Why doesn’t anyone use voicemail?
Apparently, I’m the only one my age who uses voicemail.
It seems that, because we all have cell phones, people expect you to simply call back if you have a missed call. Ok, that makes sense. But when you have a missed call and a voicemail when you look at your phone, isn’t it common courtesy to listen to the voicemail before you call that person back?
I’ve just stopped leaving messages for any of my friends that are in college – they all seem to call back 10 minutes later and make me repeat what I just said on my message. Maybe we’re used to reading text messages instantly, and because it takes time to check your messages (you have to call a number and put in a password), voicemail is too much of a hassle.
I would guess that once we are out of school and have jobs, we will use voicemail more often since we can’t always expect someone to pick up their phone – we’ll be at the office or in a meeting, after all.