
Journal Journal: Slaves to the phone
Man, what's the deal with people who can't just let their voicemail pick up? Any time their cellphone rings they're conditioned to pick it up RIGHT THEN! Musn't miss a call! I was in a leasing office today and a lady was signing a lease for an apartment and her phone rang. She picks it up and had the obligitory.
"hey, what's going on"
"not much"
"Where are you?"
"I'm in a leasing office signing a lease"
Then she told the caller "Hey can I call you back in 5 minutes?" I don't get it...why not just let the voicemail take care of it. I've had to physically restrain my wife from answering her cell phone during dinner before. I mean, she's not a doctor, it's just her Sis calling her to shoot the breeze. But you'd think she was in a twisted pavlovian experiment. More often than not I'll just let my voicemail pick up, I'm usually doing something and don't want to be bothered. Then again...maybe that's why no one calls me...because I'm an asshole who never picks up.