Tuesday, January 8, 2008
The Wren’s Nest’s New, Slightly Off-Putting Voicemail Message
Posted by: Amelia // Category: Awkward Introductions, Failed Attempts at Looking Reputable, Nonprofit Management, Technological Advances // 3:52 pm
We do not hate voicemail here at the Wren’s Nest. But based on the level of neglect we show it, our disdain for having to check it, and the fact that we frequently forget it exists, it would be fair to say we’re not exactly fond of it.
(Voicemail retrieval re-enactment, courtesy of our PBR-loving Executive Director.)
Email, however, we dig.
But people love leaving us voice messages, messages that then go unchecked for several days. We needed a solution.
I give you the New Wren’s Nest Voicemail Message, to be recorded in the next 11 minutes:
Thank you for calling The Wren’s Nest, Atlanta’s Oldest (and most exciting) House Museum and home of Joel Chandler Harris.
We are open Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 2:30pm, and are closed Sunday and Monday. We offer storytelling every Saturday at 1pm and by appointment.
Entrance fees are $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and students, and $5 for children. For additional information, please visit our website at wrensnestonline.com .
If you have questions for the staff of the Wren’s Nest that cannot be answered by the website, please email us at amelia@wrensnestonline.com.
Email is the most effective and, more importantly, efficient way of reaching the staff of the Wren’s Nest. Feel free to leave a message here, but please keep in mind it may take us several days to get back to you. It’s not you, it’s us. We know our strengths, and voicemail isn’t one of them. Emailing is really the way to go. Seriously.
Thanks!
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Nicely done.
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