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Is voice mail recording device at home still popular in US? Often seen in US movies but such device has never caught on in Singapore/Malaysia.
In 2012 when I purchased my own phone I declined to set up a voice mail account. If you call and it rings out, the caller is informed, "This customer has not created a voice mail account." I highly suggest you do the same. The only person who've noticed so far is my mother.
I think this makes a lot of sense for a business. Sadly, I still get occasional but important personal communication via phone calls and voicemail, where otherwise I would not be able to get it. Specifiaclly, doctor's offices don't use SMS or email. Their alternative is snail mail. Another source is random one offs such as the oil delivery guy confirming my delivery, or a relative trying to get directions to my house…
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But they have a trademark on the bottle design.
But the person he was responding to wrote "coke can" not "coke bottle."
That's not to suggest that I would want to work in a building shaped like a bottle, a can, a newspaper, toilet bowl cleaner, or anything other than a building.
I've noticed that the texting only generation seems to have anxiety about making or receiving phone calls and the real-time conversation that requires. I think some of the voicemail hate is just a reaction to that discomfort.
I think this makes a lot of sense for a business. Sadly, I still get occasional but important personal communication via phone calls and voicemail, where otherwise I would not be able to get it. Specifiaclly, doctor's offices don't use SMS or email. Their alternative is snail mail. Another source is random one offs such as the oil delivery guy confirming my delivery, or a relative trying to get directions to my house…
All of our doctors contact us through email. I think they use Epic, and we get all of our test results, appointment reminders, etc. there. With health care regulations forcing electronic records, we'll probably see more of this.
The right way to do it is to email people and inform them that a secure system has Very Important Information for them and that they should sign in using pre-arranged credentials to check it. Even that email can be a HIPAA violation if you do it wrong -- for example, "Hiya Jane Smith, Dr. Foo OBGYN has important information for you" has been held to be a violation since Foo should have reasonably anticipated that some patients would be living with family and sharing email with them and disclosing a non-minor's pregnancy/etc to their parents without their consent is a per se violation.
Ditto putting similar information into voicemails / SMSes / etc. Technical violations of the rules are rampant and enforcement actions are comparatively rare, particularly at smaller medical providers.
I lived in the US and currently in Brazil, so it's great to see two different aspects of the "voice mail culture". Before cell phones were introduced here, almost every one in middle class had someone bring them an answering machine. When cell phones started showing up, thou, people didn't use voice mails that much. Today, when you wanna talk to someone and they're not available, you just leave a text or a WhatsApp m…
The first thing I do when I sit down at a new job is disconnect my landline or VoIP phone and put it in a drawer. HipChat, Skype chat, Email, text, or FB message, please. Voice is dead to me. I'm looking forward to the day when you can buy a SIM card from a cell carrier which offers only data and text, no voice call support. Also, am I the only one that is mildly disappointed that Coke's headquarters isn't shaped lik…
> I'm looking forward to the day when you can buy a SIM card from a cell carrier which offers only data and text, no voice call support. You can get these now. Get an LTE USB stick sim and add a $10 text package to it. You can add voice as well, but why bother.
The first thing I do when I sit down at a new job is disconnect my landline or VoIP phone and put it in a drawer. HipChat, Skype chat, Email, text, or FB message, please. Voice is dead to me. I'm looking forward to the day when you can buy a SIM card from a cell carrier which offers only data and text, no voice call support. Also, am I the only one that is mildly disappointed that Coke's headquarters isn't shaped lik…
> Also, am I the only one that is mildly disappointed that Coke's headquarters isn't shaped like a huge Coke can? This is absolutely ridiculous. Do you expect Subway's headquarters to be shaped like a cold-cut sandwich? In all seriousness, The Coca-Cola Company produces and distributes only their syrup concentrate to franchisees, whom bottle it for sale. Yes they have a subsidiary which oversees North American produc…
What's wrong with a bit of whimsy and/or promoting a bit of esprit du corps? And in a F500 consumer company, if you can make something iconic always be used as a stock photo in articles about your business, sector, or region, it probably is a bonus.