I am guilty of this offense.
One of my friends yelled at me recently for not returning her call. She left me a message and I have a bad habit of not checking my voicemail.
She called back after four days of not hearing from me.
The problem is I know why she is
aggravated with me. I hate it if I call someone and they never return my call. I am just slow at calling people back, while others I know never return calls.
Still I am guilty.
My solution: leave a prank message to the person who doesn't return calls, telling them that they won red sox tickets or concert tickets. Then leave a number for them to collect the tickets at.
The key is having the number be the rejection hotline number, 617-861-3962, where they will be told why they're being rejected.
Then mention the next time you talk to your friend a reason why you might reject them as a friend if they don't return your call. Your friend should be able to put two and two together and realize they need to call you back. Or the person could be an idiot.
And with that being said, I assume now one of my friends is going to leave me a weird number for me to call to claim Linkin Park tickets (obviously I'll call to make sure it's not a fake number because if there's a chance it's real, I'll call). The number will probably lead to a you suck hotline. Who knows.
