But prospective employers will never hear my Rick Astley so that's okay.

[schatze]

Yesterday I told a co-worker that I think "ringback songs" (where your phone is set to play a song to a caller instead of ring) is the communications equivalent of a face tattoo.

You just assume anyone with a ringback song doesn't have a real job and never will.

Comments

[cornpone]

why are you hating on ringback tones

[schatze]

I find the monotonous sound of a regular ring more palatable than most people's taste in music.

[skreidle]

And even if they have excellent taste in music, the quality of the ringback song will still suck.

[evilegg]

My ringback is Stayin' Alive.

[petulant]

My dad has an extra super duper real job and has ringback songs for me, my sisters and brother along with my momma (she gets "Pretty Woman", I get Tim McGraw's "My Little Girl" [groan], David gets "The Bills Make Me Wanna Shout" and I don't know what my sisters get). I think it's kind of sweet. But only when it's my dad so technically I agree.

[arsonnick]

I had ringbacks until I couldn't find "Ring the Alarm" by Tenor Saw...to me nothing else really qualifies as a ringing phone song.

[jp_land]

Haha I love this! So true! It's exactly what I think when I hear it... I just haven't put it into words yet.

When I hear a ringback tone, I automatically assume I'll be talking to an idiot when they pick up.

[schatze]

Yeah. It's never Mozart, either.