Don’t expect unannounced social calls to be answered and continually hitting the redial button will only raise recipient’s blood pressure

“Please leave a message after the tone” is the familiar greeting for many callers readying themselves to leave an often rambling voicemail.

It may be a thing of the past, however, as etiquette bible Debrett’s has advised people to hang up and send a text message instead of leaving a voicemail because of their tendency to meander and become incoherent.

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