Re: [RC] A Public Service Announcement from a Ride Manager ... - Carolyn Loedeman
Patti,
Loved the Service Announcement- and have to say I loved it
and I get way too many people that give out their phone numbers so fast that you
play back the tape 7 times to get it. REALLY MAKES ME CRAZY! So
thanks a bunch and may have to revise my answer machine prompt. Thanks
Patti for making me realize its just me!! Hugs,Carolyn
Hey folks.
This is half in jest, but half serious too.
The
vast majority of the riders at the Allegany Shut Up and Ride are emailers like
me. They email me, they download their entry form off the internet, they
email questions, etc. Groovy! I have a return email, I can take my
time responding after checking on something, and I can track them down again
if something comes up. I love technology!
But I realize not
everyone is into computers, and I do get phone calls with questions, or
requests for entry forms, and like most horse people, I'm rarely in the house
and rely heavily on my dreaded answering machine.
Like everyone, I hate
talking on answering machines ... but at the moment I'm in a quandary because
I got two totally unintelligible messages and no way to figure out who sent
them!
If you leave a message for a Ride Manager (or hell, anyone),
please:
1.) Speak slowly and clearly. You know your name
and your address and your phone number and can pe el it off faster than they
read those legalese disclaimers on the pharmaceutical ads saying that you
might experience oily discharge and seizures, but I don't, and when you say it
four hundred MPH, I end up rewinding the tape 12 times to try to catch it, and
end up guessing at half of it anyway. You're allowed to repeat it too,
to make sure I got it the first time.
2.) Enunciate. If you
have a mouthful of Cheerios, please chew and swallow before leaving a
message on my answering machine. Likewise, if you're drinking heavily,
you may want to call back when you're a bit sobered up.
3.) If
you hear an odd beep while leaving your message, and mind you,
I'm no mechanical genius, something probably went wrong. Maybe the
message went through, maybe it didn't, but please call back and leave the
message again. I can easily delete a repeat message, or can use it to
try to interpret your phone number because you messed up #1, but if I only got
your area code and then a dial tone, it's hard to call you
back.
4.) If you don't hear from me, either with an entry in the
mail or a call back, within a few days, please call me back. Something
went wrong and my Catholic guilt will be great relieved if you don't think I'm
just ignoring you because I'm mean. Actually, I am mean, but I am good
about returning phone calls.
Thank you.
--Patti Stedman
(NE)
P.S. If you are "Debbie" and have a 585 area code, or you
left a message and were a little confused about which answering machine
mailbox to use and therefore mumbled into the one you chose, and haven't heard
back from me, please call me back.
Patti Ann Stedman, CHMM
Proactive Compliance Services Inc.
"A Common Sense Approach to Health, Safety and Environmental Training and
Compliance"
