{"id":530,"date":"2010-12-08T04:42:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T04:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com.s96953.gridserver.com\/site\/?p=530"},"modified":"2010-12-17T20:48:04","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T01:48:04","slug":"you-know-that-cute-little-beep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/vl\/you-know-that-cute-little-beep.html","title":{"rendered":"You Know That Cute Little Beep?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The one that goes off after my phone has rung and rung and a strange familiar voice has come up and said, <em>&#8220;Please leave your message for four-four-three-nine-three-four-nine-three-zero-nine. Record your message after the tone&#8230;&#8221;<\/em> A few more words, and then &#8230;. <strong><em>beep<\/em><\/strong>? Yes, that <strong><em>beep<\/em><\/strong>.<!--more--><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Well, here&#8217;s a funny story about that <strong><em>beep<\/em><\/strong>. Apparently, it works. You see, when you call me and that voice picks up &#8211; instead of me &#8211; and instructs that you leave me a message after the <strong><em>beep<\/em><\/strong>, it may surprise you to know that that message actually comes to me. Ah, yes, at my quiet moment, I delight in pinning my earpiece into my innerear and hearing you loud and clear as if you&#8217;re inside my head. No, really, I do.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">But this can only happen when you actually leave me a message. And this brings me to my point. What is it about my dear, lovely Nigerian folks (especially the ones that reside in Nigeria) that make them (<em>you<\/em>) not want to leave messages? They (<em>you<\/em>) would really rather call me over. And over. And over. And over. Until I pick up. Or until I flush my phone down the toilet. Or hit it against the wall. Or throw it at the maid. Well, I don&#8217;t have a maid. But still.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I do not deliberately miss people&#8217;s calls &#8212; except those people&#8217;s calls that I do deliberately miss. But when I have a missed call from an unfamiliar number, I want more than anything to know who it is before I call back &#8211; no matter the caller&#8217;s geographical location. So, please, dear caller(s), next time you call me and I don&#8217;t pick up, leave me a message. Recite a poem, if you wish. Sing if you wanna. But leave a message that lets me know that a human being was on the other end of the line when my phone rang rang, and that said human being intentionally called me.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">And on that note, for my darlings who live in Nigeria, <strong>*Insert serious Nigerian accent*<\/strong> I dey take God beg una, no dey call me at 10am your time. We are currently six hours apart. That makes it 4am my time. 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