Damned lazy telemarketers

A selection of the typical phone messages on my machine:

1. “This is an important message for [name garbled]. If you are [name garbled], please press 1 now; if you need to bring [name garbled] to the phone, press 2 now…”
2. “…hello? Hello?!” [click]
3. Hold music for about fifteen seconds, followed by (2).

This accounts for about 99% of the messages I ever get that aren’t just hang-ups. This is possibly a sign that I need more of a life, or maybe less of a phone service.