What is the thinking behind seeing that a call came in and a message was left, and calling back the number instead of listening to the message? It may be somewhat generational, but I know people my age who do it as well. It's just weird. "I saw you called." Well yeah, I did, and I left a precise message. Why didn't you listen to that first?
Update: My commenters have convinced me. I withdraw my objection.
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Beats me, and I'm pretty sure I'm older than you. My understanding is that kids just text; they don't want to talk.
Its's because you go through the hassle of dialing voicemail, entering your password, choosing the option to listen to messages...only to find out it's a hang up....or someone leaving an imprecise message...or a precise message that requires you to call them anyway.
People do it because it's easier and less time-consuming.
Terri nails it in one.
Some people I know do that *all the time*, so I don't bother to leave them messages anymore. I was a very late adopter of texting, but now, I'll just send a text if all I want to do is send a short message that doesn't actually require much conversation.
On facebook, an image went around with the caption "At the tone, please hang up and send me a short text message. I don't have time to listen to long voicemails."
It's a bit rude, but it's pretty tempting.
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