watching expired appliances align

no end (#32)

sometimes you find yourself in a hurry. and you need to make a few calls. but the people you are calling aren't picking up the phone. voicemail is convenient. it's the way to go. i like being able to leave a message on voicemail. what i don't like are those pre-recorded voicemail messages tacked onto the ends of user-created voicemail messages. do you know what i'm talking about?

you're in a rush! all you want to do is say "hi. this is marc calling you back. please call me at your earliest convenience." but what do you have to wait through in order to leave that simple message (esp. if you don't know if the shortcut to the "beep" is the pound key or that asterisk (but that's a completely different rant))? "hello. you've reached janet q. public at private enterprise company. unfortunately i'm not at my desk right now but i may be around the office or at lunch or in a meeting or on the other line. if you need to reach my right away you can call my cellphone at xxx.xxx.xxxx." AND THEN you have to listen to a pre-recorded message about pressing 1 to mark your message urgent or press 0 to reach the operator or press 2 to leave your callback number or press 3 to leave a message (unless you'd like to wait for the tone). all that excessive talking sends me into a rage! a rage, i tell you.

(comments worth noting - from before the archives were deleted and then restored)

i hope you got good and drunk last night.
Posted by: jamie on September 4, 2003 11:47 AM

he got good. don't think he got the drunk.
Posted by: alex on September 4, 2003 02:00 PM

Don't you hate pants?
Posted by: kfan on September 4, 2003 05:07 PM

i totally hate pants. i can't think very clearly when i'm wearing pants. (i sort of equate my body to a computer, and like a computer, i work better when i'm not overheated. pants are a main source of me being overheated). i'm pretty sure having to wear pants is the reason i haven't been made a vice president in my company. when i create the next list of things that frustrate me to know end, pants will certainly be at the top of the list.
Posted by: marc on September 4, 2003 07:01 PM