Etiquette

People complain all the time about their telephone messenger mailboxes not working properly, and yet 95% of the time I leave a message the person will call me back (sometimes immediately) wanting to know what I wanted. Um.....DUH! I LEFT A MESSAGE! Why don't you try listening to that before calling me back and having me explain everything all over again. Well, not me, because the typical conversation along that vein goes like this: **ring** ME: Hello? OTHER PARTY: Did you call? ME: Yeah. OTHER: What did you want? ME: Did you listen to my message? OTHER: No. ME: Okay, well, when you do, call me back. **CLICK** The other person's laziness is costing everyone time, and sometimes time is a commodity that is best used sparsingly. One last point on a different topic: [Saying "Please" and "Thank you" during sex, you see, shows signs of proper coitus-y.]