Notes about an overhead voice mail message at The Ft. Lauderdale Office of the Corporation

From: Voicemail System <XXXXXXXXXXX>
To: Sean Conner <XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>
Subject: New message 1 in mailbox XXXX
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 11:57:43 -05:00
> Sean Conner,
There is a new voicemail in mailbox XXXX:
From: "XXXXXXXXXXX XXX" <XXXXXXXXXX>
Length: 0:35 seconds
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 11:57:47 AM
> Dial *98 to access your voicemail by phone.…> Visit http://XXXXXXX­XXXXXXX­XXXXXXX­XXXXXXX­XXXXXXX to check your voicemail with a web browser.

There is?

Looks at phone.

Oh yes, there is. It probably has something to do with my expired account [1] no doubt.

Picks up the phone, and dials *98.

“Ring.”

“Ring.”

“Ring.”

“Comedy Mail. Mailbox.”

“Comedy Mail. Mailbox.”

“Comedy Mail. Mailbox.”

What the— Okay, I think this is the password.

Dials a few numbers.

“Password.”

“Password incorrect.”

“Password.”

“Password incorrect.”

Oh! I guess it was this then …

Dials some different numbers.

“Password incorrect.”

“Password.”

“Password incorrect.”

<click>

Okay, let me try that again!

“Ring.”

“Ring.”

“Ring.”

“Comedy Mail”

Yeah, that's what I thought it said. Real funny.

“Mailbox.”

“Mailbox.”

Oh! It must be expecting my extension. Um … this is an “intelligent” desk phone talking to a custom business switch. Shouldn't it **already** know my extension? Bloody programmers!

Dials extension.

“Password.”

Dials some numbers.

“You have one new messages and no old messages. Please press …”

That's more like it.

[1] /boston/2015/07/15.1

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