Voicemail
To go along with the recent posts about phones and such, I figured I’d just throw up a quick diatribe about my feelings on voicemail. I’m not a fan. I just think that it’s easier to call someone back after receiving the missed call, than rather have to listen to a message that says “Hi, call me back.”
There’s an interesting read in today’s UK Guardian about voicemail, that I wanted to share. I have to agree with this even more.. While at work, I’d much rather prefer an e-mail detailing what needs to be done, than a phone message that says “call me back when you have a chance to discuss x,y,z.. blah blah blah” — because that just tends to turn into a game of phone tag. If you’d just left me an e-mail telling me what was what, it would’ve been done a heck of a lot sooner. My Boston.com peeps knew this well, almost too well. I’d get voicemails saying “I know you’re not going to listen to this, so I’m just going to send you an e-mail.” Well, that, too, defeats the purpose.. but at least they knew of my dislike for the medium.
I think the exception is for those numbers I don’t recognize. Let ‘em go to voicemail, and tell me why they’re ringing my line.. or I can’t be bothered. I guess there’s always some good things that come out of VM.
