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I was complaining the other day about people with generic messages on their answering machines. Well, today I got one that was anything _but_ generic.
I'm making calls to people, letting them know that their taxes are all prepared and all we need are signatures and dates on e-file authorization forms. Most folks prefer to have the forms faxed to them, so I default to calling work numbers. One of our clients won't be in his office until later this afternoon, so I ask to be transferred to his voice mail. Apparently they sent me to his cell phone, and his message (where most people say, "Hey, I'm not here right now, leave a message...") goes like this: "Hi baby, my cell phone died so if you get this, call Chris at (Chris' phone number). I'm drunk and fucked-up so I'm going to be here for a while if I don't... if I can't get a cab. Yeah, Chris just said he'd pay for my cab. I love you."
WTF? I can understand leaving a message like that on your phone for your wife, if you don't get many other people calling you, but that's where they sent me when I asked for him at work! Anyone trying to call him for professional reaons or otherwise will hear that message. Yikes.
I'm making calls to people, letting them know that their taxes are all prepared and all we need are signatures and dates on e-file authorization forms. Most folks prefer to have the forms faxed to them, so I default to calling work numbers. One of our clients won't be in his office until later this afternoon, so I ask to be transferred to his voice mail. Apparently they sent me to his cell phone, and his message (where most people say, "Hey, I'm not here right now, leave a message...") goes like this: "Hi baby, my cell phone died so if you get this, call Chris at (Chris' phone number). I'm drunk and fucked-up so I'm going to be here for a while if I don't... if I can't get a cab. Yeah, Chris just said he'd pay for my cab. I love you."
WTF? I can understand leaving a message like that on your phone for your wife, if you don't get many other people calling you, but that's where they sent me when I asked for him at work! Anyone trying to call him for professional reaons or otherwise will hear that message. Yikes.