Cassette Tape Answering Machines

What I liked about the cassette-tape or digital answering machine was that you didn't have to listen to "Please leave a message after the tone. To leave a numeric message, please press pound. To re-record your message, transcribe it and send it to the message receiver's P.O. Box, press 2. If you'd like to submit your resume to Holland for academic references, please press 1."