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I lived in the US and currently in Brazil, so it's great to see two different aspects of the "voice mail culture". Before cell phones were introduced here, alm

I lived in the US and currently in Brazil, so it's great to see two different aspects of the "voice mail culture". Before cell phones were introduced here, almost every one in middle class had someone bring them an answering machine. When cell phones started showing up, thou, people didn't use voice mails that much. Today, when you wanna talk to someone and they're not available, you just leave a text or a WhatsApp message. If it's not that important, they'll just see their missed calls and call you back. This article made me remember that when I started working in the US, my boss got mad many times because I NEVER checked my voice mails so I missed meetings etc. Haha!

stronglikedan 12y ago
> my boss got mad many times because I NEVER checked my voice mails I had that problem too. Now, the company phone system emails voice messages left on voice mail. It's very effective, and I never miss a voice message now. I like to think they did that because of me (but probably not).
fiatmoney 12y ago
I believe part of it is that in Brazil, at least for cell phones, only the caller pays, not the receiver of the call as well (as is the case in the US). It's pretty common to leave a short message of the form "call me back", or just a missed call - a longer message wastes your minutes.