Answering machines and voice mail have been the new norm for long enough that, well, now they’re the old norm. Do you remember when they were first developed, back when they were separate devices hooked up to the telephone? We’d record the message about six times until it was just right. Now, of course, they are built right in, so if we don’t answer the phone after four rings, as we do in the age of screened calls, the system springs into action so the caller can record something excruciatingly long that often goes well beyond the allotted time. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has a great routine about people calling just to leave a message. “Oh, you’re there. I thought you’d be out and I’d leave a message.” There are those, however, who still don’t know to wait for the “beep”, so we only get the last bit of their message, something like “call me when you get this”. Great. Who are you again? Continue reading “Please Leave A Message!”
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