When will you call?

Don't you just hate it when you call someone and their phone is either off or they jusst don't pick up?

I know you do!

I do too. What's more irritating is when someone asks you to call them and they don't bother to pick up after more than three tries.

You think those two scenarios are irritating. I'll do you one better.

You're having a great conversation on the phone with an old friend and they get interrupted on their side, and they tell you:

Let me call you back!

And they don't.

Hours, days, weeks, even months go by and this person doesn't even bother to get back to you.

How's that for ettiquettelessness? Yes, that's a made-up word, sue me!!

Legal paranoia aside, back to the issue at hand...

People not calling you when they say they will.

What's up with that?

Is your life really that busy that in the 24 hours God gives you each day, you can't spend a few minutes on the phone even just to say hi? Even a text message will do.

Granted you may not have access to the phone at all times, but there are other means of communication available to you aren't there? I mean, there's email, IMs, Facebook, Mxit... the list goes on and on.

So why is it so difficult for people to keep their word. When you say you're gonna call someone, please do?

Otherwise don't say anything at all. Just hang up.

Nobody's forcing you to say "I'll call you". No-one!

There's nothing wrong with not saying you'll return somebody's call. Especially if you're not gonna do it. And have a track record to prove it. Just don't do it.

Please.

Don't you just hate it when that happens?

There's a reason why there are never any songs thanking people for calling. Imagine a song called "Thanks for Returning My Call"? It just doesn't exist.

Instead we have smash hits such as "How Come You Don't Call (Alicia Keys)" , "When Will You Call (Bilal)" and the likes.

:p