Waiting for a Phone Call

Eternal Call Waiting

 

It occurred to me the other day that 

I hate my answering machine.

I don't want to be obligated to call someone back.

I don't want to hear their message.

I have caller ID, so I screen calls that way.

If I'm not home, I don't want to get home and have a ton of people to call back.

If it is some business, I'll never be able to reach the person who called me. 

So I have to start the process all over again.

If it is a friend, they have my cell and can call me there in an emergency

or call me back when I'm home.

I really do not like to listen to messages.

And I don't like to leave messages either.

I'm terrible at it.

I always want to erase it and try again.

Most times, I just hang up and try back another time.

I am way old enough to remember not having a machine.

But I didn't have caller ID then either.

Or, obviously, a cell phone.

So it was a good idea to be able to go out to the grocery store and hear a message in case of emergency

or to know someone was thinking of me.

But now - 

I don't want it - 

I may get rid of it.

Except, I do use it to screen calls on Shabbat since I can't answer the phone

We can hear people talking and if it is G-d-Forbid - life or death

we can answer

But mostly it is hang-ups, sales calls, people wanting us to take a survey

So really - I should just unplug it and move it to my electronic recycling box.

Hmmm....not a bad idea.

Except for the possible emergency....

so I keep it.

 

Toodles,

Binky