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I’m so sick of the message telling me how to leave a message after the beep.  I know what to do – I’ve been leaving messages on answering machines and cell phones and everything else since like 1985!  We get it!  Drop the message.

I tweeted about this tonight (along with another cell phone pet peeve) and promptly got a response from @harder about a “Take Back the Beep” campaign.  I’m sending an email to my carrier…  I thought about calling my congressman but I don’t think I can take another message telling me how to leave a message.

From David Pogue’s post (same as linked above):

Suppose you call my cell to leave me a message. First you hear my own voice: “Hi, it’s David Pogue. Leave a message, and I’ll get back to you”–and THEN you hear a 15-second canned carrier message.

* Sprint: “[Phone number] is not available right now. Please leave a detailed message after the tone. When you have finished recording, you may hang up, or press pound for more options.”

* Verizon: “At the tone, please record your message. When you have finished recording, you may hang up, or press 1 for more options. To leave a callback number, press 5. (Beep)”

* AT&T: “To page this person, press five now. At the tone, please record your message. When you are finished, you may hang up, or press one for more options.”

* T-Mobile: “Record your message after the tone. To send a numeric page, press five. When you are finished recording, hang up, or for delivery options, press pound.”

Please, just BEEP.