Death of Voicemail

On the recommendation of a friend who said my voicemail greeting was rather dreary and the nuisance of three straight days of a collector leaving messages for someone else because of not mentioning my name in said greeting, I rerecorded it. While inserting a modicum of cheer and a basic introduction, I took the opportunity to also omit something, namely the invitation to leave a message. Though not discouraging anyone from leaving one, I instead encouraged the sending of a text message. Why? A typical voicemail takes much longer to access and listen to than an equivalent text message takes to read. Sure, I admit that I like the sound and inflection of a person’s voice, but that can wait for an actual conversation, not a message.