I would like to suggest that at this point in human history, we no longer need instructions on how to leave a phone message. But if you want to leave somebody a message, you have to wait through a lengthy description of what to do.
Do people REALLY need to be told what to do when they hear the tone?
The other thing is, don't give me the option of paging someone. No humans have been paged since 1993.
Your life slowly slips away as you are forced to listen to the same answering machine instructions day after day. Personally, I have better things to do—like writing a blog. About answering machines.
