May I speak to Bob please...

[krrayn.livejournal.com]

Despite the fact that my support voice mail greeting explicitly states "please leave your name and phone number with area code and extension..." I still get people who leave their company's main number, and their first name. So I call back and get their automated greeting "if you know your party's extension, you may dial it at any time. To access a company directory by LAST NAME, press..."

That's about as useful as a needleless compass in the middle of a pathless forest on an overcast day. Maybe I'll just start with the As and work my way down the list, it's just as good as walking in a random direction and hoping to find civilization right?

Comments

[taleya.livejournal.com]

just amend your msg to say "..If you fail to provide these details, we will be unable to contact you and deal with your enquiry"

[krrayn.livejournal.com]

unfortunately there's a time limit on my greeting, and it's already squeezed to the max.

[krrayn.livejournal.com]

wild icon, btw

[taleya.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks

[taleya.livejournal.com]

Maybe squeeze in "leave your surname" ?

[oh-kevin.livejournal.com]

how about amending it to say don't bother leaving me messages if you're an idiot.

[oh-kevin.livejournal.com]

oh wait, you'd probably get no messages at all.

i know i wouldn't.

[krrayn.livejournal.com]

sure, but then... how would *they* know?

[krrayn.livejournal.com]

A roommate of mine in college liked to bait people by doing things like, using a traditional tape-recording answering machine, leaving a greeting message like "To leave a message for Bob, press 1. To leave a message for Joe, press 2."

We'd get messages like so:

*doot*

...

*doooooot*

...


*click*