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mercy, the things people put on their answering machines
I work at a college and have to call students alot. They range from 28-60+. I can't believe what some folks put on their answering machines! If the message is annoying, I hang up. I don't want to listen to rude songs or play silly games. I can't imagine what business people or potential employers think when they hear some of that stuff. Most of us don't have time to kill and if we do, its not going to be spent listening to this stuff. am i the only one who thinks that messages should be short and to the point?
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I'm not the best person to ask. My kids sing songs on our voice mail. I think it's cute. Some people leave messages- saying oh, that's the cutest voice mail I ever heard. And then some people refuse to leave me a message because they say it's not worth the wait. lol. Right now my message has 5 kids taking turns singing verses of we will, we will, rock you. I think it's cute! But that's just me.......Lol
Yeah, the basic "I can't answer my phone so leave me a message" message is what I would prefer.
A few years ago, I called someone who had about 2 minutes of a pretty much awful song playing before they started doing the "leave me a message" thing. Every other word in the song started with F . . . then the song disappeared and they said "Leave a message." and that was it. If I didn't HAVE to call this person, I would have hung up. haha
The other thing I can't stand is when you call someone and their machine/voice mail picks up but you don't realize it's voice mail because you hear that person's voice say "Hello? Hellooooo? HELLO?!" then go on to say they "got you" and to leave a message.
My message on my voice mail is a very basic "My phone is either not on or I can't hear or get to it right now, so PLEASE leave a message." What REALLY aggravates me is when people call and then hang up on my voice mail and then call me later and say "Why didn't you call me back? I called you earlier!"
The other thing I can't stand is when you call someone and their machine/voice mail picks up but you don't realize it's voice mail because you hear that person's voice say "Hello? Hellooooo? HELLO?!" then go on to say they "got you" and to leave a message.
I get this when I call students too and then I say who I am and why I'm calling and a few of them actually apologized to me when they saw me next
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I agree also. I can't stand it when there are kids I can't understand on it (sorry, most of us don't think a 2 year old lisping 'mommy not here' is all that cute). I also really dislike it when people list the entire family (I called a family with SIX kids, and each child got on and SCREECHED his/her name). IF I know you, I know who your kids and spouse are - if not, I don't care to know.
Mine just says: You've reached the ______s. We can't come to the phone. Please leave a SHORT message.
I also can't stand the messages that ramble on and on. I'm capable of calling you to find out what it is - and I'm going to anyway, just to clarify what I heard you say and tell you what I think.
I called an applicant today to set up an interview with him. His message said
I'm not answering the phone because I am trying to make some changes in my life...if I dont call you back, then you are probably one of those changes..
I'm not answering the phone because I am trying to make some changes in my life...if I dont call you back, then you are probably one of those changes..
This is the message of someone Lenny would call "young and dumb" with a few more words attached.
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