d'oh, not a message!
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What? Bad move? I figured it left the ball in her court, saved me from having to call multiple times (thus eliminating the potential creepy factor), and generally covered my bases well. Ah well, if she finds it unsatisfactory, then I at least have very little invested at this point. Furthermore, I have now broken the ice of one totally self-initiated obtaining of a telephone number, so it will be ever easier from here on out.
To paraphrase Hugh Jackman - the point is to keep the ball in your court. Nothing to be done for it now.
That line was delivered to Brecken Meyer's character at 2:00 a.m. when the he wanted to call and "put the ball in her court." Plus, the Brecken Meyer's character and the girl (Patrice) already knew each other. I have seen this movie way too many times!
I think wilson leaving a message was fine. If he hadn't, and kept calling to actually get hold of her, that would have been creepy.
Will be interesting to see how soon before she calls. Is she going to play games, or will she call him back today?
And at least he didn't leave 10 messages. That would have been unambiguously bad.
Actually, I think I'll call her again in a minute and say, "Well, my internet friends told me I wasn't supposed to leave a message, so I just figured I'd try again. You can call me back whenever. I won't be too busy; I'll just be over here reading history books and hanging out with my internet friends."
BillyBreen - congratulations on 5,000 posts. Just think where you could have been if you hadn't let the election get in the way. ;)
You're on the right path wilson, I don't see any harm in leaving a message. When you have to start worrying about crap like that you're moving into "game playing" territory and that's just lame. However, I would be highly amused if you did call and leave the above mentioned voice-mail. :)
Most people I know without caller ID are older than 60 (parents, aunts, uncles, in-laws). Not sure about the land-line demographics - probably older than 35 is my guess.
Unless you enjoy talking to machines and strangers, you NEED caller ID. We aggressively screen calls. In addition to the cordless, we actually have TWO corded phones with the twisty thingie that gets all tangled up. They must be at least 20 yrs old...
EJ, feel like doing any polling on assorted phone configurations?