On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:58:24 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "sf" wrote in message ...
> >
> > On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:58:24 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I won't do that. I just think that is so very rude. When people
> >> routinely
> >> do that, I just won't call them any more. I don't have time to play that
> >> game of leaving a message and waiting for them to call me back.
> >
> > That's life. People who screen their calls will pick up if they want
> > to talk to you. If they're not home, you won't hear from them anyway.
> >
> > --
> > I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila
> >
> > *********************
> > Exactly. If the person leaving a message is someone I want to talk to,
> > I'll pick up.
> >
> > Sometimes it's someone I would like to talk to but I'm in the middle of
> > something. No big deal to call them back when I'm not busy. It's not
> > rude, it's reality.
>
> That's not always true. I have had people tell me they never answer the
> phone. They always let the answering machine take it and then they make
> their calls back at a certain hour that they have set aside for doing that.
>

You consider that rude?

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I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila