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This is just way too funny... and true maybe
Kali:
I almost never even bother to listen to the voicemail. I figure 1) if it's serious, they'll call back and 2) here's how 99.9% of voicemail messages go:
"Heyyyyyy, it's meeeeeee. I'm just calling to say hiiiiiiii but I guess you're not arouuuuund. I'll call you laterrrrrrrr. Byeeeeeeee!"
They drive me insane. Don't leave me a message saying you called, I have a "missed calls" thingie on my cell, I KNOW you called. Leave a message if you have something to say, like, "Don't call me back, I just had a minute" or "I'm going out of town so I'll call when I get back" or something. And WHY oh why oh WNY does everyone draw out every word in voicemail? Everyone devolves into a 15-year-old girl when they leave voicemail, even the guys.
I hate the phone.
Shecky:
--- Quote from: Kali on September 24, 2010, 06:43:45 PM ---I almost never even bother to listen to the voicemail. I figure 1) if it's serious, they'll call back and 2) here's how 99.9% of voicemail messages go:
"Heyyyyyy, it's meeeeeee. I'm just calling to say hiiiiiiii but I guess you're not arouuuuund. I'll call you laterrrrrrrr. Byeeeeeeee!"
They drive me insane. Don't leave me a message saying you called, I have a "missed calls" thingie on my cell, I KNOW you called. Leave a message if you have something to say, like, "Don't call me back, I just had a minute" or "I'm going out of town so I'll call when I get back" or something. And WHY oh why oh WNY does everyone draw out every word in voicemail? Everyone devolves into a 15-year-old girl when they leave voicemail, even the guys.
I hate the phone.
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Heh. Guess this is one point where we aren't in sync. On the off chance you haven't noticed, I love to talk and will take just about every opportunity to do so. :D
Aludra:
--- Quote from: Kali on September 24, 2010, 06:43:45 PM ---I almost never even bother to listen to the voicemail. I figure 1) if it's serious, they'll call back and 2) here's how 99.9% of voicemail messages go:
"Heyyyyyy, it's meeeeeee. I'm just calling to say hiiiiiiii but I guess you're not arouuuuund. I'll call you laterrrrrrrr. Byeeeeeeee!"
They drive me insane. Don't leave me a message saying you called, I have a "missed calls" thingie on my cell, I KNOW you called. Leave a message if you have something to say, like, "Don't call me back, I just had a minute" or "I'm going out of town so I'll call when I get back" or something. And WHY oh why oh WNY does everyone draw out every word in voicemail? Everyone devolves into a 15-year-old girl when they leave voicemail, even the guys.
I hate the phone.
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You definitely don't have to be a writer to hate the pohne, either.
My stats-major friend really won't do phone calls. She has me or her boyfriend call automated systems like CVS for her. But she also has had hearing problems from a very young age which skews her already naturally present bias against phones.
jeno:
I am really, really bad at answering my phone. Sometimes I lose my phone on purpose, just so I won't have to answer it. *sigh*
Why can't the world just stick to text messages?
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Kali on September 24, 2010, 04:12:14 PM ---I kept laughing at these. I'm sure the exxy could tell you how much they apply to me. But this one, #16:
Writers communicate in a bunch of different ways. But mostly writing. Hope you don’t like talking on the phone — that shit is rough.
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I think that may be too weak a statement. Talking, at all, is tough. (Fortunately the writer to whom I am married is enough with me on this that we will stop any in-person conversation that gets tough at about the same time to go to each our separate comoputers and take the interaction to email.)
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