How fucking stupid is that? Sorry, but not having a good morning. This is like when I found out you can’t set the number of rings either. Sometimes I just want to smash all my tech and go back to rocks, sticks, and leaves.
reassure incredulous carrier that no, it’s 2023, voicemail is as dead as the answering machine, and that you never want to get a message beep.
reassure them again that their useless pork service isn’t required, and that your choice is only between various plans that do not include or enable a voicemail service.
Okay I see this sentiment everywhere and I’m genuinely curious how people are living their lives that they have no use for voice mail.
Everytime I’m working with a job recruiter, a doctor’s office, or a financial institution, when it comes to notifying me of a need to talk over the phone or in person, or just give me a brief update, phone/voicemail is usually the go-to. Email is usually reserved for more “important” communications, and banks, especially, aren’t normally going to text you anything beyond their standard notifications/ questionaires. And in the case of recruiters, specifically, if you don’t have a voicemail, there’s no message to them confirming your number is yours, and they may just assume your information is incorrect, or determine you’re too much of a hassle to get in contact with.
It’s not like I don’t have issues with it. 90% of my messages are unsolicited garbage I end up deleting anyway, but I would find it incredibly stressful if I’m waiting to hear back from somebody important and think the reason the comms aren’t going smoothly is because I don’t have voicemail.
Yep, I wish I could disable voicemail, but there are important ones that come through from time to time that I don’t want to worry about missing. Not every profession has comfortably transitioned to texting/email and I can’t force them to.
These issues are probably cultural and region-specific. The countries I’ve lived in are the opposite, voicemail just isn’t a thing and if you leave an important message in voicemail you’re likely to get blamed instead.
Guessing purely from saying you lived in multiple countries with the same culture about it, are you in Europe by chance? It may just be another example of the USA still living in the stone ages for the weirdest edge cases.
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It’s 2023.
Just let it die.
Okay I see this sentiment everywhere and I’m genuinely curious how people are living their lives that they have no use for voice mail.
Everytime I’m working with a job recruiter, a doctor’s office, or a financial institution, when it comes to notifying me of a need to talk over the phone or in person, or just give me a brief update, phone/voicemail is usually the go-to. Email is usually reserved for more “important” communications, and banks, especially, aren’t normally going to text you anything beyond their standard notifications/ questionaires. And in the case of recruiters, specifically, if you don’t have a voicemail, there’s no message to them confirming your number is yours, and they may just assume your information is incorrect, or determine you’re too much of a hassle to get in contact with.
It’s not like I don’t have issues with it. 90% of my messages are unsolicited garbage I end up deleting anyway, but I would find it incredibly stressful if I’m waiting to hear back from somebody important and think the reason the comms aren’t going smoothly is because I don’t have voicemail.
Yep, I wish I could disable voicemail, but there are important ones that come through from time to time that I don’t want to worry about missing. Not every profession has comfortably transitioned to texting/email and I can’t force them to.
These issues are probably cultural and region-specific. The countries I’ve lived in are the opposite, voicemail just isn’t a thing and if you leave an important message in voicemail you’re likely to get blamed instead.
Guessing purely from saying you lived in multiple countries with the same culture about it, are you in Europe by chance? It may just be another example of the USA still living in the stone ages for the weirdest edge cases.
Yes, Europe and Asia both.