Many of us phone novices are guilty of this…Â Do not leave your phone message like this:
My name is [x] with [y]
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… two minutes later …
My number is [blur]
My cell number is [blur]
My name is [x]
I have to replay/navigate to the end of the message to get the phone number. With cell phone message functionality this works okay, however, I don’t have my voicemail shortcuts memorized, so I’m stuck re-listening to the whole message.
Also, the only thing you repeated was your name. That’s moderately useful, but your contact info is far more important. If I don’t have that, remembering what your name is is useless.
I would personally prefer a script like this:
Hi, my name is [x] with [y].
My number is [spoken while you write it down].
My cell number is [spoken while you write it down].
I’m calling about [n]. [Maybe a second sentence goes here].
Again, my name is [x] with [y].
My number is [spoken while you write it down].
My cell number is [spoken while you write it down].
Please don’t try to solve the issues you’re calling about on the message. There’d be no reason to call in that case.