Messages Waiting

[caddyman]

On my office phone there is a red light that flashes far more than I would like. It winks at me accusingly day after day. Back in the days of the analogue phone with a proper dial and no buttons, this only happened if you happened to be a PA or something and warranted a flashy phone so that you could screen your boss from the unwelcome attentions of the hoi polloi.

These days, these dark and digital days, all phones have this functionality, damn them.

All is not lost, however. I don't know if it's just Ericsson, the suppliers of our desk handsets, or whether it is true of all modern office phones: if you lift the handset from the cradle and enter #91# that annoying little light goes away.

Comments

[mingmerciless.livejournal.com]

You've probably just authourised an airstrike on Mongolia.

[binidj.livejournal.com]

You're just hoping to create a media scandal in the hopes that your minister will be forced to resign aren't you?

[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

It works !

(Look of absolute glee!)

[fractalgeek.livejournal.com]

I use my messages, as they are voice mail. However, they are so few and far between that the password often expires before I notice...

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

What #91# really needs to do is abruptly drag the telephone through a rift in the time/space continuum. Then some Zoid the other side of the Crab Nebula 30 centuries ago can pick it up and listen to a self-important pustule arrogantly telling me to count how many applications we've had for Grounds Caretaker.

Now that's technological advancement.

[agentinfinity.livejournal.com]

I feel duty bound to inform you that the word 'functionality' makes baby jesus cry.