You know that your call is very important to me. And I do hope that you understand that there are times when I am unable to answer my phone the moment it rings.
But, for the love of all that's holy ... PLEASE leave a message when you call.
If you prefer not to leave a message, then please ... don't rip my head off when I do answer my phone. I'm not clairvoyant, I don't have ESP, nor do I have the phone permanently attached to my ear.
You see ... according to you, you called me 8 times and I "never answered that phone" and you had something important to discuss. Believe it or not ... I can appreciate your side of the situation. But in return I would certainly appreciate it if you would understand that there are many, many, many times a day that my phone rings. And sometimes I am handy enough to answer right away, sometimes not.
During our conversation when you said, "and it's about time you answered ..." it was all I could do not to lose my patience with you. I realize that your situation is number one in your mind. I get that. But you really need to know that I deal with several people a day that believe that their situation is of the urmost urgency.
The simple lesson learned from childhood ... not everyone can be first ... applies here.
So ... in the future ... if you call me and get my voice mail ... leave a message. That's the only way I'm going to know you called. And if you're going to be kind enough to leave that message, please leave me a hint of what your call pertains to. Just saying, "Hi, it's me. Call me back." is not enough.
And, for the record, if I'm on the other line ... I won't answer. If I'm 'indisposed' ... I won't answer. If I'm with someone ... I won't answer.
Oh, and last but not least ... when I didn't answer the first time you called ... you can be pretty sure that I'm not going to answer 2 minutes later. Or 2 minutes after that.
Do you realize you called me 11 times in less than 1 hour? And you never once left a message. That can only lead me to believe that your 'issue' was a 'non-issue' that could wait.
Thanks for listening.
****Beep ... please leave your message after the tone.
This is hysterical! I know that you are making a serious point but did you really have to make ice tea come out of my nose! LOL! You mean you don't have one of those ear bugs permanently imbedded in your ear so you can answer the phone on the toilet or in church. Thank goodness you don't! Those are the #1 device ever made for making the user show thier true rudeness, and making some hapless person who mistakenly thought they were being addressed answer only to feel a fool when given the one minute gesture. Yeah you Mr. Ear Bug User, I have a finger gesture for you too...oh wait, wrong finger!
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