conversation (perhaps the sound made when the caller picks up the receiver or opts to speak in his/its/their/her human voice). I then either put on a heavy Russian accent, or start to whine that the person is calling at 3:00 am and has awoken the baby, or I will tell the person that I am homeless and that the call is triggering me to become violent.
Nothing changes and I go about my business.
Sometimes the number will appear. It generally turns out to be a made up number that is unreachable. I guess Mr/Mrs/Ms Spam Likely thinks he/it/they/she is slick!
What surprises me, however, is when the call comes in with the number listed and it is a person whom I already know. I generally pick up the phone and pretend I do not know who the caller is. I think showing off caller ID to the caller is rude. It's always nice for the caller to think the call is a happy surprise. Anyway, when this happens, I am torn between going on with the conversation without comment or asking the person if this is a new number. What if it's an old number, but I just never bothered to put the number into the phone directory? This does happen, you know. And when a number is not in the cell phone's directory, it makes a BOLD statement to the caller. It indicates that the caller is not directory-worthy!
I have both cell and landline numbers of a deceased friend's first cousin Beth who lives in Fresh Meadows. She and I had only met once for an Indian dinner in Ozone Park (or was it Hollis?) many years ago. Beth has long since given up answering either phone and I tire of leaving messages that never get returned. Yet, I have kept the numbers.
I used to keep phone numbers of fax machines, but that practice has long fallen the wayside.
Some people's numbers have been added not so much because I like the person, but rather that I want to keep information on the person (such as a birthday or a(n) home or email address). Yes, there are some folks who are worthy of a December holiday card, but not of a phone call... or even text message.
This recently occurred to me with a longterm friend who has been getting catty with me on Facebook. I had reached a point where I had deleted him from the cell phone directory. I didn't want to call him by accident. Calling people by accident--known in common parlance as butt-dialing--is not something of which I would want to be accused. When he called, I seemed somewhat alarmed. I had recognized the voice (easy to do since he is one of the VERY FEW people in my life/circles who calls while drunk). He asked if I knew that he had written a second book. I said that I was not following him on Facebook, adding that I see whatever the
-book sends my way and that I have never set up parameters to hurl his life/lifestyle onto my screen.
The popular explanation for any or all of this is to simply refer to the occurrences as algorithms.
The call was brief. I told him that I was in the process of cooking an involved dish that required me to harvest vegetation and then to mince everything after careful cleaning. It seemed plausible to his alcohol addled brain. I then realized that I had to deal with the reality that the number was listed in my history, but not in the directory. Should I add it? Should I leave it unlabeled in history? Should I delete it?
Oh well. After all. Tomorrow IS another day!