One of our friends rang a little after 9 this morning. I answered which often gets the question "What are you doing there?", it being a weekday when they apparently expect me to be "at" work, to which I cunningly answer "I live here.". This morning the caller said "Oh, I didn't want to speak to you I wanted to speak to your answering machine". I know when I'm not wanted. Normally I let Nathan (8) answer the phone and he says hello and who's calling etc. but can't remember the answer when he hands the phone to me.
Posted by grahame at November 5, 2003 01:24 PMi've heard of people who do that with the BT call minder thing.
first they phone up the person they don't want to speak to and as soon as they answer they hang up (they use the number withhold feature (141 ?) so the person they are phoning doesn't know who they are)
then they immediately redial and the answer phone catches them (as the person has now got the phone off the hook).
this can work well for mobiles as well.
and the telephone companies gain because they get their minimum call fee.
so everyone's a winner baby (that's the truth)
Posted by: funkypancake at November 6, 2003 11:38 AMIn that case Nathan (8) is better than one of our secretaries - at least he hands you the phone.
Posted by: Geoff at November 6, 2003 01:46 PMYou should give the other seven Nathans their fair share of answering duties too.
Posted by: Matts at November 8, 2003 12:03 AM