I hate when an organization wants you to send a form or something back, and they provide a window envelope, but the form and the window don't match up so you basically have to be a baki in origami in order to fold it just right to fit the window.

I hate when someone leaves a message and they speak slowly and articulate their message carefully, but when it comes to leaving their call back phone number, suddenly they speed up to leave Sean Shannon http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php...testtalker.html in their dust and you can't possibly make out the number without replaying the message 12 times.

caller ID can be a lifesaver

This is true. But there are still situations where the number doesn't register for a variety of reasons.
Regardless, I don't understand why the callers have some sort of need to speed up when they are leaving a call back number. When leaving a call back number, I would think a caller would purposefully slow down and be sure to be clear knowing the person being called is likely trying to write down the number as he or she is listening to the message.

Easy. The person leaving the message has recited his/her number a million times, and like most people, doesn't bother to think.

you are right; i have it sometimes at work (no caller id there). at home, if the number is unavailable, it means the call is unimportant



when i leave messages, i make sure to spell out my first name and to say my number slowly, usually twice - cause i want people to return my calls.

I hate it when I'm writing down a phone number and then the person says sixteen instead of one, six.

In the old days, people gave letter equivalents for the first two numbers, then gave the rest of the number in digits.

Today, combinations of letters and numbers seem to confuse people. I once worked for a firm called CH2M Hill, and saying "cee aitch two em hill" really threw people.

Melech; you have touched upon a PET HATE of mine too. Coupled with that are people who blither on for ages in a phone message and then leave an indistinct phone number at the end, so not only do you have to replay it sixteen times (sometimes there is no caller ID, they have blocked it), but you have to listen to the whole long megillah over and over before you get to the indistinct number.

These are usually women who are desperate for breastfeeding help so you'd think they'd make sure you heard their number clearly.

On the same topic are the women who actually speak to me about BF, and ask for my advice, then just dismiss everything I say. "I KNOW the baby is latched on perfectly. That isn't the problem. The midwife saw me feed and said it was fine. So why am I still in total agony every feed?"

I guess if their kids end up not being breastfed, leading to a life of psychological and psychosocial disaster, they only have themselves to blame...  Oh the humanity!!!

huh?

These women wouldn't seek me out if they didn't want to bf. I'm not going out there looking for work, believe me. So if they already seek me out and leave a long rambling message detailing their problem, it seems a bit foolish not to leave a clear return number to call.

Sounds to me like some of the moms themselves weren't breast fed.  
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