Take This, "*", Verizon!!!

After switching from Sprint to Verizon last year, I finally could say that I have had every cell phone carrier that has been offered in Houston. Sad, but true. I have been very pleased with Verizon since the big switch (praise the Lord you can take your number with you now!) but after two weeks of ZERO dropped calls (again, thankful) I noticed something that drove me crazy everytime I called the wife and other friends that have Verizon.....

One of the advantages to Sprint (Actually, I think it's the only advantage) is when voice mail comes on, you can skip over the greeting by pushing the "1" key. This is a feature that I never realized the true value of until I made the switch to the big "V". Not only can you not press "1" to skip the greeting with the V, but after your personal message is done, another woman comes on with further instruction. It is the "other woman" that has been in my life for over a year and a half now that is driving me to drink! Not only do I know what to do since your personal greeting told me what to do (another great blog topic would be why we are still telling peeps what to do after the beep, if you don't know by now there is no hope for you!) but then this other woman starts blabbing about what to do after the beep. AHHHHHHH!

HOWEVER, I can now offer hope to those that are annoyed by this other woman. If you know that somebody is a V subscriber, all you have to do is hit the "*" key, and it will go straight to the beep! No more listening to the loooooooooooooooooooooong overused message #1 or #2. No more of Verizon getting us to rack up our minutes by listening to two messages! We can now silence the other woman in our life and the useless message of our friend's personal greeting.