At the Sound of the Drone
Why do so many of us (I’m including my household here, too, natch) have the same tired old message on our phone answering machines? You know, the “We can’t get to the phone right now…”
C’mon, we all know what that really means – some version of: “Mom’s getting a manicure, Dad’s picking up a “gotta have it” gizmo at Home Depot, Madison’s cruising the mall, and Dylan is losing his shirt at on-line poker.”
Why don’t we just cut to the chase with a simple: “Hey robbers, come on over?”
PS: If you have a better alternative, please, please share it with us, as long as it doesn’t involve talking Chihuahuas or two-month-olds, no matter how talented or gifted.
Comments
Cut the landline phone completely. I don't have a home phone at all. I just use my cellphone. You can screen the calls and your number can be totally unlisted so the robbers won't even know where you live. :) Oh and you have to love being able to recieve calls for you and only you and no telemarketers.
Hi you've reached the smith's and we're busy so we'll call you when we get the chance.
My cell's is: "Hi! This is Lori, leave me a message after the..." and then it beeps. I thought it was a cute idea. I stole it from my husband when we first started dating.
"I'm sorry. We can't come to the phone right now. Please leave your name and a brief message...blah blah". I thought it was brief and clear. My son says I sound like Queen Elizabeth after she sat on her crown. I can't win!
You've reached the Smiths. You know what to do...and if you don't, I don't want to speak to you anyway.
hi. we're screening our calls right now. if we don't call you right back, we are probably doing something much more important than talking to you. Let us know what its about. -- Beep --
Hi, you are just the person I wanted to talk to! Unfortunately, I cannot take your call right now so please leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Have a good day!
