FRIDAY, JANUARY 30: NUTTY ANSWERING MACHINE MESSAGES Profile America -- Friday, Jan. 30. This is a day when it's okay to unload at one of the pet gripes of many people it's Inane Answering Machine Message Day. The goal is to rid the world of obnoxious messages found on a lot of telephone answering machines. Life today has many time demands, and many feel the need to make every minute of the day count. They simply want to leave messages quickly and get back to business and feel frustrated when they hear messages such as: "Hello, the answering machine is broken, but I'm the refrigerator. If you'll give me your message, I'll put it on my door." And we do make a lot of calls. Every day in the U.S., we dial 1.5-billion local calls and nearly 300-million long distance calls. You can f...
This column usually isn't much for trend-spotting. I'm happy to be at the back end of the curve. Then this guy called when I wasn't here and left a message. It gave me the idea.
A debt collector violated federal consumer protection law when its employees left phone messages on a debtor's answering machine without identifying that the company was in the business of collecting debts, the 11th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment. The plaintiff sued the defendant for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act's requirement that a debt collector disclose in all communications with a debtor that the message is from a debt collector.
[...] he's really the latest public face for the city's secret history, which includes such heroes as Charlie Parker obsessive Dean Benedetti (who only recorded Bird's solos), librarian Lionel Mapelson (who stealth-recorded the Metropolitan Opera directiy onto gramophone from a catwalk), and hundreds of working professionals. "If it's on tape, I can't dirow it out" says Dave Nolan, 47, a self-described "audio packrat" whose current gig transferring recordings at the 92nd Street Y is the latest entry on a sonic résumé that includes engineering stints at WBAI and WNYC, his status as co-founder of the local chapter of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, and a stint heading the archives for the St Mark's Poetry Project A dresser in his East Village apartment contains over 4,000...
... to 1986, including radio airchecks, old answering-machine messages, and other detritus. "There's a t...
Boy, would my life be better if the words out of my mouth could be "held" for a few seconds for instant review, instead of being instantaneously available to the listening audience. Not to delete my obscenities, but rather because of the trouble that comes from "blurting." Just off the top of my head, some of the things that could've been averted with a slight delay: close family members wouldn't think I thought they were a "controlling maniac"; a (now) ex-boss wouldn't know I thought he was a "no-talent hack"; 95 percent of my lame "pickup" lines would remain unheard; telemarketers and creditors wouldn't have been told that the person they wanted to speak to was indeed me; the burly guy in the Hummer wouldn't have been sorely vexed by my characterization of his driving; secrets I was t...
... them; and innumerable rambling phone answering machine messages would've been edited, deleted or ...
Mary Zambello has heard the taunts. She's listened to nasty messages on the answering machine at home. She's had coaches tell her she can't compete on their team. Mary Zambello has learned to ignore those who are telling her what she can't do.
A stockpile of previously unreleased video and audio recordings and love letters Madonna sent to an ex-boyfriend are set to hit the market - and provide insight into the Material Girl's romantic side, reports foxnews.com. The personal artifacts, which can be bid on in the online Rock & Roll Pop Art Auction at gottahaveit.com , include two microcassette tapes of answering machine messages Madonna left her long-ago ex- boyfriend James Albright , a former security guard at defunct Manhattan nightclub Limelight who later became Madonna's bodyguard, and 21 love letters she faxed Albright . The seller's identity is unknown.
Stephen Smith was so happy with GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe's health- reform vote that he stood on the steps of his Deering Street home Tuesday night and wrote her a letter. Smith, a 62-year-old Web publisher, followed the letter up with a telephone call to Snowe's Auburn headquarters complimenting her decision - he could not get through to her Washington, D.C., offices because the answering machine was filled with messages.
Many years ago, I wrote an article for this column criticizing the general lack of manners and courtesy exhibited by the public. Nary a please, thank you or may I help you was to be heard. It seemed more and more people -- except perhaps Miss Manners -- found those pleasantries archaic and outdated. Horns honked, fingers waved, vulgarities spewed; rudeness and disrespect ruled the land. After the column was printed, it was apparent I'd hit a nerve because we received many messages on our answering machine from people voicing their agreement. Well, much has changed since that column appeared. Life throws you many surprises -- some good and some bad -- that have a way of shaking up your world and changing your perceptions. Two years ago I suffered a back injury. While thankfully no...
The answering machine messages are vague: Someone named Heidi leaves a number and tells you to call back. Another call from Alex, same number. And one from Brandy. You call, and Jennifer says she's with CBE Group and has an important "business matter" to discuss. But first you must confirm your address and Social Security number.
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