telephone etiquette - rant

GraySaturday

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.

WindyCityFlyer

WTF is edicate?

WindyCityFlyer

Is that anything like etiquette?

GraySaturday

WindyCityFlyer wrote:

WTF is edicate?

hahaha.. christ.. I am so tired.. that would be etiquette

I've been up since 5:15am, my mistake!

justam

GraySaturday wrote:

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.

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.

GraySaturday

justam wrote:

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.

markymark550

I hate when that happens. Usually, I just hang up on them if that's the first thing I hear.

small town beck

That drives me nuts too.. I always nicely say "who were you trying to reach?"

GraySaturday

small town beck wrote:

That drives me nuts too.. I always nicely say "who were you trying to reach?"

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.

markymark550

GraySaturday wrote:

I think I'm going to start screening calls.

I definitely screen calls on my cell phone. If I don't see a name on the screen or can't recognize the number, I don't answer. I figure if it's important enough, they'll leave a message.

small town beck

GraySaturday wrote:

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...

justam

markymark550 wrote:

I definitely screen calls on my cell phone. If I don't see a name on the screen or can't recognize the number, I don't answer. I figure if it's important enough, they'll leave a message.

I do that even at home. Sometimes I really don't feel like answering the phone.

markymark550

justam wrote:

I do that even at home. Sometimes I really don't feel like answering the phone.

At home I usually answer....although it depends on my mood.

pearljamjen

markymark550 wrote:

I definitely screen calls on my cell phone. If I don't see a name on the screen or can't recognize the number, I don't answer. I figure if it's important enough, they'll leave a message.

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.

_Crazy_Mary_

something like this happened to me last month.

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. Only I also used *67 to block my number.
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?????

LeilaMoonTurtle

edicate?

GraySaturday

LeilaMoonTurtle wrote:

edicate?

we've been over that already, thanks.

decides2dream

i never answer my phone withouth knowing who is on the other end of the line and/or screening messages to find out first. cell phone is easy enough to see, and at home i don't bother with caller ID....people who know me/us know we don't answer until we hear you start to leave a message. it used to annoy my mother no end, but she's used to it now. besides, i have a phone for MY convenience, and oftetimes i just don't want to talk on the phone, so i still may not answer. and hell yes...i hate when people do that. rude indeed!




btw - you can PM kat and/or sea and request that they change the thread title. they are quite nice like that. easy.

smarchee

GraySaturday wrote:

Do you know how retarded I feel for the title of this thread? I need it to die.

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

smarchee

pearljamjen wrote:

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.

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

GraySaturday

smarchee wrote:

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

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..