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Answering Machines

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Do u have an answering machine?

  • Yes i have an answering machine

    Votes: 12 54.5%

  • No i dont

    Votes: 10 45.5%
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Im sorry, but I HATE ANSWERING MACHINES!!!! i dont like talking to machines. I like tlaking to people. Who out there has an answering machine???? And why??????? LOL ok they r good if u r out or whatever. But i know of some people who just dont answer their phone, and let it filter through the answering machine. GRRRRRRR I HATE THAT!!!!!! :mad:


ok thats my little soap box for the day. :D
 
We have an answering machine, but only because we run a business from home.

Other than that, I don't really like them that much.

If its real important I leave a message, if not I hang up (BEFORE THE TONE!)


Dad usually gets pissed off (since its a business line) if we miss a call.

I tell him, if thats so important they'll leave a message. He doesn't seem to understand that.
 
i hate pricks that waste me money, by me going into message bank on my phone when they just hang up (after the tone!)
Thanks, just wasted money for that!
 
I hate answering machines too. I always get nervous when I know my voice is being recorded.

We've got a snazzy one at home. It starts off with my Old mans vouce saying: "Welcome to our residence....if you want to speak to Daniel (me) press 1....if you want to speak to Matthew (my bro) press 2... if you want to speak to Claire (my sis) press 3, if you want to speak to Bob (my Dad) press 4..." etc etc

By the time you negotiate the button presses, most have hung up.
 

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I see that you don't like them Dee :D
Keep me informed with your happenings ;)

But on the other hand, my friends are always complaining that my message bank picks up all the time...my net is always connected, we need a 2nd phone line badly.
 
Oh and I always wanted to make up my own little groovy message like the one on Friends on Monday I think. Ross recorded one to Queen's We Will Rock You :D
Someone else I know has his recorded from Seinfeld, can't remember exactly but it was George singing this song on his machine, funny stuff :D
 
Originally posted by PowerGirl36
Someone else I know has his recorded from Seinfeld, can't remember exactly but it was George singing this song on his machine, funny stuff :D
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"Believe it or not, George isn't at home. Please leave your message at the beat! I must be out, or i'd pick up the phone, where could I be? Belive it or not, im not home! -George (singing)
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Originally posted by NICK THE PIE MAN


"Believe it or not, George isn't at home. Please leave your message at the beat! I must be out, or i'd pick up the phone, where could I be? Belive it or not, im not home! -George (singing)
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Thats my message on my mobile :)
 
Originally posted by NICK THE PIE MAN


"Believe it or not, George isn't at home. Please leave your message at the beat! I must be out, or i'd pick up the phone, where could I be? Belive it or not, im not home! -George (singing)
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:D :D :D
 
I have a voicemail, so deal with it! :p

Once on our old answering machine, when I was a bit drunk, I recorded an Elvis tune as our message... :eek: :cool:

Didn't last long when mum heard it! :mad: ;)

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i hate ppl that let machines pick up the phone for them and then choose whether or not to pick up...but i also hate ppl whoi don't have answering machines at all... and also ppl that do hav ebut never check them... i always call friends and then when they don't call me back i call them back and say "did u get my message?"..."no... i haven't checked the machine yet" the first thing i do when i walk into my house is check the machine i can't stand it when i always have to be the one to call!!!
 

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I hate talking on phones. Prefer SMS.

My voicemail message had The Who's "Who Are You?" on it, and no spoken message at all. Most people thought I answered the phone with the music blaring, and not realised it was a recorded message. Didn't bother changing it. Hate recording message thingos.
 
The answering machine has destroyed the effectiveness of the telephone as a means of communication.

What probably seemed like a good idea at first has become a total disaster for communications. Especially when people use answering machines as a way of filtering calls.

Person A rings Person B. Person B's answering machine answers the call. Person A leaves message, "Please call me back". Person B rings Person A. Person A's answering machine answers. Person B leaves message, "Hi, Person A. This is Person B here. I'm just answering your call."

Two phone calls have been made. Telephone company gets the revenue for two calls. But the callers have received precisely jack nothing for their money.

Now THAT is a bloody rip-off.

And it happens all the time.

It was actually much easier to contact people before answering machines were invented ... because in those days people actually ANSWERED their bloody phones.

The answering machine has got to be one of the most lucrative scams the telephone companies have ever come up with.

FACE IT PEOPLE ... THEY ARE LAUGHING AT YOU.

Telstra ... Optarse ... AAPT ... etc.

They are LAUGHING at YOU
 
I love my answering machine. I wish I was an answering machine. I wish I could say, "I'm sorry, Ant isn't in right now" when I meet someone I know in the street. ;)
 
Originally posted by Dee
Im sorry, but I HATE ANSWERING MACHINES!!!! i dont like talking to machines. I like tlaking to people. Who out there has an answering machine???? And why??????? LOL ok they r good if u r out or whatever. But i know of some people who just dont answer their phone, and let it filter through the answering machine. GRRRRRRR I HATE THAT!!!!!! :mad:


ok thats my little soap box for the day. :D
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I have one because I live alone and leave for work at 6am and don't get home till 6pm.
I had a Heart attack 6 weeks ago, back at work now and I receive messages from the Hospital Re- appointments for the Cardioligist, Pathology, change of medication and or to see my local GP for a checkup.
So I probably couldn't live without one.
P.S The bloody cat just ignores the Phone :D
 

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I have an answering machine, yes I filter calls, yes I get pissed off if you hang up and I hate calling people who don't have them.

The answering machine is essential during study times.
 
Answering machine *chuckle*. Dad had visa reward points to spend and apparently the answering machine was the best option. Naturally, it sat in a drawer for years. So we have one, but I'm the only person in the house that knows how to use it.
That means I can set the message. And up until a few weeks ago it was that song:
"hey, how you doin'? Sorry you can't get through. Why don't you leave your name, and your number, and I'll get back to you?"
Then dad rang the house and the machine picked up, and that was the death of the answering maching, which is now back in its box in the draw. :D
 

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