Friday, May 1, 2009

No Answer

Some of you may already know that I AM NOT a fan of those voice mailboxes, answering machines or leave-your-freakin'-messages things. Especially when you're calling international.


A few days ago, I was trying to reach an acquaintance about her motor insurance inquiry, but couldn't reach her after several attempts. Her mobile just kept on ringing… unanswered. Good though… no voice mailbox whatever…


When I finally caught her, she jokingly said that she thought the call might be coming from one of her banks since it's a landline number. You know why banks call, right?


So, I came to think and came up with a good idea for please-leave-your-message-after-the-beep spiel:


Hi! Sorry I can't answer the phone right now. If you want to leave a message, PRESS 1; [long pause here]… But if you've been trying to reach me for days and I don't pick up or return your calls, please DON'T PRESS CHARGES, I'll get back to you A-S-A-P!

Posted by at 5/01/2009 04:01:00 AM

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Popular Posts

  • Here's what the doctors said.
    Okay. Let me start with what my dentist said about that tooth that fell off the other day. She said that I didn't have to wo...
  • On Devotion
    If your mother used to tell you, "You should have a devotion," and didn't know what it meant, don't worry, that makes us ...
  • Ad-On, Ad-Off
    I was watching PBB last night. Without knowing that "Habang May Buhay" started, we didn't know that the time slot was changed...
  • Specks of Yesterday
    Outlook for my mails. I used to check my Yahoo! and Google mails using Microsoft Outlook. But it all went out when I had to reformat. I ...
  • Not so good
    I have been in remission for over a year now. Until. It all started when my bowel movement became irregular and I took it from not drinking ...
  • The Lady in Rm. 307
    I asked the nurse if I got the name right.  And she said yes, it's Karen in Rm. 307.  I was in Rm. 313.  I said I wanted to visit her, b...
  • I Just Got Out
    For those returning visitors, I'm sure you've noticed the changes that took place about two days ago. I got a new template which I h...
  • A Certain Sadness
    Nowadays, it is such a very rare occasion that I have the chance to be out of the office during sunset. Last Thursday was one of the rare o...
  • Cycle 3 is on Monday next week & Mercury's out
    I was with my oncologist yesterday. Again. I showed the results of my blood works and it's (again) good news... everything...
  • Cycle 3, Rm 310
    I'm finally home after my third cycle. It's a good thing that all's well that ends well, as they say. There weren...