Cell phones and voice mail confuse me. If you call someone and they don’t answer- should you leave a message? Every time I have to leave a message, I”m wondering… will they listen to this before they call me back? Will they just call me back if they see my number? I tend to do this, if someone calls and doesn’t leave a message, I think “Gee, they called for something, I should find out what it was”- but then Jason said the other night, “No, I’m not going to call them back, they didn’t leave a message.” And then, I leave a message and someone calls me back and I start talking like they know why I called, then there is this awkward time as I try to figure out if they listened to the message or not. Or, if I miss a message from a few days ago, the little symbol is on my phone, but then I never know if current calls are leaving a message. 2 days later I check my phone and realize that I have missed 7 messages…. eak!
I think this problem would all be solved if everyone would just convert to texting.
I’m embarrassed to admit that this comment will totally reflect my age, but…. at any rate; I usually end up just calling someone after I start to text because I realize it would be so much quicker!!
If it’s something important, but not urgent, I’ll leave a message. Like, if I wanted to tell you “hey, it’s Friday and church stuff has changed for Sunday”, that’s a message for me. If it’s important and urgent, I’ll call – no answer – text. I do think most with Jonathan. Otherwise, if I just wanna chat or have something random to say, I don’t usually leave a message.
I usually don’t call someone back if they didn’t leave a message, because I figure it wasn’t important/urgent and if it is, they will call me back. If mike leaves me a message, I may call back without listening, but if someone else leaves a message I listen before calling back. I hate texting, although when i got my new phone number and plan I did add 300 text messages/month, so maybe I will catch the trend!
I’ve found that “my boss” never listens to my messages before calling back, but I leave one because I want him to know to call back. This has trained me to ask people who return my calls, “Did you listen to my message?” right off the bat so I know whether to re-explain what I said. Or, I’ll just leave a message saying to call back so I don’t have to say everything twice. I’m not a big fan of talking on the phone, so even though I’m a cheapskate, sometimes I’ll pay the $0.08 to text because I feel the sacrifice is worth not having to talk on the phone.
if by “my boss” you mean mike– yeah, he never listens to the message before calling back! He calls me back without a message, but not sure about how he handles work calls.