Pay no attention to the woman who prompts the voice mail

Many times I will go off on tangents and it helps get it all out. Then I'll hear someone else go off on a tangent about the same thing, and I'll think to myself, "Hey, self. They did a better job ranting about that than you." I like it when this happens because it affirms my own argument and adds to it.

Recently I heard an NPR producer rant about the cell phone voice mail lady. I thought his assessment was dead on, and worth a listen.

Adding to his thoughts, I find it amazing that people have not adjusted to the annoyance of the company cell phone lady by simply not saying what she will say. You don't need to say "leave a message" or "wait for the beep." She takes care of that... even if it is longer and less personal.

I guess the best suggestion is to learn how to turn her off and stick it to those minute-grabbing cell phone companies.

Forget that.

I just spent 30 minutes searching on Verizon's web site for a way to do it... nothing. Pansies.