I also share that phone quirk. But I live with someone who emphatically does *not*. It drives her *nuts* to ignore the phone on purpose, and it's even worse if the person doesn't leave a message.
But I don't like it when people have only cell phones, because they just don't have as good sound quality as land-line phones do. I've got a cell phone, but I'll call people back from a land-line if they reach me on it at home or work. (And yes, I did buy a decently expensive phone.)
I occasionally make such callbacks from desk or wall phones for the same reason. Sound quality is unfortunate. I don't have phones at the office and at home that I can use that way... I just never answer them or give the numbers out. Heck... I don't even know the number on either currently.
Have you ever worked somewhere that didn't give you a desk phone?
Um, only places that didn't give me a desk. Like the copyshop. -g-
I've never done the start-up thing. The closest is where I'm contracting now, which was a start-up a couple of years ago, and is now a few hundred people. I'm a techwriter working in the Unix sysadmin group, and I get to hear lots of comments about how it's not like the good ol' days...
(Otoh, I worked for Big-Ass Bank for 10 years, and this is nothing like!)
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But I don't like it when people have only cell phones, because they just don't have as good sound quality as land-line phones do. I've got a cell phone, but I'll call people back from a land-line if they reach me on it at home or work. (And yes, I did buy a decently expensive phone.)
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Have you ever worked somewhere that didn't give you a desk phone?
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I've never done the start-up thing. The closest is where I'm contracting now, which was a start-up a couple of years ago, and is now a few hundred people. I'm a techwriter working in the Unix sysadmin group, and I get to hear lots of comments about how it's not like the good ol' days...
(Otoh, I worked for Big-Ass Bank for 10 years, and this is nothing like!)