Has phone etiquette changed that much?

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<p>I love e-mail. It leaves you with a written record of what was said that you can refer back to when you’ve forgotten all the details (like five minutes later, maybe). </p>

<p>Of course, this means I’m showing my age. Have you ever seen the blog How Not To Act Old? #30 on their list of 160 things you should do to avoid acting old is “Stop Using Email.”</p>

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<p>I get so few voicemails at the office that on the rare occasion when one arrives, I have to look up the procedure for accessing it. </p>

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<p>We have a landline but no one answers it but me. I spent years dropping everything and running for the phone (remember that?) so I guess its ingrained. However with the judicious use of Caller ID I have found that not answering gives a much better result than asking to be put on the “do not call list”. The annoying calls have dwindled down to a trickle.</p>