my roommates and i don't check our answering machine often.

so today i decided to.

we had 20 new messages.

the first five were recorded messages telling us their husband/wife is running for some school board/senate position or what propositions we absolutely NEED to vote for.

the next i couldn't hear too clearly except the last line: "the wedding has been called off."

the rest of the 14 messages were blank. NOTHING. not a peep.

i think it's time we chuck that machine. no one calls us on our land line anyway.

oh and, literally - just now - someone called and all i heard was "hello this is so-and-so and we're conducting a survey..." and i hung up on the person. rude, yes, and no, i actually have never done it before (at least i usually wait for them to finish and then say no, actually, i'm not interested in answering your stupid questions or i'm not interested in your dumb product) but after listening to 20 ridiculous answering machines messages (or 6 actual messages and 14 messages of silence) i'm fed up. apparently a lot of people/companies aren't held accountable by the Do Not Call Registry. grrrr remind me to never answer the phone. (haha, actually i usually don't. you can ask alinna what happened this morning.)