For the record

[hummingwolf]

Some of us benighted souls still don't have Caller ID. I know, I know, it's horrible to contemplate such an existence, yet it's a fact of life all the same. Some of us don't even have cell phones, so unless we happen to be in a room where a telephone connected to our old-fashioned landline can be heard as it rings, we will not know that anyone is calling us.

So if you make repeated phone calls to someone without bothering to leave a single message on their machine, please don't assume that the other person must know you're trying to reach them and is actively avoiding the phone calls they have no possible way of knowing you've made. Honestly, that kind of paranoia really doesn't help the image you're trying to cultivate as the Sane And Rational One in any given situation.

(Note: As far as I know, nobody reading the entry has done this to me. But if you ever do find yourself starting to think this way? Stop and take a moment to laugh at yourself. Thanks!)

Comments

[xforge.livejournal.com]

"Where the hell have you been? I called you six times yesterday and no answer!"

"Did you leave voicemail?"

"Oh no, I HATE talking to those things."

(stab repeatedly)

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Eek! In fairness, I've been known to call people repeatedly without talking to a machine (though I stopped doing this so much since a friend told me that that messes up the info on her caller ID). But even if I've called people some ridiculous number of times that day, I don't get upset or whine that they're avoiding me if they had no way of knowing I called!