Coca Cola unplugs corporate HQ voicemail

[Martinus]

For the record, as I work in a British law firm, 99% of people I work with (and I do it too) usually send e-mails like "are you free to talk?", "can I call you in the next couple of hours?", "when would you be able to chat?" etc.

It's those uncouth fucks from American law firms who usually call out of blue, usually without having any prior contact with you for weeks, months or at all.

[The Brain]

What does CdM care what happens in the workplace?

Too low?

[Martinus]

Yeah but I already addressed it in my post - the common courtesy demands that you send someone an e-mail asking when they are free to talk and explaining what you would like to talk about so they are prepared.

I don't know anyone else who thinks etiquette requires the setting of phone dates.

At my work, anything other than a quick call is usually pre-planned by e-mail.

Yeah, most multinationals work this way.

[CountDeMoney]

What does CdM care what happens in the workplace?

Too low?

For you?  Par for the course.

[Martinus]

What does CdM care what happens in the workplace?

Too low?

[CountDeMoney]

Hope they don't leave those HIV results on voicemail then, cum dumpster.

[dps]

If I ran a business, I'd eliminate voice-mail too--by having a receptionist to answer the damn phone.

[Ideologue]

I'd outlaw Mondays!

[Ed Anger]

I'd outlaw Mondays!

Thanks Garfield.

[Admiral Yi]

prawnd 

[Ideologue]

I'm really mad at MB for fucking up my joke at dps' dumbassed yet real suggestion.

[HVC]

I'm really mad at MB for fucking up my joke at dps' dumbassed yet real suggestion.

for once someone is advocating people taking jobs away from machines and you turn on them

[Ed Anger]

I'm really mad at MB for fucking up my joke at dps' dumbassed yet real suggestion.

[Ideologue]

If your heart grows any more sizes this day, you might want to see a specialist.

[Syt]

Haven't used voice mail at the office in, oh, over ten years. Hell, at my current job, it's been broken for the last two years without the VOIP company or hardware provide being able to fix it. No one's missing it.

The problem with voice mail is that in many cases I would have to write an email afterwards, anyways, to confirm the contents of the discussion, because a lot of things I do require a paper trail.