TO: ALL ARES OPERATORS IN
DISTRICT 3 (OFFICIAL)
ALL AMATEURS IN WEST VIRGINIA
(INFORMATION)
FROM: WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED AND WOOD
COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICES (ARES)
ARES DISTRICT 3 BULLETIN NR 07.10 DATE: March
11, 2007
SUBJECT: LEAVE A MESSAGE
How many times have you been too far away from your telephone, like
taking a bath, working in the yard, or doing other things, when the
telephone starts ringing? You try to get to the telephone before
it quits ringing, only to pick it up, and hear whoever was calling, hang
up their telephone, after hearing your answering machine start giving an
answer greeting. I'm sure that everyone with an answering machine
knows what I'm talking about. It only takes a few seconds to leave a
short message on an answering machine after you hear it give the
greeting, and the beep. Just because you might not like using to
an answering machine don't mean you haven't given the person you were
calling another gray hair. To you the telephone call might not have been
very important, but the person you were calling doesn't know that.
They may wonder for hours who tried to call them, and wonder if the
missed telephone call might have been something important. They
may think that if it's important the person may call back, but that
seldom happens. Leave a message on the answering machine so the
person you are calling won't be worrying about the telephone call they
missed. If it is important, then the person being called may try
to get back to you as soon as they get the message. The message
you put on the answering machine doesn't have to be very long, just your
name, the time, and a short reason why you called. How often have
you missed a call, and wished someone had left a message on your
answering machine? (Reissued, with modifications, of ARES Zone 3
Bulletin NR 04.01)
Ken Harris WA8LLM
Wood County WV
ARES Assistant Section Coordinator WV
ARES District Emergency Coordinator WV District 3