How have people still not figured out how to give out phone numbers?

[Exterous]

If you are a business and want me to call you back don't give me your phone number suddenly and in rapid fire so I have to replay your message several times to get the full # and extension

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

You're forcing them to leave voice mail? How last century of you.

 

[Exterous]

You're forcing them to leave voice mail? How last century of you.

No - I greatly prefer email but some places don't like to email. Probably think its easier to talk you into things over the phone - which is exactly what this was. I thought it was in regards to an open support call. Nope. It was a sales person from the same organization.

 

[rh71]

Because you can replay the message and they figure you'll have to regardless of how slow they are because you're not sitting there with pen and paper anyway. If you were ready, it wouldn't matter.

 

[twinrider1]

Also, state your name and number in the beginning of the message. It's the first thing you should do. Sucks when you have to listen to a message more than once to get a number and the person left their number at the end of a two minute message.

 

[Anubis]

i think part of the issue is people assume everyone caller ID is gonna just tell them the number forgetting that if you have extensions or are routed through a cooperate switchboard bs, it won't.

i love looking at my phone and seeing it just say "Florida" is calling

 

[MarkLuvsCS]

Love google voices auto voice-to-text service. Get an email with message and a link to file of the message itself. Really can't go wrong.

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[zinfamous]

I just mumble my contact information into their voicemail and then when I don't hear back from them in the next 3 days, I fire off an angry email to their direct supervisor about their department's incompetence, demanding free replacement equipment.

Works every time, and I am highly valued for my skills.

 

[feralkid]

I just mumble my contact information into their voicemail and then when I don't hear back from them in the next 3 days, I fire off an angry email to their direct supervisor about their department's incompetence, demanding free replacement equipment.

Works every time, and I am highly valued for my skills.

Yes, that is just one of those weird tricks those Wall Street Fat-Cats don't want us to know about.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I hate when people do that too. I get that at work all the time.

"Can you test this number for me 1232544345" Woah there, give me a chance to write it down at least. Worse is you ask them to repeat and they repeat it just as fast.

 

[skyking]

I carefully repeat the number at the beginning and the end of a VM, so a person can get ready to fill in the blanks if they missed it the first time.
"hi, this is fred flinstone, 253 867 5309, I wanted to talk about your stone tables, 253 867 5309"
That's what I like to hear, anyway.

 

[Crono]

i love looking at my phone and seeing it just say "Florida" is calling

It's like "London Calling", but with 5,000% more crazy

 

[dave_the_nerd]

When I was working retail, if I had to leave a message for somebody, I'd state my name, business name, phone number, then leave the message, then repeat my name and phone number again. Just seemed like the right thing to do.