Call of the Riled
on September 20, 2016
at 12:51 am
Panel one is what I’d rather do than think of how to end my messages. If I were rich I’d end every voice mail by just throwing the phone into the sea or a nearby hedge.
Bug Martini
Random nonsense three days a week
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuEN5TjYRCE
The song’s full title is “Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)”, in case anyone is wondering.
I was about to click on that when I realised that it was not, as I first thought, “Deadpool sings Daisy”.
Panel 3 describes me any time I’m on the phone, not just during voice messages.
Yes! I feel you so much. I hate talking on the phone. Everyone else looks at me like I’m crazy because I pace in mad little circles, and when I’m leaving a message… just forget it. If there’s no one on the other end, I panic and attempt to fill the silence with anything, and it just goes downhill from there.
This is why you shouldn’t leave voicemails. Reading a text is so much more convinient as well!
Yes, but as you so profoundly demonstrated, sending a text opens up room for misinterpretation, aside from spelling mistakes which can undermine your meaning entirely.
Aw come on you know that the spelling corrections are even worse.
What do you mean? I’ve seen spelling so awful I had no clue what the writer was trying to say!
Several years ago I got a voicemail from a business who was looking for someone else.
It sounded important so I returned the call to let them know they had the wrong number and ended up having to leave a message for them;
“Hi. You called me about a guy named Richard, but I’m not Richard I’m.. well, it doesn’t matter who I am but Richard probably has a number like mine because a lot of people call me and it’s a wrong number so most times I don’t answer and….OK…thought I’d let you know..OK Uhm…talk to you later…. I mean, no I won’t… because you didn’t mean to call me. OK. Bye.”
I would have thrown an “Love you” at the end if I didn’t hang up.
I absolutely abhor the phone, but my company requires I have one.
(I once went two years without even turning it on.)
I’m sure you made some bored call center person’s day with that message
This is why I never leave messages for any reason
Sooo…
This Sunday strip Patreon thing isn’t about you constantly having to buy new phones by any chance?
Thanks for this strip, Adam. I frequently hang up and send an email instead when I hear my coworker’s voicemail begin. I realize I should write the email first, then read it to her voicemail. It would make FAR more sense.
Ending them? I suck at voice mail messages, period.
Panel 3 is my mom ending any phone conversation, whether voice mail or live.
Fun fact: Hall sings Daisy Bell, because of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41U78QP8nBk
Once I realize that I’ve gotten to voicemail, I immediately start planning out how to finish the message, so, by the time the “Hi, I’m not here, leave a message” thing is over, I’ve got my exit strategy nailed down.
Unfortunately, that means that I have completely forgotten how to say whatever it is I’m actually calling about.