It's just so rude!
If I don't answer the phone, it means I'm out of the office or am unable to answer. Cunningly, this is why a little recorded message comes on the phone and says 'Hi this is Sam, unfortunately I'm out of the office or can't answer your call. Please leave a message'

The technology we have these days!

It just does my head in when people can't conceive of you having anything more important to do than answer their call, so they just keep redialling and redialling until I feel like I'm gonna turn into the Incredible Hulk and go on a rampage.

There are about three people who work here who do it every time they ring me. I could get on the phone server and make it impossible for them to ring me, but that'd mean they just came to my office!

(btw - at least once a month I send an email round saying 'if the IT department's phones are on DND, this means they are doing something important, so leave a voicemail'. Which everyone pays attention to, of course)

Edit: he's STILL trying to ring me, I can see it flashing up on the screen even though I'm on DND. I'm really cross now and will have to go for a fag. Shall we take bets on how long it will take him to come up to my office?

(what he doesn't realise is, in this situation, I'm keeping an eye on the corridor CCTV to see him coming up. At which point I will go down the other staircase to the toilet for a 45 minute shit)
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Mon 9 Feb 2009, 14:09, Reply)