if they answer you when you call, then they've got time to spare for you, why not look at it from the positive side for once? the person across from you might be using their time terribly, might be depressed, might be burned out, might be a wreck, might have all sorts of anxieties, for instance. you just call, sir, your pearls won't fall out. in some periods my life spirals so far out of control that i can't even make time for myself, because of the busyness and the way the worry of not keeping up that comes with it locks me up, and consider that i'm one of my own favorite people.