asterisk users - Apr 2014 - originate woes: extension never executes

Here's my cmd:

originate MOTIF/8447/+12122064431 at voice.google.com extension  s at greeting

Greeting:

[greeting]
exten=> s,1,Wait(2)
   same=>n,Background("hello")
   same=>n,Wait(3)


I can see the call go out (also in, since testing on one our own 
numbers), but [greeting] never executes.

I'm expecting to see that when the motif call comes in and is answered, 
the dialplan would connect [greeting] with the answered call.

sean

How about:

[greeting]
exten=> s,1,Answer()
   same=>n,Background(silence/2&hello)
   same=>n,Wait(3)

provided you know why you want to call Background() instead of Playback().

jg