Join the 21st century and use email, because you can send me several good dates and times, which I can then choose from, and we'll actually get scheduled. Because honestly, your voicemail doesn't do you justice (you're much better looking, with a voice that doesn't sound half as goofy, in person). Or me any good in trying to get scheduling this damn meeting off my To-Do list.
Better yet, try the calendar function in your Microsoft Outlook or Entourage or Lotus Notes or however you electronically remember where you're going and what you're doing. You might be surprised how much more you get done when you're not leaving and collecting 423 voicemails a day.
Oh, and when I suggest dates or times to you, don't just say, "No, that doesn't work." When you do that, I feel like you don't want to meet with me and you're just being coy or cowardly about it. If you're OK with meeting, give me an alternate time that does work. If you don't want to meet, tell me to go to hell. Believe me, you won't be the first, and you'll save us both a lot of dreary, faux-cheerful voicemails as I hunt you down like a dog to confirm a meeting you didn't want in the first place.
Thanks, and have a pleasant day.
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