*Another rant – sorry!*
I grew up in rural Ireland, in a bog to be precise. My secondary (junior high & high) school was 4 miles away so I used to get a minibus to and from every morning and evening. It used to do two runs and I was usually on the second run after school. That left us with an hour to kill every afternoon. A few of us sometimes would go to the local pool hall to hang out. One of the lads didn’t understand the concept of tactics. He just used to strike the cue ball as hard as possible every single time. We used to joke that his motto for life was “if you hit it hard enough then it’ll be alright”, e.g. if you crashed your car at 100MPH you’ll probably bounce to safety rather than dying at 60MPH.
Some people apply the same strategy to using a phone. They call up with their caller ID turned off. I’m in a meeting and can’t answer. Instead of them leaving a voice mail (which they’re auto prompted to do) they “hit it harder” and call again. I again reject the call because I’m still in a meeting. They still don’t leave a voice mail.
Hello?!?! You’ll actually get to talk to me if you (a) use caller ID and stop trying to hide and (b) leave a clear voicemail with your name, your number and explain why your calling.