Cell phone ettiquette: the voicemail

11. Voicemail rules.

a) straight to voicemail means phone is off.

c) a full ring (usually about 4) and then a pause to voicemail. The person missed the call. Usually this is a legitmate miss. *

c) ringings and then suddenly the voicemail picks up. The person on the other end saw that you're calling, and pressed ignore call. Either they are in a situation where they should have turned their phone off and are now being busted for having their phone on. OR, they are telling you to f-off. Justified paranoia either way.

*this might mean they just turned their ringer off. If this is the case you're dealing with a cell phone jedi.