answer the telephone 24 by Editorial Zone
Published Date: 06/07/08
Answer The Telephone
You can sit here with me all day as I go through what I must do, and you will notice that there is one thing I don?t like to do. The phone rings a lot, but I don?t like to pick it up. For them most part, there really is no reason for me to answer the telephone. Ninety percent of the calls I get are either a wrong number, or they are someone I just don?t care to talk to at that moment. It been driving me mad, though the phone company says there is nothing they can do about the wrong numbers.
I will answer the telephone if my husband, family, or friends call, but for the most part, they don?t call during the day. By the time the day is through, I have fifteen worthless messages on my answering machine. You would think that after calling the same number for a while and not getting anyone to answer the telephone, someone might get the hint that perhaps they have the wrong number. I know if I were calling a number that long and hadn?t gotten a response, I would imagine the number is wrong or no longer relevant.
I do answer the telephone no matter who it is if it rings after nine PM. I will pick up even if I don?t know who the number might belong to. I learned a long time ago that if someone is calling at night, there is a very good reason for it. Though we always like to think of friends and family as being safe and well, we know that this isn?t going to be that way forever. Things happen. If I answer the telephone at one AM, I am pretty much sure that something is wrong and the call needs my immediate attention. Thankfully, this doesn?t happen very often.
If you don?t like to answer the telephone like me, you don?t have to! I know some people feel guilty and answer even if they are swamped and don?t want to talk to anyone. Answering machines are great for moments like this. If I stopped to answer the telephone every time it rang I would never get anything done. If it is an emergency of some sort, I know the person will talk to my answering machine so I know that I have to pick up or return the call as soon as possible.
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