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Telephone etiquitte
« on: March 23, 2010, 02:55:22 PM »
Why the hell do people expect me to say hello twice when I answer the phone?

Typically, this is how the start of most phone conversations go from what I've gathered.

Answerer: "Hello?"
Caller: "Hey."
Answerer: "Hey what's up?"

This is how a conversation will go if you call me...

Me: "Hello?"
Caller: "Hey."
Me: (silence)

This is how a conversation goes if I call you...

Answerer: "Hello?"
Me: "Hey, it's BizB.  I was just callening to see..." (or whatever I was callening about)
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2010, 02:58:21 PM »
You called me. What'choo want biatch?
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2010, 03:03:36 PM »
Hate talking on the phone.  And I'm probably guilty of what you said there.

This is me and my mom...

Answerer:  Hello?
Caller:  Hello?
Anwerer:  Hello?
Caller:  Helllooooo?
Answerer:  He-llooooo??
Caller:  HELLLLOOOOO!!!???
Answerer:  whadayawant?
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2010, 10:13:47 PM »

   I don't answer the phone. I look and see who it is; then decide if I want to call them back at MY convenience. I pay for my phone priviledge, it is me who decides when I will get stuck on it listening to some stupidity.
   Another thing I do is if I ask "What cha doin?" and they answer with something; (oh, washing the car/cutting the grass/about to take a shower/watching "tV Show"/etc.) then I close the conversation and end the call. To which I ALWAYS get the response "Oh! NO! Thats ok..." If you are busy, and tell me so; WHY would you turn around and tell me not to hang up and call back later? I'm not interested in trying to talk to someone who is busy with something else.
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2010, 07:37:12 AM »
Quote from: 12AX7 on March 23, 2010, 10:13:47 PM
...if I ask "What cha doin?" and they answer with something; (oh, washing the car/cutting the grass/about to take a shower/watching "tV Show"/etc.) then I close the conversation and end the call. To which I ALWAYS get the response "Oh! NO! Thats ok..." If you are busy, and tell me so; WHY would you turn around and tell me not to hang up and call back later? I'm not interested in trying to talk to someone who is busy with something else.
That. If you're doing something when I call, I'll call back.

I rarely call just to talk anyway. If I call you to talk it's really to set up a meeting place where we can talk face to face, because I like social interaction more than tech-interaction.

I also am like BizB. Hate it when people say hello twice.
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2010, 08:05:16 AM »
What are the chances that a person is not doing ANYTHING when you call?  Sitting in a chair staring?  Of course they're going to be doing something.  I don't get it.
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2010, 09:05:39 AM »

None of that bothers me, and i am probably guilty of all of it. and the very 'female scouse' thing of saying "tra" multiple time before hanging up. ta ra means goodbye.
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2010, 09:59:20 AM »
Quote from: Detta on March 24, 2010, 08:05:16 AM
What are the chances that a person is not doing ANYTHING when you call?  Sitting in a chair staring?  Of course they're going to be doing something.  I don't get it.

 For example; my mom -

  Me - "Hey, what cha doin?"
 Mom - "Cooking supper and trying to get the laundry done."
  Me - "Ah, ok, I'll call ya back in a little bit, then."
  Mom - "No, that's alright."
 Me - "But you said you were busy..."
 Mom - "Hold on a second..."
 Me - ". . . "
 Mom - "Ok Im back; let me switch phones to the laundry room. Hold on."
 Me - ". . . "
 Mom - "Ok, I'm back."
 Me - "Did you get a chance to see that link I sent ya?"
 Mom - . .  .  . 
 Me - ...
 Mom - "Im sorry; what? I was putting the socks in the dryer."

 THAT is what I mean.
 
 On the other hand; my Dad:

  Me- "Hey, Whatcha doin?"
 Dad - "Not much. Got the grass cut and about to haul off a bunch of tree limbs."
  Me - "I can call back when you get back."
 Dad - "Nah; I aint goin anywhere yet. Probably after supper. I saw that link you sent."
  Me - "Did ya? Funny as hell, huh? LOL!"
 Dad - "Heheh, yeh."

 So - you see; both were doing something; but only one told me they were busy at the moment; then wont let me go; but then doesn't pay attention to the call. Too busy.
 
  SO - if I call and you TELL ME you're busy doing something; I'm going to close the call and call back later. If you are doing something that you can have a conversation and pay attention while doing it; fine. But I'm not gonna hang out on the phone and "Hold on a sec" every few minutes or repeat myself multiple times because you're busy.

 So what's not to get?

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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2010, 10:51:27 AM »
Oh I see what you're saying.  I am always doing something when someone calls and I say what I'm doing...but I stop doing it to talk to them.
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2010, 11:26:22 AM »
I detest talking on the phone. I'd rather do all communication either via email or in person.
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2010, 11:50:35 AM »
I freeze up on the phone.

Even with good friends.

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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2010, 12:33:48 PM »
Hate phone
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2010, 02:22:34 PM »
Why?
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2010, 10:56:39 AM »

  Another thing that sorta irks me is:

  Me - "Hello?"
Caller- "Who's speaking?"


  Call me, and immediately ask who's speaking? FUCK YOU, that's who. First off, you'd better
 introduce yourself before demanding my identification on MY phone line. Besides; shouldn't you
 KNOW who you're talking to as you called me and I'm certainly the only person at this number?

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Re: Telephone etiquitte
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2010, 08:35:28 PM »
The other day . .

Me: Hello?
Caller: . . .
Me: Helloooo?
Caller: . . .
* Novice hangs up
Texter (same number): Who's this?

. . .

Yeah, the return text from me wasn't very polite.
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #16 on: March 26, 2010, 07:25:45 PM »
Quote from: xolik on March 24, 2010, 11:26:22 AM
I detest talking on the phone. I'd rather do all communication either via email or in person.

I'm the same. When I get a phone call, I check first to see who it is. If it's someone I know personally, I answer "Whatchu want?" If it's a random number, I'll pick up, say 'Hello?' (once), and depending if what they say interests me or not (which is often the case), I politely hang up.
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #17 on: March 26, 2010, 10:00:20 PM »
Hate phone, I talk to parents once a week and that's it. It's usually awkward or makes me mad.  I hate when someone calls and talks to somone else in the backgound constantly or thre is someoene else butting in from the background-it's not a friggin party line piss off.

I know what you mean 12 - I want full attention.
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #18 on: April 01, 2010, 06:26:33 PM »
Y'all probaby heard this, but I haven't!

http://howtoprankatelemarketer.ytmnd.com/
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2010, 06:43:33 PM »
pfffff... that's ok.  But this... this is....

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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #20 on: April 01, 2010, 07:03:33 PM »
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2010, 01:20:14 PM »
me:  hello?
them:  whats up
me:  whats up
them:  hey
me:  yeah so whats going on
them:  you know, just kinda, yeah.
me:  lame
them:  basically
me:  why are we still talking?
them:  because you're trying to get your post count up
me:  oh yeah, nice.
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #22 on: May 17, 2010, 06:24:36 PM »
A guy I knew, sadly no longer amongst us, used to answer the phone with a simple "Alright?" That's it. Nothing else. It took a long time to get used to, but it started to make sense after a while.
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #23 on: May 17, 2010, 07:38:00 PM »
I like the way they answered the phone on The Unit - "Go for BizB."

Also: Unit LOL
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Re: Telephone etiquitte
« Reply #24 on: May 18, 2010, 07:10:38 AM »
Quote from: ewomack on May 17, 2010, 06:24:36 PM
A guy I knew, sadly no longer amongst us, used to answer the phone with a simple "Alright?" That's it. Nothing else. It took a long time to get used to, but it started to make sense after a while.

Wow that's kind of weird, but I imagine after awhile it'd be hilarious.  I'm guessing first-time-callers were a bit perplexed by it.
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