Cell Phone Voice Mail Prompts in 2014?

So you call someone’s cell phone.  The person you are calling doesn’t answer.  You get a voice mail message that says, “Hi, you’ve reached…” or “Hi, this is (insert name here) I’m not able to blah, blah, blah” or even better, “You’ve reached Tom, Marge, Amy, Billy, Gunther, Spot and Snuggles the kittycat.  We’re not home …(well, you get it)” 

Then comes my pet peeve…….after the personal message tells me to leave my number, an automated, factory-generated Mrs. Cleaver-type voice gets on and tells us to “Leave a message after the tone.” REEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLY?????????  Then she goes on to say, “When you’re finished with your message, you may hang up…”  REAAAAAALLLY?

It’s 2014.  Is there ANYONE that does NOT know what to do AFTER THE TONE?  As a matter of fact, is there anyone that actually needs directions on what to do BEFORE THE TONE???  Is there anyone that has no idea that a tone is coming on at some point?

“Hey AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Nextel Hell, T-Mobile, we may be stupid enough that we have to read the directions on how to fill out a Powerball QuickPick ticket but do we really need instructions on what to do before and after the tone?”

Please discontinue your voice mail lady.  Send her out to record some GPS voiceovers so that we can just leave the damned message, YA JAGOFFS.

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4 thoughts on “Cell Phone Voice Mail Prompts in 2014?”

  1. I agree. I hate having to wait for the voicemail lady to complete her message before I can start to talk, especially when someone comes around, assumes I’m not doing anything because I’m not talking, and tries to get my attention!

  2. My voice mail is the voice of the lady on the IVR for the company I work for. She has a very recognizable voice that is pretty well known. Because we’re friends, I get her to record new messages all the time. They usually start with “Bill Y can’t take your call right now because he’s off somewhere hating Bon Jovi”.Very often, I’ll get people asking me not to answer my phone because they want to hear the voice mail which works for me because I don’t want to talk to them anyway!

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