I've updated both my home and work voicemail messages to ask callers to tell me what they need from me and to leave contact information if they expect a reply. Rather than playing phone tag, we can actually use the voicemail system to communicate. Wow, what a concept!
The tips for leaving voicemails for other people tells me to leave a detailed message that includes who I am, what I need, if a reply is needed or if there are deadlines, and my contact information. I will try to follow these tips when leaving messages. I wonder if the recipients will actually listen to the whole message or just hit delete and call me back.
I don't have anyone to delegate to, so I skipped this part. Okay, that's not exactly true. I sometimes ask my son to do things for me. But, have you ever tried to give detailed instructions to a 16 year old boy? Yeah. Unless it's instructions for how to get to the next level of their favorite video game, you might as well forget it.
Another mission completed. I wonder if it would be rude to forward this one to a few people who could really use it...
