Verizon, take note.
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Message received February 13 at 9:10 pm.
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All of this cost me almost a full minute of useless time. Similarly:
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Seriously, this is 2008. People in Botswana without electricity know how to leave a message on voicemail. How about this:
"Hey this is Matt. Leave a message."
Beep.
Period. The end. How hard is that? That's how this started on answering machines. Explain to me how cell phones, which were invented so that we could be more efficient and work faster, feel the need to drag on and on?
I'm hungry.
Please enter your pin number
You have "6" new messages.
First new message.
Message received February 13 at 9:10 pm.
To hear message, press "2".
All of this cost me almost a full minute of useless time. Similarly:
Please leave a message after the beep.
After the tone, please leave your message.
When you have finished recording, you may hang up, or press for more options.
Record after the tone.
Seriously, this is 2008. People in Botswana without electricity know how to leave a message on voicemail. How about this:
"Hey this is Matt. Leave a message."
Beep.
Period. The end. How hard is that? That's how this started on answering machines. Explain to me how cell phones, which were invented so that we could be more efficient and work faster, feel the need to drag on and on?
I'm hungry.
marvel:
Wow, I haven't talked to you in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages! How's it going?
page_monroe:
You're so cute!!! That's totally a rant I would go off on too. Plus the "I'm hungry" part is pretty awesome, made me chuckle. Hope your day is going well.s