How Not To Act Old

This is hillarious, Pam.
Along these lines, I have been informed that using e-mail, other than for business, is really old. Young people use faceook to send messages, but now that old people have invaded that space, I think facebook will be on its way out.

I agree with this one completely. Voicemails are pretty pointless and outdated – why do I want to take time out of my day to listen to you tell me to call you back when your number in my phone obviously tells me the same thing? If it’s an emergency, text me. If it’s not, don’t waste my time with a voicemail. If it’s an “emergency” with a lot of details, leave a text saying what the voicemail is (ie, it’s a grocery list) and that is the only time I’ll listen.

I actually tried to listen to my voicemails, to see if maybe I was missing out on important things, but I wasn’t. I can tell you what my mom, my grandfather etc. said in the voicemail before I even listen to it. They always say the same thing, and they can’t tell if I listened to their voicemail or not.

There was one time when I used voicemail a LOT – with an ex-boyfriend I never had time to see in person. We’d have entire voicemail conversations, but he was the only person I’d tolerate that from.

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not only should you not leave a message, but don’t call at all unless voice-to-voice communication is absolutely necessary.
if you text me, i can read your message while i’m in a staff meeting.
i can text you back when the social situation turns boring, irrelevant or threatening (no social defense like burying my nose in my crackberry)
i can FB you (that’s Faceboook…sheesh) while in the lieu. yes, FB on the fone.
You know…basically when and where I feel like communicating.

This is generally true – however, if you suspect the person you’re calling doesn’t have your number, the please either: leave a very short voicemail specifying who you are OR (better) text with who you are. I get phone calls from people whose number I don’t know, and have no idea if it’s a cell or landline. They don’t leave voicemail or texts to let me know who they are. This is frustrating.

Here’s the other side of the coin. If you don’t leave a voicemail, I don’t call you back. I don’t surf my missed calls and waste my time calling potential callers I don’t know. If your reason for calling is important you’ll leave a message (or text). The attitude of not returning a person’s call when they leave a voicemail isn’t young, it’s immature (I’m not going to call Mom because she’s bugging me, nyah, nyah). How about this situation: I call someone, I get their voice greeting and realize I called the wrong number and hangup. This dickhead calls me back. Why are you calling me? Did I ask you to call me? NO. Expecting someone to call you when you don’t leave a message is fucking stupid.

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