Telephones were invented way back in 1870's and even the idea of a communication telegram was thought of in the 1840's....yeah...that's pretty amazing if you think about it, back then it wasn't very complicated, some you just pick up and tell the operator, "Yes I'd like to speak to Mr. Frank." and the operator puts you through, some you had to crank, later they came up with buttons to dial, and now we have cell phones, wireless phones, and pretty soon we'll have phones the size of a dime.

With the telephone came another idea,

"We should invent something that will record the message of the caller...and then when they get home they can hear it."

Wow, what a brillant idea. Infact this idea came from Benjamin Thornton in 1935, and that was again a long time ago. So now comes my big question:

Do you use the Ansering Machine?

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If you say, call a friend...and the answering machine picks up...do you leave a message? Or do you hang up the phone immediately?

Here's where my rant comes in.....

LEAVE A DANG MESSAGE!

Ok so that's my big complaint, the fact that we're disgracing Mr. Thornton.

I personally have an answering machine...but...I do not have caller ID...So for the people who do call me and don't leave a message......well sorry what can I do about it?

If your younger I'm sure by now you probably don't even bother picking up the phone....why? Well who do you think it's for?.....Your parents of course, it's almost ridiculous that your parents ask you to answer the phone...it's for them, you're going to give them the phone eventually right?

Here's what gets me though, there are alot of different types of people that approach this phone use differently and I'll give some examples:

First is the guy that wants to talk to somebody really badly, and what they will do is call their house over and over again, like 6 times, and then they'll stop....and then they'll start calling the same house about 8 more times......Ok now think about that...

He calls the house 14 times.....no one picks up........there's an answering machine.......he doesn't leave any messages..............what a genius.

Second is the guy that will call over and over again, but he will get the answering machine and it'll start to talk

"Hello, no-one is avaliable to take your ca-"

He'll wait an hour

"Hello, no-one is avaliable to take your call, please leave a-"

He'll wait an hour

"Hello, no-one is avaliable to take your call, please leave a message after the- "

He'll wait an hour

"Hello, no-one is avaliable to take your call, please leave a message after the tone.............beep........"

*hangs up*

It amazes me to see how dense people are, the poor answering machine is just doing it's job, but people just don't leave a message....why?! What's so wrong with saying

"Hey Landon this is Bob, give me a call sometime, bye."

Eleven words, four seconds of your breath.....it really is that simple

Oh and I love this person, this is the woman that will call and I'll finally pick up the phone

Woman- "Hi, is your dad there?"

Me- "No I'm sorry he's at work."

Woman -"Oh ok, I'll call sometime later then"

The next day this happens:

Woman- "Hi, is your dad there?"

Me- "No I'm sorry he's at work."

Woman -"Oh ok, I'll call sometime later then"

Yeah....it's not a typo, it's the same thing just copied and pasted...but that's what happens, there's a lady somewhere that can't figure out that when you call and I say "He's at work." That means you're suppose to call back after work hours........not try again at the same exact time as yesterday......why? Because he works......people work.........from 8 to 5 Monday through Friday

And beleive me, I tell her to call like at 6 or 7 or 8 at night.....but she doesn't get it......Also why would your parents be at home if they work anyways? Did they not grow a brain?!

I tell people that live around me to call me on my cell phone, simply because I hate my house phone, no-one important calls me on my house phone, it's always something like

Caller- HI! Would you like to take a survey!?

Me- HI!! NO!!

*click*

Also I have some friends who know I hate them, and don't want to talk to them, so I sometimes do this

Friend- Hi Landon!

*click*

A few minutes later....

Friend- Landon! Did you hang up on me?!?!

Me- I don't know, did it sound like this?

*click*

I also love this, when one of the morons who don't leave a message finally talks to you they say something like

Important dumb person--- "Your hard to get a hold of you know that?"

Me---"Well did you leave a message?"

Important dumb person--- "Well...No"

Me---"That's probably why"

Bottom line...the answering machine is there for a reason, if you can't get somebody on the phone, leave your name and number and they'll get back to you when they can.

Beep!