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Mini-rant: This Voicemail Box Is Full
« on: Jul 14, 2014, 11:18 pm »
Just a quick rant here. I can not understand people who don't delete old voicemails and thus let their mailboxes reach the point where you can no longer leave them a message. I've encountered that twice now in the past week when trying to contact people regarding a schedule change and a singer who was late to rehearsal.  Do they not realize that in addition to potentially not getting important information regarding the show they are working on, it could also potentially cost them employment down the line? I know if I was calling somebody to try to set up an interview, for instance, I would probably just move on if I wasn't able to leave a message. Anybody else just get extremely frustrated when they encounter this?

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Re: Mini-rant: This Voicemail Box Is Full
« Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2014, 11:40 pm »
Some carriers will play that message when service is suspended to save the account holder some embarrassment.

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Re: Mini-rant: This Voicemail Box Is Full
« Reply #2 on: Jul 15, 2014, 12:53 pm »
Some carriers will play that message when service is suspended to save the account holder some embarrassment.
It's also commonly used if the person has voicemail disabled. ("My mailbox is full, so sorry!" is much, much politer than "Hi! You've reached Janice. Please DON'T leave a message. Bye!")

Doesn't address the problems you're teasing out here, though!

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Re: Mini-rant: This Voicemail Box Is Full
« Reply #3 on: Jul 15, 2014, 03:42 pm »
I've had this frustration with a subcontractor that I've hired for different jobs.  Honestly, his phone works fine and he has voicemail set up - he just ignores it.  He winds up not getting as many calls for work from me because of the difficulty in communicating.  His loss!
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