This past Friday I had a visit planned with a lady who was suppose to be visiting SW Ark. the Thursday night before I was unable to contact her to confirm. Tried PMs and phone calls with no luck so she was a NCNS.
Today I again had a visit planned with a lady who is visiting SW Ark. she told me she would be expecting my call this morning. After trying to reach her for an hour by phone I gave up, another NCNS. I did recieve an eccie PM from her about an hour and a half later saying she was sorry. She said she was up late and even though she had her phone turned all the way up she didn't hear it.
My experience with cell phones has always been; if the phone is turned off it instantly goes to voice mail (which is what her phone did the first 45 minutes I tried to call it). If the phone is turned on then it will ring approximately 4 to 6 times before it goes to voice mail, (which is what hers did the last 15 minutes I tried to call her). I'm not trying to give either lady a bad name that's why I didn't mention any names here. Now I'm not stupid though I'm no genius either but IMHO when you call a cell phone and the way it answers changes then hasn't the phone changed in some way? IMHO either it was on and got turned off or it was off and got turned on. If my logic in thinking this is flawed please enlighten me. Please do not rant about getting a NCNS because I am already convinced it is a lack of respect or the lady is already rich enough she doesn't need my donation. Yes it was an 8:30AM visit and a lot of ladies are not a "morning person" but I also know they agreed to the 8:30AM visit. It's not like I some how forced them to agree to the visit at 8:30AM. I even told them when making the appointment if 8:30AM is to early please let me know so I can make other arrangements. All I am asking for is your opinion/ideas/knowledge about the way a cell phone works when it is turned off as compared to the way works when it is turned on. This knowledge will help me in the future when I call a lady for driving directions. I will have a better understanding/insight as to whether it will probably be a NCNS and hopefully I can take a little more control and not waste my time so much. Your input is appreciated.