Sly Dial

I've been meaning to mention this because it is up there with blocking your phone number when you call numbers you don't know that have called you.



SlyDial [267-SLYDIAL (267-759-3425)] is an amazing feature you can use to call someone and have it directly go to their voicemail. Why would you want to do this? Why not?

It's like that time when your Sunday Funday got a little out of control and you don't want to go to work on Monday morning, yet you don't want to talk to your boss about it either because s/he knows you are aren't "sick". If you go straight to voicemail, you don't have to plead your case.

Or if you just remembered you want to blow someone off (which none of you do I'm sure) and you don't want to have the conversation with them and explain why you are full of shit, just get the voicemail and their is no awkward conversation about why you can't come over for Aunt Edna's 104th birthday party.

A good one (don't tell your parents I said this) is to call and leave a message for the mom or dad to say hi. It's because really you don't want to hear the stories like the one about Susie's uncle - you remember him? He was the guy that we saw at Albertson's that one time when you were 6. Remember? He was wearing that purple shirt talking to your friend Sam's mom about how he loves golfing and working for the sandwich shop on the corner. You know the sandwich shop I'm talking about, it's your favorite, you always get the.... {Meanwhile you have put it on mute to watch the game, I usually do this to my Aunt, but a really funny thing is to say your parents want to talk to them because they usually panic just as much as you do}

Lastly, which I'm sure all you people that do inappropriate things when drinking would love, is to use SlyDial when you can't remember if you were an asshole the night before and/or you were out with someone you have a crush on/dating and you know you were annoying/too drunk/mean/etc. You can always call and apologize without having to have confrontation. God knows you don't want to hear about how you were a pain in the ass because you already looked at your recent call log and incoming/outgoing texts - you have a rough idea already.

Use it. Just not on me.