Comments on: Voice Messages Need Substance, Seriously!

by: Travis Q

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:32:21 +0000

I’m siding with Scott on this one. It seems to me no matter what method of correspondence I use, it is either not taken seriously or is forgotten by the time you get convenience to call or write back. (I hope its the latter)

Case in point:
I left a “good” voicemail this past Saturday indicating the reason for my call and what I expected. No response.
After not returning my call, we chatted online 4 days later about having lunch and catching up. I wrote to you that it would me much easier for me to tell my stories of tribulation and to lock down details via the phone rather than write them all out…being half gimpy and all. To this, you responded, “Let me call you in just a sec…working on something for a few more minutes.”
To Date: Still No Word from Shattuck. :(

I wrote something about this very topic recently…actually it was on Jan 10th.
http://www.tquizzle.com/2007/01/10/communication-is-key/

by: Justin

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:12:50 +0000

My personal favorite, quietly whispher the beginning of your message into the phone, while in voicemail, “Hey Justin, it’s Shat, thought I would hit you up to tell you that I THINK YOU ARE A PANSY FIGURE OUT MY ITUNES CRAP!” Only where the capitals begin is where I start SCREAMING into the phone very loud.

It usually makes people mad :)

by: Justin C.

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:05:14 +0000

sometime i leave voicemails that say something to the effect of:

“Jessica!! CALL ME BACK IT’S AN EMERGENCY!!!!”

but even that doesn’t work anymore

by: Justin

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:37:56 +0000

Amen!

I figured more people would be for voicemail than this, I like how people share my opinion; means you’re intelligent.

heh..

by: Enigmafyv

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:50:16 +0000

Can I get an Amen! Can I get a hallelujah! Praise be to the defined voice mail.

I’m fully on board with this one.

by: Scott

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:01:42 +0000

You’d definitely get a call back… I will probably get a call back after I’ve left for boot camp.

by: molly

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:31:14 +0000

What about this:

“Hey Justin this is Molly. I have a really great story so you ABSOLUTELY MUST call me back! You’re going to like it.”

Is that good enough?

by: graham

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:27:37 +0000

I kind of hate talking on the phone altogether, that seems to be my problem. I’m bad about returning calls as well.

by: Justin

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:14:49 +0000

@Scott:

Honestly, my friends and family know that I am pretty freaking bad about returning telephone calls. I am 10 times more likely to return your electronic correspondance(s) such as email and instant messages, prior to ever returning a phone call.

Sweet! A real-life working example of my quote. See, I still responded to this more quickly than a telephone call.

by: gmonkey

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:52:26 +0000

I hate voicemails. For businesses its a channel without any spam filter — every message is an annoying sales call. And for everyone else? If you won’t take the time to write down the details and send it to me — instead choosing to “talk to me about it”, then I have to find a pen (or pull up a freakin’ text editor, or…more typically: send myself an email).