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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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19 March 2001 - 9:58 pm
Someone eagerly wishes to talk to me by telephone tonight. Sadly, I do not know the identity of this person. You see, I like to screen my phone calls. That way I can avoid embarrassing conversations with my numerous creditors. Also telemarketers and other people that I don't like or don't want to talk to. This process of screening is made possible by an answering machine, or in my case, the WashU voice mail system (314/935-9200). This system will answer my calls for me, and allow the people who are calling me to leave a message. I can then review the messages and return the calls when I find it convenient.
The intelligent among you will have spotted the fundamental flaw in this system: if someone does not leave a message, I cannot review the messages and return the call. Unfortunately, this is what happened tonight. Someone (I assume it was only one person because I get very few phone calls) called approximately ten times in one half hour period, but never left a message. Therefore, I cannot return this unknown person's call.
Let me close by urging everyone who uses the telephone, especially those telephone users who call me, to leave a message if your call goes unanswered. Working together, we can eliminate this rash of calls without messages.
Posted by on 19 March 2001 at 9:58 PM
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