"Do not leave a message"

[wacki]

Ok, I'm trying to study for a math test and this is ringing through my head. I've had everybody from Lawrence NG to a brain dead "too dumb for crack" booty call one of my friends used to "date" tell me this. I'm a straight shooter, always have been. So I guess I simply have trouble understanding why this maneuver is so important. Can anyone explain the psychology behind this? That being said I almost never leave more than one message in a row but there have been many times were everybody was saying not to leave a message before I even made the first call.

This thread may be interesting, it may be pointless. I've just had a lot of people say this to me in the past few weeks so I have to ask.