10Hello, this is [your name]. I’m probably at home just avoiding someone I dislike. A funny way of telling someone you’re avoiding them without sounding offensive or having to pick their calls. Please speak very slowly, make it short, make it sweet, and I’ll deliver the message to them. Using other household appliances as stand-ins for the message center is cute and funny. This voicemail will warn callers not to bring drama, so you can save yourself the trouble of having to hear a message that was about to spoil your day.
As a first check, verify that you have more than two bars showing in the upper-right of your phone’s screen.

True emergencies - such as extraordinary weather - should be addressed in your voicemail if it impacts your business. Thank you for calling the Carona Surf Shop. We are currently closed due to the inclement weather. Our normal business hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 9 pm. Please visit www.caronasurfshop.com to order merchandise and to check our schedule during the hurricane.
That way you'll get to know exactly what other people hear when they call your phone and one last thing I wanted to show you. If you don't see that play on record option on the bottom, you don't have visual voicemail. Set up on your phone and that's through your provider. So if you have at and T sprint T-Mobile or any other provider, you need to have visual voicemail.