re: People who leave a voicemail....

They need to die in a fire.

Until I was forced to switch carriers, I just left my VM full of six year old voicemails, so nobody could leave a VM. On the new carrier, I never configured my VM, but people keep saying they're leaving me VMs anyway, so I stop associating with them.

Mouth breathers.

They're worse than the people that send meeting invites without agendas.

For work, I am not picking up an unexpected call. Look at my calendar, send an invite.

The idiots have no idea if I'm on a call about a proposal, talking to a customer, DIAF. There are four free hours tomorrow afternoon between 10-2, just send me an invite. Don't call me, don't leave me a voicemail.

All of that would be apparent if they'd bothered to try to look at my calendar.

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The idiots have no idea if I'm on a call about a proposal, talking to a customer,

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Yes. That's just it.

We don't share our calendars externally (and mine would be unreliable anyway as the non-call work I do isn't on a calendar), but either way. Cold calling, you have no idea if I'm even AT work. I could be OOO, visiting a client, out at lunch, on the toilet, cooking dinner (west coast clients).. hell, I could be 3 drinks in depending the day/time.

I'm best via email. I will reply to emails at night from my pajamas, from bed before getting up for the day, and everything in between. Unless you need to hash something complex out, your best bet is emailing me.

And if not email, just schedule something with a topic at least.

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My Dad used to do this shite (he's an a-hole)

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Boy, the apple didn't fall far from the tree

Absolutely, they can get bent

I hate it when I leave them a voicemail telling them something then they call back without listening to it and asking what I wanted.