telephone etiquette - rant
GraySaturday
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Okay.. this really annoys me.
I hate when someone calls and its a number I don't know, and I answer and the first thing they say is "WHO IS THIS?" (I answer calls I don't know, for my business)
Who is this? WTF.. you called me, who are you!
I just think that's so rude. You don't start off a conversation with someone by barking "Who is this!".. don't people normally ask for a person when making a call?
Rude.
This happened to me twice this morning.. SAME PERSON CALLING. And to top it all off, it was on my blue tooth in the car so it interrupted "Given to Fly" on my iphone.. ARGH.
I hate when someone calls and its a number I don't know, and I answer and the first thing they say is "WHO IS THIS?" (I answer calls I don't know, for my business)
Who is this? WTF.. you called me, who are you!
I just think that's so rude. You don't start off a conversation with someone by barking "Who is this!".. don't people normally ask for a person when making a call?
Rude.
This happened to me twice this morning.. SAME PERSON CALLING. And to top it all off, it was on my blue tooth in the car so it interrupted "Given to Fly" on my iphone.. ARGH.
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Who dat
Who dat said dey gon beat lil wayne
My name ain't Bic but I keep dat flame man
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Andre 3000 where is eryka badu at
Who dat
Who dat said dey gon beat lil wayne
My name ain't Bic but I keep dat flame man
2008 CHICAGO CUBS MAGIC NUMBER = 62
BEAR DOWN!!!!!
hahaha.. christ.. I am so tired.. that would be etiquette
I've been up since 5:15am, my mistake!
That is rude.
I think you can avoid this question by answering the phone with the company's name.
People at both ends are supposed to identify themselves to make it easier for everyone.
Well it's my cell phone, and the calls aren't always for the business.. sometimes they are service people that are calling for my boss, for my other job and what not.
I think if I said the name of the business I risk confusing people that have NO idea about that.
I think I'm going to start screening calls.
Nicely? well I'm not nice, so I can't take your advice
Do you know how retarded I feel for the title of this thread? I need it to die.
I know you are a bitch so it will be a bit of a stretch for you
hahah and here I am bumping it on you...
I do that even at home. Sometimes I really don't feel like answering the phone.
That's how I am. If I don't know the number, I don't answer and figure if it is important, they will leave a message.
Before the days of caller IDs on a landline, I had someone call my house and I answered and they said the same thing they said to Gray Saturday. I rudely answered "Well WHO are YOU?" But I was younger and could get away with that.
Around 11 at night, my home phone rang and when I answered they hung up. So....silly me, I *69ed them and did the same thing.
The phone rings again a couple minutes later and my husband answered, "Hello?" And the guy on the other end of the line said, "Who's this? I'm callin' back the number I just called" Husband said, "You called me, who's this?"
Dude said, "I'm Jonny Menchinelli, I'll tell you who I am, now who's this?"
And hubby said, "Um, my wife just *69ed the number that called us."
And then Jonny, "Star 69, huh?"
Anyway, the only reason it was funny is because the guys name is Jonny Menchinelli. How many grown men go by Jonny?????
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so cute they are
we've been over that already, thanks.
btw - you can PM kat and/or sea and request that they change the thread title. they are quite nice like that.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
haha, it is pretty bad, but take comfort in knowing that we are all having a laugh at your expense over the horrible spelling in the title
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2006 ~ Toronto
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I am the same way, I often don't pick-up if I don't recognize the caller ID number and they have nothing for their name, like say Private Caller or Unknown number.
What I am doing at the time is more important than what they want, whoever they are, and if its important, they can leave a message
I can't live without caller ID anymore
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
I PMed Kat, and asked for it to be changed. Seriously, could I be any dumber? I am really a horrible speller, but when I couple that with getting up REALLY early and not sleeping well.. it didn't even look wrong to me at the time.. derr.. I know how to spell it too..
yeah, its easy to do, I have done it as well, sometimes it's easy to have a brain fart on some words whose linguistic heritage is from French or some other language not-Latin, so when your brain spells it out it seems natural but its not correct like etiquette
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
ring
"hello"
"who's this?"
"satan"
click
AS IF this just happened to me
I answer the phone "Who's this" I say "who's this" they say there name, I don't say anything, 3-4 second awkward pause, she asks again "so who's this" I say my name and then she asks for the person she wants
WTF, fuck off with your little game or sense of hightened purpose of yourself being on the line, like I'm supposed to know who you are at the sound of your voice, fucking annoyed me
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
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i get so annoyed when people leave messages on our answering machine that are NOT for us. we had a woman call 2-3X, looking for her exterminator, leaving quite aggravated messages. hello? do you not LISTEN to the message before you leave one? it is quite clear we are a residential # from our outgoing message. one morning my husband finally answered her call and she started getting nasty right away. he told her she had the wrong #, about all her messages....she apologized profusely and was quite embarassed.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
If they get snippy with the "who am I speaking to please?" BEFORE they identify themselves I always say, "well you rang the number, who are you looking for?"
Only once has that been a problem.
If I don't like the way the conversation is going or they stuff up their 15 seconds of fame I usually take the other option and simply hang up, but my personal favorite is when they get all high and mighty because they think they're talking to a kid, (apparently I sound like a kid to some people. :rolleyes: ) and ask "Can I speak to Mummy or Daddy please, dear" :rolleyes: That's usually when the fun starts!
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this made me laugh.
hahaha!