Answering Capabilities (was Answering Machines)

[Jon Page]

I find that even the simple 'feature' of "call-waiting" is an annoyance
during a personal or business call, who really likes to be put on hold?
Like, I mean, you  know?  Gawh !  !  ?

I don't like it,  at all.

No way, José;

Jon Page

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At 09:59 PM 7/30/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Z! Reinhardt wrote:
>> 
>> Call-Forwarding Users -- do you have a problem with junk (solicitation)
>> calls?  Personal calls?  I can certainly appreciate the convenience of
>> receiving calls in *real time* but I'm a stubborn old bitch when it comes
>> to manners.  I have always felt that the piano before me gets my undivided
>> attention unless there is an all-out drop-everything emergency, and the
>> people most likely to have to call under those circumstances already have
>> the cell-phone number.
>> 
>
>Z!
>
>I used to call-forward to my cell phone when I first got it. The first
>call I got was someone shopping the Yellow Pages and I talked the guy
>into a $250 tuning/repair job - while standing in line at the
>supermarket. Another time, I got a call from a colleague who needed a
>butt plate. I happened to be nearby and could supply the part.
>
>It's been mostly downhill from there, though. People would call while
>I'm speaking with a customer or during a tuning when I'm running late or
>while I'm driving and about to leave a cell. Later on, telephone
>solicitations became more frequent and much more annoying considering I
>have to pay the air time so I stopped receiving calls in the field.
>
>Once in a great while, if I'm expecting an important call, I can turn on
>Call-Forwarding. It's nice to have the feature. The only other time is
>when my wife comes with me and can screen the calls.
>
>Tom
>
>My dad used to call 'em "modern inconveniences".
>
>-- 
>Thomas A. Cole RPT
>Santa Cruz, CA
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