Voicemail

"At the tone, please record your message. When you have finished recording you may hang up, or press 1 for more options"

--It's no new concept, so why does that stupid lady still come on and waste valuable time giving instructions!? Everyone on the face of the planet knows how to leave a voicemail... and anyone who doesn't should probably not be in public without supervision. I think it's time for that lady to get a new job.

Really, I don't need someone to tell me I could hang up the phone if I wanted to...

As an aside - the worst thing to listen to is the message you hear when the person hasn't set up a personalized voicemail.

It goes something like this:
"The person you called, area code 5-5-5, 5-5-5, 5-5-5-5, is unavailable at this time. After the tone, please record your message. When you have finished recording you may hang up, or press 1 for more options."

I'm sure you could recite that word for word too. Life shouldn't be like that! On a side note, there are far too many people with LONG personalized messages,

For Example:
"Hey Guys, you've reached Jim at 555-555-5555. Looks like you missed me, but if you leave your name, number and a brief message - I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks, and have a great day!"

This could be shortened to: "Hey it's Jim. Leave a message!"
I know what number this is, I dialed it.
I know I missed you... I'm listening to a recording.
I know you'll call back... That's what the voicemail is for.
And, my day would have been better without your empty, pre-recorded wishes.

And then there's the "clever" guy (everybody knows one) who thinks he's original and records:
"Hello?... Hello!?... I can't hear you.... AH Just kidding, It's Jim at 555-555-5555........"

This could be shortened to: "Hey it's Jim. I'm an asshole!"

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