Voicemail, Caller ID, the campaign season and local area codes
Posted By RichC on June 22, 2024
As the election season nears, the calls and text messages to my cellphone ramp up in earnest. My voicemail message for the past couple of years has been one that indicates that I no longer pickup calls from unknown callers — I don’t mind callers leaving me a message, but have grown tired of solicitations, surveys and campaign donation requests.
| The current voicemail message on my iPhone 7 Plus | 2024 |
For friends, family and business clients, I enjoy and appreciate staying in touch. I gladly will add them to my contact list so that caller ID indicates who is calling. A recent WSJ A-HED article brought to light a debate regarding texting first to ask if someone minds getting a phone call. Oh … how the world is changing.
For some people, there is nothing more delightful than the surprise ringing of a phone that signals someone is thinking about them. For others, there is nothing ruder, more intrusive or panic-inducing than an unannounced call. You are out of your mind—and possibly not in their life—if you’re not sending them a text first.
Phone-call etiquette has never been more complicated. Family members, co-workers, spouses and friends can’t agree on whether it’s OK to call someone without first alerting them via text that you plan to call.
LINK to article
That said, I do still look at calls and area codes and spotted a new one from my area that I’ve not noticed before — a 283 area code. Now it has been out a while, but don’t have any contacts with it as of yet. Still it overlays southwestern Ohio and will likely be one that I’ll need to remember in the future. I’m having a déjà vu moment from 
when we lived/worked in north eastern Ohio when 216 area code added the 330 and then 440 area codes.
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