13 Emotions Everyone Who Hates Voicemails Knows All Too Well

    A tale of suspense and horror.

    1. The Initial Call: You find yourself spiraling into utter confusion.

    2. Checking the Number: You feel moderate to extreme annoyance, as you stop in the middle of your Candy Crush game to see who is calling.

    3. The Realization: You feel a cold shiver work its way down your spine. They. Left. A. VOICEMAIL.

    4. The Void: You feel panic. Do I have to... do I have to listen to this? The whole thing? And then...

    ...Oh GOD. OH NO. DO I HAVE TO CALL BACK?

    5. The Deterioration of Time and Space as They Slide Against the Walls of Reality Like Pasta on a Refrigerator Door: You feel shame.

    6. Becoming One With the Void: You feel numb, watching your own body from a distance.

    7. The Voicemail Notification Icon: You feel fear, the breadth and width and depth of which you have never felt before.

    It stares at you. It is all-seeing and all-knowing. It feeds on your pain and delights in your fear.

    8. Checking the Voicemail: You feel a deep, sharp anxiety.

    9. Processing the Voicemail: You feel drained.

    10. Flailing Against the Walls of an Unjust World: You feel an intense frustration over the thought of having to call back.

    11. Thinking About Calling Back: You feel trapped as you make up excuses not to call.

    12. Never Calling Back: You live in a state of precarious bliss.

    13. The Sequel: They call back. And you complete your spiral into madness.

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