Missed Call Protocol

I thought that the next big war to start between friends would be the epic one between bicyclists and car drivers. I told Rob it's only a matter of time before he blows through a red light and I hit him, and have to live the rest of my life with his death on my conscience. He simply agrees, and feels no remorse that this will eventually come to pass, nor has any plans to change his Grand Theft Auto style of city biking. Anyways, that is not going to be the next war among friends. What is? Missed Call Protocol.

I have always argued that leaving a 3 second message is better than not leaving anything at all. I don't receive approximately 1 in 20 calls that are made to my cellie. I don't know where they go, but unless a message is left, I have no evidence that you dialed this brotha up. This often leads to an exchange that goes like this:

Me: Really, _____ happened. Why didn't you call me?!?!
Friend: I did call you, you didn't pick up.
Me: I didn't get any call from you. Did you leave a message?
Friend: No
Me: LEAVE ME A MESSAGE!!!!!!

Sometimes, if I am busy and get a missed call with no corresponding voicemail, I don't call back. If something is important enough to warrant a call-back, I assume a message would have been left. Or at least a follow-up text to the phone call. Alot of people are not like me in this regard. They hate receiving brief v-mails, I guess the 10 seconds to go into their phone and listen to the message is just too taxing of a job. They say they will just see the missed call and get back to whoever was trying to get in touch with them. Well that may work for some, but not for this guy. As I say in my v-mail recording, leave a message and I'll get back to ya. Excellent.

On a side note, I think that fantasy football remains at the top of the list of things that the average woman just would not understand about a man. In our fantasy league, every member is financially stable or will be within the next couple months, so a cash prize of 200, 75, or 25 bucks isn't worth getting up in arms about. But making the playoffs is still a huge deal. There's an underlying issue of pride one takes in their fantasy football squad, one that a monetary value cannot be placed on. So when I very unexpectedly made the playoffs and kept my championship hopes alive, at least for one more week, it single-handedly rejuvenated me from one of the longest scholastic assignments I have ever completed. It's the spark I will ride to finish a strong semester with a bang.

Good luck to all who are in the playoffs and congrats to "The Green Bleeders and Dan" fantasy football league for the most competitive regular season we've ever had.