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Monday, April 28th, 2008(4 of 50)
I have a total aversion to voice mail announcements. And this issue seems to be escalating in the roster of Annoying Things. Is there anyone who doesn’t know to wait for the beep?
When I get someone’s voice mail announcement, unless they have a habit of changing it to reflect some information I might need, I start pressing 1 or # or 0 at the very first opportunity. “Please listen to the menu as it has changed.” No, sorry. That part never changes!
THE.MOST.ANNOYING.voice mail menu ever is for Virgin Mobile. I had one for a brief time and “top-ups” had to be done by phone… the MUSIC! AUGHHHHHHHH! the hipster chicky-poo voice! AUGHHHHHHHHHH! They had voice recognition… so you COULD NOT press buttons. You had to SAY “TOP UP.” And you had to say it as though you were the coolest, poshiest of the Posh Spice Fangirls. I believe they hadn’t reckoned on the Texas accent when angered. So I got a lot of “Sorry, didn’t catch that. If you’d like to top up, say TOP UP.” I said a lot of things that rhyme with shuck off. (more…)