Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!telecom-request From: bill%gauss@gatech.edu (bill) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Some Callers and Answering Machines Message-ID: Date: 23 Mar 91 05:19:31 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Reply-To: bill@eedsp.gatech.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 25 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 227, Message 8 of 13 Ever since I got Caller ID, I've noticed that some callers will call, Call -- CALL, and will never leave a message. I can understand why telemarketing creatures would not leave a message - they don't want to take any more time on a call in order that they may cover as many phones as possible within a given amount of time. Besides, a machine can't slip up and inadvertently commit to a sale. But why won't some people leave a message? Don't they realize that most people have other things to do besides sit by the phone waiting for it to ring? Most of us take showers, use the restroom, putter about in the yard, go over to the local basketball court, eat dinner, wash the dog, wash our clothes (in that order), and shop. Maybe these people who don't leave messages are just gamblers at heart and they want to take their chances catching their callee at a free moment. Maybe they don't realize that if they leave a message they might (probably will) get a call back, but if they don't leave a message they definitely WILL NOT get a call back - unless I get real curious and call a strange number back. I'll be posting a "First Month of Caller ID" note here next. Bill Berbenich Georgia Tech, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{backbones}!gatech!eedsp!bill Internet: bill@eedsp.gatech.edu