Okay, right now, all you cell phone users (and yes this includes me) go get your cell phones. Yes, right now. I'll wait. Go find your cell phone. Now, dial your voice mail. Again, I'll wait... have you dialed yet? I'm still waiting... Okay, now you have the iritating recorded voice system. Right? Dial in what ever number you need to for options. When it gives you the option of turning off the recorded message telling the dimwits that call you to dial 5 to leave a number, 1 to leave a message blah blah blah... turn it OFF PLEASE! I'm going through 3,000 minutes a month and I'll bet half of those are spent listening to this message. I have nightmares that I'm trapped in hell for eternity with this lady giving me my options. By now, everyone has this memorized. And if they don't, they'll figure it out when they hear the little beep. If they can't figure it out, do you really want to talk to them anyway? Now for some other stuff:
~ if you leave your cell charger plugged in when you're not using it, it's still taking power. This is called "phantom power" and if we all could burden ourselves for 2 seconds a day and unplug it, it would be equivalent to taking 100,000's of cars off the road for a year. Yes, thats HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of cars. For my friends living in LA (aka, home of the brown air) this would really help you along with the rest of us.
~ if you're driving, please hang up. A 9 year old little girl was recently killed near Denver. She was riding her bike home from school. She happened to be in the bike lane while a lady in a SUV was busy on her cell. The lady doesn't even remember hitting her. To all you parents out there, put yourself in this little girl's parents shoes for just one minute. Hang up. The person you so desperately need to talk to will still be there when you can stop and talk. And yes, I've used my cell phone hundreds of times while driving. I won't any more. This story just really got to me. Talking on a cell while driving is more dangerous than drinking and driving. Studies have proved this. We are distracted and the person on the other end of the phone can't tell when you're trying to merge into traffic or going through a school zone.
~ if your message is longer than 10 -20 seconds, do a new one please. I couldn't care less what you're out doing or that you're out chasing your cat through the meadow enjoying spring. I don't care. All I care about is that you call me back. Now, if you're out of the country and can't receive calls, then I need to know this so I'm not sitting by my phone waiting on a call that's not coming. Other than that, just tell me who I've reached. That's all I really want to know.
~ if you can possibly answer your phone (when you're not driving - read above) then please answer it. Models are notorious for this. Everyone just leaves messages and then we play phone tag for days. Here's the deal though. If I'm needing a model for a job or a makeup artist etc, I just call someone else when I don't get an answer. I'm busy. I know you're busy. It's easier for me to run down my phone index and pick another person. I don't have a week to play tag. My phone is usually laying next to the tub when I'm in the shower. Yes, it's inconvenient. But my schedule gets a little crazy sometimes. I don't want a client having to wait while we tag each other. If they have a question for me, then I need to be there to answer it. They have no idea that some days I don't get to hit the showers till 9 or 10 in the morning. And it's really not their problem. They just need me. So I make sure I'm available. My clients love that.
~ if you have a question that is going to require a long answer, don't text it to me. Call me please. It could take me an hour to type out my answer on my cheap little phone. Its quicker to just call sometimes.
Whew! I feel much better now. :) Sorry no pictures today. I have tons of stuff to blog about later though with very colorful pics. I promise. Now hang up your phone and remember the commandments above please. They're number 11-16. You know, right after those first Big 10.
Thank you!!!
Kim
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