answering machines

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Stacey @xstitcher (39050) • Petaluma, California 29 Apr 21

My apologies for shouting--I know that's bad etiquette and all, but an hour or so ago--maybe two now--had to stop and take Angel for a walk-- I got an email earlier (screen cap above) that said I got the apartment I wanted !!!...

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Those hateful answering machines!

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 5 May 16

I should have had my voucher for St. Maarten over a month ago. It never arrived. So today I called. You know the conversation, I suppose. If you want this, press one, if you want that, press 2. And so on. When I was about to hang...

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Did you know answering machines are obsolete?

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 20 Aug 11

Our old answering machine sometimes decides to just start announcing for no reason. It talks to itself all of the time. It has gotten quite irritating, so I've asked hubby to buy us a new one. He had an unused gift certificate for...

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How many people screen their telephone calls?

oscarbartoni @oscarbartoni (2581) • United States 21 Aug 09

When wee get a telephone call (we have a caller ID box) that we don't know, we will not answer. We also have a message that tells people to leave a message with their name, phone number and a short message. People do not leave...

answering machines

leaving messages

telephones

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Why Do People Rely On Answering Machines Even If They Are Around?

mjmlagat @mjmlagat (3170) • Philippines 13 Aug 08

Please do not misinterpret me for posting the question but out my curiousity, why do think most of the time people rely on answering machines even if they're around to pick up the phone? Maybe I'm a bit ignorant about this...

answering machines

communication

personalized

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Do you like your voice?

dreamy1 @dreamy1 (3811) • United States 21 Dec 07

Do you like the way it sounds? When I'm talking I don't mind but when I hear it on a recording, answering machine etc I don't like it. I sound like a baby and my voice isn't high either. Funny enough I worked in a call center for...

answering machines

hearing

voice

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The Annoyances of Life: The Message Machine

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 9 Jul 07

Okay I had done a discussion about one of our annoyances of life, and that being the phone and how people will have the annoying habit of calling whenever they feel like it just to yak, while you're trying to get work done at a...

lifes annoyances

message machines

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Answering machines - love or hate them??

MagdalenaM @MagdalenaM (681) • United States 27 Apr 07

I have to agree that answering machines are in a way indispensable because there are many times when even if you have a mobile/cell phone you may need to turn it off and there is always someone who may need to get in touch with...

answering machines

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Answering machines

kitkat1 @kitkat1 (1227) • Canada 17 Apr 07

I have one and i also know how much i had to talk to one myself. I have the usual message leave your name and number blah blah blah blah. I am looking for some creative and fun messages to put on my machine to jazz it up a bit and...

answering machines

fun

talking on one

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do you like or hate answering machines

megaplaza @megaplaza (1441) • Nigeria 23 Mar 07

i hate answering machines, especially when i make international calls. i have being calling a friend that lives in canada, he always set his phone on answering machine and that makes me to stop calling him. it's good when you are...

answering machines

phone calls

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What do you think of the voice recordings you get when calling a company?

littlefranciscan @littlefranciscan (18327) • United States 16 Dec 06

Don't you just hate when you call your local cable provider, phone company, or other utility provider for help and you have to go through a series of prompts..and then after getting to a person they tell you .."I'm sorry, I will...

answering machines

automatic responses

utilities

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If the phone rings while you're watching your favorite TV show, do you answer?

CapriKorn @CapriKorn (459) • United States 4 Nov 06

Not me. That's what answering machines are for. Right?

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phone

tv shows

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