VoiceMail: You Have to Communicate With People if You Need
Something to Happen
I'm not sure if I like voicemail or not. I like getting messages
when I'm either away from the office or on another call, the
security of knowing I don't miss a call is nice. I hate
voicemail when I know someone is hiding behind it, letting it
take my call as opposed to answering themselves.
But this post is created not from those likes and dislikes, its
creation is a pet peeve of mine - the voicemail where the caller
merely says "Call me when you get a chance."
It happened again recently and I can't stand it.
Why did the person call? Is it urgent? Should I immediately
return the call? Can I wait to return the call after I handle a
more urgent issue? Is there something I need to do?
I worked with a sales person once that used to leave me this
type of voicemail all the time. I never had the slightest idea
what they wanted and never knew if I should hunt them down or
not. Probably 9 out of 10 times they wanted to discuss some
trivial issue that could have waited or been addressed with a
return voicemail or email from me. Rarely if ever was there
anything urgent.
What really got me with this sales person though was they used
voicemail the same way with their customers. They