Anyone that has left voicemail on a Sprint phone is familiar with the annoying "how to leave a message" segment that comes on after the person's greeting and before the beep. I'm pretty sure everyone on the planet is familiar with the concept of leaving a message, and having this tacked on to a greeting is really irritating.
Thanks to Engadget, however, you can Take Back the Beep: how to disable voicemail instructions on Sprint. Apparently the option has been there all the time, it's just buried in about three submenus of the voicemail system. At this point I don't believe that Engadget has instructions for other carriers, but I can only assume that their method is somewhat similar.
So, for you Sprint subscribers, please do me two favors:
- Follow these instructions so that you can disable the voicemail instructions message.
- Tell every Sprint subscriber you know how to do the same.
Together we can clear the airwaves of overly annoying and uselessly obvious instructions that waste more of our time than necessary.
Hoping ATT has the same thing. Man, I know we are a microwave society, but usually listening to the instructions on how to leave a vmail are longer than my vmail! No wonder people text...