#963 Unimportant voicemails

This is perhaps one of the biggest differences between older generations and younger generations. Anybody who is anybody of the younger generation knows that if you don't have something important to say when you call, there's no need to leave a voicemail. Obviously, the intended recipient of your phone call will see that they have a missed call. They will see that it's from you, what time you called and how many times you called. The missed call obviously implies that someone wanted to reach you, and you just call them back. Easy. Standard procedure.

Typical reaction after
getting a voicemail.

It's slightly annoying when someone deviates from the standard procedure.  9 out of 10 times, that deviation is a call from an older person, most likely a parent. Well, it must be urgent if they're leaving you a voicemail. Slightly annoyed, you'll dial up your voicemail, listen to the "please enter your password, then press pound" message that you've heard nine million times, punch in your password and listen to the important voicemail.

"Hey there, it's dad. It's 9:30 on Monday, just calling to see what's up. Call me back."

Great, how very important.


What's also slightly annoying is that even if you delay the inevitable of listening to that voicemail, you'll have to live with the little "new voicemail" icon on your cell phone's homescreen until you deal with it.

It's just slightly annoying.