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You pay the bill. The phone is meant to be there for 'your' convenience, not
the caller's. It feels good to recognize that and not jump like Pavlov's dog. Voice mail is a good thing. Diana "Kalera Stratton" wrote in message ... There is this notion, rampant among our society, that every human has the right to MAKE A BELL RING in any other human's house, WHETHER THEY ARE ACQUAINTED OR NOT, and that furthermore, the ringee has a social obligation to trot over and pick up the phone, and offer the ringer some kind of chitchat. I find this whole process mind-boggling. ANY jackass in the country can make a BELL RING in my living room, and I'm supposed to drool. I am even subject to chastisement "You never answer your phone! It's rude to just let it ring!" if I don't. Nonono. It's MY house. I am not a servant, I do not answer the beckoning of bells. If the phone rings and I'm available, relaxed and in the mood, I'll answer it. Otherwise, the sheer inhuman wierdness of a plastic bone with a voice coming out of one end will keep me far, far away. -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.snipurl.com/kebay |
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