My OperaVoicemail Instructions...
Thursday, June 24, 2010 8:26:16 PM
Thinking about this has just about put me in the funny-farm: almost every time I have to leave a voicemail, a message recorded by the person I'm calling is played which usually instructs me to leave a message including my name, number and the reason for my call - fair enough, I suppose, although I do slightly resent being told what my message should include; after all, I'm a big boy now and can probably figure it out for myself.
Anyway, next comes the best bit: a female voice imposed on me, the caller, by the phone company says, "Please record your message after the tone. When you have finished, hang up or press the pound key for more options."
HELLO!!!!!!!!!! How much fucking longer are we going to have to put up with this nonsense: the person I'm calling has just given me instructions fit for a retard and then, instead of allowing me to leave the fucking message, I have to listen to the robot bint telling me exactly the same thing all over again. HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've timed this ridiculous verbal addendum and it takes about seven or eight seconds which is seven or eight seconds of *my* life completely and utterly WASTED every time I have to leave voicemail!
Now, let's be very conservative and assume for example that there are five hundred million voicemails invoked per day over the planet; that's over *125* *YEARS* of human life completely and utterly wasted
E-V-E-R-Y F-U-C-K-I-N-G D-A-Y!
WTF! I rest my case; put me in a straight jacket and lead me to the cuckoo's nest.
Anyway, next comes the best bit: a female voice imposed on me, the caller, by the phone company says, "Please record your message after the tone. When you have finished, hang up or press the pound key for more options."
HELLO!!!!!!!!!! How much fucking longer are we going to have to put up with this nonsense: the person I'm calling has just given me instructions fit for a retard and then, instead of allowing me to leave the fucking message, I have to listen to the robot bint telling me exactly the same thing all over again. HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've timed this ridiculous verbal addendum and it takes about seven or eight seconds which is seven or eight seconds of *my* life completely and utterly WASTED every time I have to leave voicemail!
Now, let's be very conservative and assume for example that there are five hundred million voicemails invoked per day over the planet; that's over *125* *YEARS* of human life completely and utterly wasted
E-V-E-R-Y F-U-C-K-I-N-G D-A-Y!
WTF! I rest my case; put me in a straight jacket and lead me to the cuckoo's nest.
