Voice Mail Etiquette
 

Why do people talk and talk and talk during a voice mail and then leave their phone number real fast at the end?

You know:

Hello, blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblah anyway my number is onetwothreefourfivesixseveneightninezero OK give me a call bye.

Thanks, asshole, now I have to go all the way back to the beginning and listen to your idiotic message just so I can get your phone number. And my service doesn't have fast forward so I'm forced to listen to you drone on and on about some ignorant problem you have. Oh how I envy you people with modern phone systems.

ADVICE:

Speak slowly and clearly. Start out your message with your name and phone number and the time you called. Then a BRIEF message. Then close by saying "thank you" and "here's my name and number again."

And a "please" interjected in there wouldn't hurt either.

yeah, i hate that.

man, this one chick just even just said "Hi it's me, bye". WTF? WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU, WOMAN? ARRRGHASAAAHAFAVLAM!

yeah, unless it's family, i usually just give name, message, phone number. I really should give my number first.
After taking messages at my last job, i definitely learned to appreciate the one person who did that.

Dude. The eye of sauraun need glasses?

wow...that was a total non sequitor...

Struck me as funny. I was trying to make the eye of sauron be a little more emo.

i'm dumb. what's "the eye of sauron"?

anyway, what i hate is telemarketers leaving messages on my answering machine!!!
i have caller id & did not pick up for a reason. poopheads make me have to erase their solicitations. i hate that.

but yeah, i concur. identification info first, then a brief message.

just have some celery. maybe that'll help





don't be calling me up with any nasty messages tho... :lol:

gggggreat... fuckin' great...

there <i><b>he</b></i> is <i>again</i>... my very own "celery stalk-er".... :rolleyes:


and that reverse psychology trick ain't gonna work this time, mister!
besides don't you get enough of those "nasty" messages (which you love) from flyman & astroglide?
uh-huh.

I always say my number twice and spell my name.

What really bugs me is when people don't leave a message about why they have called.

'Hi, it's Bob. Call me back'

I don't chit-chat on the phone so if someone calls me it is for a reason. Let me know WHY I have to call you so I can be prepared and can keep the conversation as short as possible!

Even worse is when you check your caller ID and see someone important (mother, spouse, etc) called 10 times over the last hour and did not leave a single message. Drives me crazy!

I wouldn't say that you're dumb for not knowing the "bad guy" from the Lord of the Rings (and other Tolkien) stories. Of course, I don't think he's really bad ... just misunderstood.


Ooooh ... I hate that too. I've been known to call people back who do that and just say, "No."

Doug