{"id":271,"date":"2009-01-05T10:04:17","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T17:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bcrockett.com\/blog\/?p=271"},"modified":"2009-01-14T16:31:55","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T23:31:55","slug":"voicemail-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bcrockett.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/voicemail-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Voicemail Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bcrockett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fridays.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-272\" title=\"TGI Friday's\" src=\"http:\/\/bcrockett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fridays.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, a whole lot of people must have given\/gotten <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tgifridays.com\">TGI Fridays<\/a> gift cards for Christmas because my phone is ringing off the hook. So far, most people seem to be hanging up and trying again (or trying 2 or 3 more times), but a few are leaving messages to let me know that they got the wrong number (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcrockett.com\/YouMail_14967835.mp3\">listen here<\/a>). Who leaves a message on an answering machine for that? Don&#8217;t most people just hang up instead? Thank you Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;m averaging 1 call per hour. At that rate, my toll free charges just for mistaken callers could reach $90 this year, which means I better get at least one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerplay-dj.com\/blog\/audio\/YouMail_Jun_14_2008_10_06_PM_PDT.mp3\">message this awesome<\/a> to make it worth the cost of keeping my number.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 1\/14\/2009<\/strong><br \/>\nToday I even had someone from TGI Fridays in Everett, MA call my number on accident.<\/p>\n<p><small>Other posts like this one: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrockett.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/hello-shreveport\/\">Hello Shreveport<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrockett.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/making-great-voicemail-accessible\/\">Making Great Voicemail Accessible<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, a whole lot of people must have given\/gotten TGI Fridays gift cards for Christmas because my phone is ringing off the hook. 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