Ever have to make one of THOSE phone calls? You know, the one you've been dreading and hoping the other person doesn't actually answer their phone. Maybe for personal reasons, like you don't want to get into a long-winded conversation with some chatty-Cathy on the other end; you just want to tell them you're running late. Or maybe for professional reasons, like you just want to leave a message to remind them of an up-coming appointment.
Sometimes you just pray for voice mail.
Now available at a phone near you, it's a service called Slydial and it allows you to by-pass the chance of talking to a live person and instead go straight into their voice mail. You dial in to Slydial and listen to an advertisement (naturally - unless you buy their subscription or agree to pay 15 cents to skip the ads) and then enter the recipient's cell phone number. Voila! Voice mail. Who says breaking up is hard to do? Especially when you can just leave a message on voice mail ~ sorry, babe, things just aren't working out and we should see other people. Talk to ya later.
At least that's how it's supposed to work. In some tests, Slydial gave an abbreviated ring before going to voice mail... which could prompt a call back. Guess you'll just have to let them go into YOUR voice mail then.
--Contributed by Deb
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