I rarely answer the home phone, and never ( unless asked ) either of my wife’s cell phones. The combination of poor telephone connections, my hearing problems, and garbled, machinegun paced,, colloquial Spanish, is a sure fire recipe for misinterpretation and misunderstandings.Let it go to voice mail, is my motto !
This why I have Caller ID & Voice Mail. I don’t answer unless it’s for me and I want to talk to whoever is calling. Meaning it could be for me, but I’m not interested in talking to whoever is calling.
I worked on Reception as part of a Work Placement (I finished it in February) and I always had to write messages down because if I didn’t they would never get passed on to staff.I also had to write the caller’s name down as well. My memory is like a sieve.xxx
I teach entrepreneurship at a university, and this cartoon is 100% illustrative of the outcome of today’s elementary and high school education. After 12 years of rote memorization, stay inside the lines, be like everyone else, comply, and for darn sure get your exam answers just like the teacher wants them, my students are afraid to get creative. What they really want to know is not “how will this course make my thought processes more observant and critical?” but “what do I need to do to get an A?”
Comments like “shame on you Earl” is symptomatic of the groupthink that permeates our society. I say Good on Nelson for not having lost his creativity…yet. And BTW, I want one of those pens.
LuvThemPluggers over 8 years ago
One of our daughters just jots the message on the nearest wall in her apartment. Can’t lose it that way.
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
You’re so going to get in trouble with Opal later on, Earl, when she asks if the specified person the phone called.
Wilde Bill over 8 years ago
I write the messages down. I just neglect to give them.
clayusmcret Premium Member over 8 years ago
This isn’t going to go well later.
linsonl over 8 years ago
I just give the caller her cell number and then I am in the clear.
Linguist over 8 years ago
I rarely answer the home phone, and never ( unless asked ) either of my wife’s cell phones. The combination of poor telephone connections, my hearing problems, and garbled, machinegun paced,, colloquial Spanish, is a sure fire recipe for misinterpretation and misunderstandings.Let it go to voice mail, is my motto !
angelfiredragon over 8 years ago
Oh I write them down and I always give them, just might not be for a week or two.
gmasj over 8 years ago
Shame on you Earl. You should be setting an example of honesty for Nelson.
jtviper7 over 8 years ago
Opal must have gone to the Laundromat…
nosirrom over 8 years ago
I have an invisible pen that writes in the air too.Problem is that I can’t read my own handwriting.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 8 years ago
This why I have Caller ID & Voice Mail. I don’t answer unless it’s for me and I want to talk to whoever is calling. Meaning it could be for me, but I’m not interested in talking to whoever is calling.
Number Three over 8 years ago
I worked on Reception as part of a Work Placement (I finished it in February) and I always had to write messages down because if I didn’t they would never get passed on to staff.I also had to write the caller’s name down as well. My memory is like a sieve.xxx
fridaybob over 8 years ago
I teach entrepreneurship at a university, and this cartoon is 100% illustrative of the outcome of today’s elementary and high school education. After 12 years of rote memorization, stay inside the lines, be like everyone else, comply, and for darn sure get your exam answers just like the teacher wants them, my students are afraid to get creative. What they really want to know is not “how will this course make my thought processes more observant and critical?” but “what do I need to do to get an A?”
Comments like “shame on you Earl” is symptomatic of the groupthink that permeates our society. I say Good on Nelson for not having lost his creativity…yet. And BTW, I want one of those pens.