accident or carelessness.....

United States
February 24, 2009 7:09am CST
[i]I had a missed call last night from the lady I don't know and as I was listening to the voicemail, I accidentally pressed 7 and message was gone! I also didn't hear her good and made me no clue what she was talking about! I felt so id*ot for doing it. I don't know if it's about my application or whatever! I researched the number but it is not even from the city where I live![/i] Have you tried deleting any of your voicemail messages or txt messages even if you still need it?
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24 responses
• China
25 Feb 09
It is just a accident, nobody want to miss messages.Even though I try to avoid it,the same thing happens again and again,maybe it should be called bad luck but not carelessness. I missed a very important telephon which was about my degree and it costed my 2 more years in school.
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• United States
26 Feb 09
H[i]i sword, Thanks for dropping and enjoy mylotting![/i]
• United Arab Emirates
25 Feb 09
Sometimes it happens to me. Sometimes is just carelessness, like I'm tired and not concentrating. And sometimes it's and accident, just pressing a button twice instead of one time or so. Hopefully it's not something important, just pray it may be a woman trying to sell something to you LOL
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• United States
25 Feb 09
[i]Hi angel, hahaha...that is a great idea! I hope it was only like that! lOL! thanks for droppin[/i]g!
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
25 Feb 09
I have no idea how to delete messages. I leave that up to my husband. He is very good at that, but I am terrible. Usually sometimes he deletes the phone numbers he put on automatic or he has to put them in because we have three phone hand sets and you have to enter them into all three.
@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
24 Feb 09
Things like that happens... i remember deleting a lot of emails because i was so emotional during that time... and i immediately regretted my action... but that was not accidental... in you case it was an accident... and if that lady really wanted to give you an important message... she would surely call again if she doesn't here from you soon...
• United States
24 Feb 09
H[i]i aseretdd, Thanks for being positive! hehehe! You're the perfect person who always balance me since I will always jump into thinking negative like " oh it's my carelessness" even if it's true sometimes...hehehe... Enjoy and thanks ![/i]
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@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
25 Feb 09
We all have our careless moments... mine would be too long to mention here...
@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
1 Mar 09
Hello checapricorn, I think I did once. But it was not really an important message and I accidentally delete it. My case is a bit different. Sometimes when someone calls me and I am busy or in a hurry, I will tell that person that I will call back, thinking that the number will appear in my received call list. I always forgot to ask the person's name and end up calling the general line or accidentally deleted my dialed/received call list before I even manage to call back!
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• United States
2 Mar 09
H[i]i gr8life, I never heard again from that caller so I guess it wasn't important but I am careful a bit now! LOL! Thanks for dropping![/i]
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
25 Feb 09
Hi there, I don't have a cell phone so never have deleted from there. But I have accidentally done it with our answering machine. I think sometimes were just in a hurry that we push the wrong button.
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• United States
25 Feb 09
[i]Hi Mary, I agree, it was too quick and can't believe I did it! ANd you are correct, no way to trace it...LOL! thanks for dropping![/i]
• United States
25 Feb 09
Right, after you have deleted something you just can't believe you did it. I figure if the person wants to talk to you bad enough they will call back if they don't hear from you.
• Canada
26 Feb 09
You are not an idiot, and you should not make yourself believe that you are one. We all do things like that sometimes. Many times my husband and I have accidentally deleted something I needed later. It's just something people accidentally do sometimes, because we have so many things to manage.
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• United States
26 Feb 09
[i]Hi danish, wow, thanks for that positive thinking! I need that! LOL! I know it happens and at the same time give me lesson to be more careful....I didn't hear from the lady again, so, maybe it was just a telemarketers! [/i]
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
25 Feb 09
we don't you call your phone company and ask if they could restore your deleted messages by restoring the system to an earlier date, it is worth a try. It happened to me once and my company was able to do it for me.
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• United States
25 Feb 09
H[i]i winterose, wow..that's great! Thanks for this advice...I will try to do this![/i]
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
27 Feb 09
Ha ha ha, you've been so careless, sorry my friend but that's what I look at it. There were also some times that I made such careless move. I received a message in my phone's inbox and carelessly deleted it without reading the whole message. I can't remember exactly the message was all about and when I was trying to recover it, I was so desperate...
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• United States
27 Feb 09
H[i]i neildc, I know it's true..LOL! I hate my fingers sometimes, just move so fast! LOL! And commit a lot of error with this, LOL! Nice to see you around![/i]
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
25 Feb 09
HI checapricorn! Don't feel so bad! I've done that too! I have hit the #7 to delete by mistake and they wondered if it might have been important! And then tried to figure out what the number was and who it might have been and driven myself crazy over it too! Don't worry so much about it! If it really was important hopefully the will call back. I know you are wondering if it was about a job. I understand! Hopefully, if it was they will call back.
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• United States
27 Feb 09
H[i]i Opal, thanks a lot...same thing happened to me! Not good! LOL![/i]
@lynnemg (4529)
• United States
24 Feb 09
I hve accidentally erased important numbers off of my phone a few times. It normally happens when I am in a hurry and not paying attention to what I am doing. I only have voice mail on my cell phone and normaly, I do not get messages, but, in the rare event that I do, I haven't erased any yet....knock on wood!!
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• United States
25 Feb 09
[i]Hi lyn, yea, I really need to be more attentive to what I am doing! It's not good! Thanks for dropping![/i]
@alicia812 (646)
• Australia
24 Feb 09
Hi Che, that also happened to me several times. I deleted some very important text messages in my mobile. I just whinge a little bit and got over it. What can we do? Hope it's not about your application though. But if it was about your application they will surely contact you again if they really need you. Don't worry.
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• United States
25 Feb 09
[i]Hi toni, Thanks for that...I was able to recover now, I have no choice, can't bring it back! LOL![/i]
• United Arab Emirates
25 Feb 09
Sometimes it happens to me. Sometimes is just carelessness, like I'm tired and not concentrating. And sometimes it's and accident, just pressing a button twice instead of one time or so. Hopefully it's not something important, just pray it may be a woman trying to sell something to you LOL
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• United States
27 Feb 09
[i]Hi angel, You are right! lOL! ENjoy![/i]
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
24 Feb 09
The next time you delete a message by accident you should try starting replay of messages over again. The message usually isn't deleted until you hang up the phone. If you go back to the main menu or if you wait unntil you've heard all the messages you will usually hear a prompt to let you listen to your messages again. When I get one that is hard to hear I usually save it so I can replay it and try and decipher it. Sometimes it is a question of what phone you are listening to messages on. Cordless phones are the worst because so many things affect reception.
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• United States
27 Feb 09
[i]Hi Canellita, MIne was deleted all the way since I tried to play it back and no more messages. Anyway, I didn't hear from the lady until this time, so, I will just think it wasn't important..LOL! Thanks for dropping![/i]
@comfort55 (1574)
• India
24 Feb 09
Hi Che, such facility of voicemail we don't have in India, but yes on my visits to the US at my son's place, I've not deleted any message accidentally till now.
• United States
24 Feb 09
[i]Hi comfort, wow..you are very very careful, that's a great attitude! I need to be like that since I often commit mistakes because of my fast fingers! LOL! Thanks for sharing![/i]
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
24 Feb 09
i do not activate my voicemail message. so if i didnt get the call might as well they have to call me back.... or if the number showed then i have to call them back or atleast send a sms message. i hope they call you back so you will not need to worry about it. about sms yes i did erase one time but from then on i always save the message so i will not accidentally erase it.
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• United States
24 Feb 09
H[i]i se7, I am hoping to get a call from this lady again! I will be very careful this time, I just need to control my fast fingers and often lead me to errors! LOL![/i]
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
24 Feb 09
Hi Che, I know how it feels specially if we are expecting an important call and then unknowingly we do something wrong which hinders the communication? Well, I did not experience like that so far. Anyway, if it is really important, they will call you back. have a nice day.
• United States
24 Feb 09
H[i]i Bebs, I am just so careless I guess..hehehe! Thanks for dropping![/i]
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
24 Feb 09
"careless whisper" hehehe just kidding.No! did not experience it but my sister did it yesterday.when i send the trucking number of the xoom she deleted it but accidentally! so today she txt me to send it again."lami mo pakugun mga ulo"! hahaha just kidding dear.i love to tease you and give you smile
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• United States
24 Feb 09
H[i]i bombshell, hahaha...I am a xoom user too! How about your balikbayan box? what company you are using! Anyway, too far out from the topic! hehehe! I know I am careless as in! pero I am trying to be careful also this time....yaw pakunga ako ulo oi! gosh, talabangon raba ni! heheheh![/i]
@carrine (2743)
• Philippines
24 Feb 09
yah i do the same.. and sometimes we regrets why did i deleted that one.. but what can i do, its already deleted.. LOL
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• United States
24 Feb 09
H[i]i carrine, Correct, no more control of it and we can't retrieve it back! Yay! I need to be more careful![/i]
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
24 Feb 09
don't worry - if it is imporetant then she will call again! I hate phones but now have to walk around with 3 of them for different jobs. I just loathe it as I find it very confusing. Waht I have done is to stop listening to missed calls on the same reasoning that the person will call back. I just cnnot listen to all messages. No, I do listen to the messages on one phone. I do things like you did all of the time.Blessings
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• United States
24 Feb 09
H[i]i cyn, thanks for dropping and I am also waiting for the lady to call back if ever she is interested and it is very important![/i]