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I almost never answer my phone; I let the answering service pick up.
Tonight I let the service pick up, only to find that the message was from somebody I'd actually been hoping to hear from.
So I called back. Left a message.
Some time later the phone rang again, and this time I picked it up, thinking it was the above person.
Me: "Hello?"
*silence except for chatting in the background*
Oh crap. It's a telemarketer. Or a scammer. I should have hung up right then and there but instead I repeated: "HELLO?"
Caller: "Hi, is *Pixelated* there?"
Me: "No, she's not here right now."
*click*
Yeah, I could've handled that better, I think. If it WAS a telemarketer, they're only doing a job, and if they call back, I'll repeat that I'm not here ATM
but "Can I take a message?" and see where that goes. I was just seriously annoyed that it wasn't the person I had been waiting to hear from.
And that, folks, is why I usually don't answer the phone. It gives too many people an introduction to my Inner Surly Self.
Tonight I let the service pick up, only to find that the message was from somebody I'd actually been hoping to hear from.
So I called back. Left a message.
Some time later the phone rang again, and this time I picked it up, thinking it was the above person.
Me: "Hello?"
*silence except for chatting in the background*
Oh crap. It's a telemarketer. Or a scammer. I should have hung up right then and there but instead I repeated: "HELLO?"
Caller: "Hi, is *Pixelated* there?"
Me: "No, she's not here right now."
*click*
Yeah, I could've handled that better, I think. If it WAS a telemarketer, they're only doing a job, and if they call back, I'll repeat that I'm not here ATM
but "Can I take a message?" and see where that goes. I was just seriously annoyed that it wasn't the person I had been waiting to hear from.And that, folks, is why I usually don't answer the phone. It gives too many people an introduction to my Inner Surly Self.