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user-inactivated  ·  3772 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: NPR: Millenials Hate Voice Mail

Holy SHIT I hate voicemail.

Senior year, I didn't delete my voicemail till the inbox was full. 50 messages.

Guess what ALL fifty of those voicemails were?

My mom, in the exact same tone, with the exact same message:

"Call me back."

Mom.

MOM.

I KNOW you want me to call you back. Inherently, by calling me, and me missing the call, and you BEING my MOTHER, I have to call you back. WHY DO YOU LEAVE THE MESSAGE.

I tried telling her but she just...she still does it.

This is hyperbolic annoyance, in case anyone is worried.

Then everyone important just emails or texts me, so voicemail is pretty much unnecessary for me.





_refugee_  ·  3772 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Once my mom called. I was away from my phone and didn't hear it ringing until too late. So I immediately called her back. She asked if I was screening my calls. I was like "Mom...I don't think you get cell phones...you always know who is calling...it shows..."