Some humanitarian has purchased a cassette tape of answering machine messages produced by Radio Shack in 1985 for $0.10 at the library and has made them available online for you to use.

Please use them. “They’ve been specially prepared for optimum phone line response.”

Radio Shack answering machine messages [WFMU via BuzzFeed]

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