What's your answering machine/VM message say?

[Good Ol Gal]

We are just coming out of the dark ages and got voice mail on our home phone

That being said, what does your answering machine or voice mail say?

I am thinking of something more than "hi, we're not home" type of thing, but what??

Hmmm maybe I'll do my Mickey imitation and put it on there

 

[WatchinCaptKangaroo]

My cell says "hi this is WatchinCaptKangaroo. I can't get to the phone right now. Please leave your name, message, phone number and time that you called after the beep and I'll get back to you as soon as I am able. Thank you"

My home has "We can't come to the phone right now, please leave your name, message, phone number and time that you called after the beep and I'll get back to you as soon as we're am able.

Never say "we're not home" though I suspect the days of call and break-in are over since so many people screen their calls. I hate cutesy messages. Just let me know I called the right person and let me leave my message.

Thogh also by now people "know what to do" after the beep (a lot of my friends have that too)

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Hubby always includes the telephone number. And So

Hi you've reached 1234567. We can't come to the phone right now, please leave your name, number, and message at the tone.

No "we're not home" messages and I don't usually like the name.

He insists on including the number that way whomever is dialing knows they've reached the right place (or not).

 

[Chicago526]

You've reached Chicago526 and DH, we can't come to the phone right now, but you can try us on our cell phones or leave a message.

Just keep it short and sweet!

 

[Tazicket]

We have a "cutesy" message...DH says we can't come to the phone b/c we're feeding our cow....I mean cat, Cricket (and then there's slapping noises and me telling him not to call her that), and it goes from there. We've had people get us from dialing the wrong number, and they still leave a message to tell us how funny it is.

 

[Momma Rabbit]

We just use the default message...the computer lady says "your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message system 1234567890 is not available please leave a message at the tone"

 

[rayelias]

45 seconds of hardcore rap followed by "You know what to do." BEEP.

 

[azgal81]

Me: Hi we aren't here right now but
My brother: hey wait what are you doing
Me: I'm leaving a phone message since were not here
My brother: But you left the last one it's my turn
Me: No it's my turn
My brother: But it's my turn.......hey wait what are you doing with that frying pan
*Boink*
Me: We're out right now so please leave your name and number

We get people randomly laughing into the answering machine all the time although I don't think it's that funny probably because I hear it so much!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

ours is the robotic guy that lives in the answering machine! you know the one that comes with it.

 

[momsgonwild]

ours is the robotic guy that lives in the answering machine! you know the one that comes with it.

This is my guy too!!!

 

[Beth76]

"Hi. You've reached the 'Smiths'. We can't take your call right now, so please leave us a message and we'll call you back. Thanks!"

 

[dizneenut]

My voicemail message (we got rid of our landline and we use our cells) is my 10 yo DS saying "Yo, yo this is my mom's phone. She can't get to the phone right now. Holla back later."

 

[justplaingoofy]

Hi, you have reached (#)we can't come to the phone right now.. if you are a telemarketer or someone looking for a donation please press the flash button now. If you are friends or family please leave a message after the tone.

 

[LadyyRedd]

Years ago in my younger days, my message said "Who are you and why do I care?" When I started to job hunt at one point, a friend of mine pointed out that that particular message might not be the most inviting for employers calling me! So now it just has the standard "hi, you've reached 123-456-7890 and we can't take your call, leave a name/number and we'll call you back".

On a funnier note, my sister used to have a huge problem with people calling, the machine picking up, and when it came time for the message, they would say "May I speak to Ms. XXXXX?"....pause..."Hello?"....pause..."Hello?" She changed her machine to say "Hi, you've reached 123-456-7890 and we can't take your call, please leave a message and we'll call you back.....this is not an actual person answering the telephone, so PLEASE, leave a message."

Kimya

 

[Mom21]

Please, please don't have your little child record the message...no matter how cute you think little Johnny or Joanne is. That is something I really can't stand. To get some long winded message with some toddler voice that you can't understand and don't want to listen to for 5 minutes until you can leave a message.

 

[kilee]

Hey- I have that same robot guy in my machine.

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

Ours used to be DH saying "If you can't leave a message, don't bother calling back".

Now, we have the lady's voice that came with the phone.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

My home number is just the robotic voice that came with the machine. My cell phone says, "This is Melinda! Leave a message!" Short and to the point.

 

[aunt kelly]

We just have the standard "We can't come to the phone right now, please leave a message and we will call you back."

We're not a clever family when it comes to composing the answering machine message.

 

[lovmy2girls]

Scooby Doo and Shaggy is on our answer manchine.

"Like Hello, the family is not home, they went out to get us a double decker cheese pizza and some scooby snacks"
My girls love it.