View Full Version : Proper Phone Etiquette
Yo Mama
03-22-2008, 11:33 PM
Point 1: I know you're a young person, perhaps early teens, by the sound of your voice, but just so you know, when you call someone, you do NOT ask "Who is this?" You ask for whoever you're calling for and let the person you're calling ask "Who is this?"
I'm sorry, but I hate that shit. You called me. it's your duty to tell me what I want to know, namely who you are and what you want.
Point 2: If I answer the phone with "Hello?" that is English. That means I prefer to speak in English. If you fucking call me and start rattling off Chinese or Spanish after my "hello?" I'm going to get fucking irritated on your ass and be snotty about it.
I did not say Hola, I did not say Ni Hao, I said fucking HELLO.
Lexion
03-23-2008, 12:04 AM
If you said "Fucking hello",
I'd say "How teh fuck are you?".
Seriously, I feel your pain.
Like, when my wife calls me, and
asks; "What are you doing".
Response: "Fucking Morgan. You?"
Geeez.
Regards,
Lex
Alessandra
03-23-2008, 02:08 AM
*ring ring*
NI HAO!!!!
/silly
Seriously though, I hated when customers come up to the register still on the phone, and wave at me like they fucking think i'm a goddamned mind reader....
-_-
I hate the telemarketers.
I heard this advice on the radio and use it all the time now.
"Hello"
"Hello sir could i interest you in an upgrade to your phone package"
"Sorry no i'm busy at the moment but if you leave me your home number i'll be sure to ring you back when your relaxing at home".
They usually just hang up.
vckums
03-23-2008, 10:10 PM
I've done a few things to telemarketers. Next time let one of the kids have the phone.
Occam
03-24-2008, 12:44 AM
I use one number for incoming with an answering machine so telemarketers aren't a problem. Similarly, no one can ask "Who is this?" However, the other number is unlisted and used for outgoing and Internet. When it rings, I know it's a telemarketer. I pick up the phone and immediately say, "I'm sorry, you misdialed." Then I hang up before they have a chance to say anything. That usually ends it, but one guy called back five times and I did the same thing. He was apparently so stupid that he couldn't figure out that he wasn't misdialing and he hoped to redial the correct number.
Occam
Yo Mama
03-24-2008, 11:02 AM
:lol: Occam!
That reminds me of the crackhead who seemed to have my number in speed dial and would call me at 3 a.m. One night she called four times in a row and had the nerve to get mad at me that I was angry at her being an idiot.
I finally decided to pay the extra $3 a month for call blocking and blocked the moron's number. Now I sleep well -- except when my toddler doesn't.
Tetsujin
03-24-2008, 11:12 AM
What ever happend to saying good bye?! I've even noticed myself not saying it as much...oh well guess im just a punk ass kid...
Foxtrot Oscar
04-14-2008, 11:35 AM
Wai Wai bat poor!
Lay jo mat yeah?
I-C,gin
Wu Lay
Sorry just saw this and couldn't resist!!
Fox
Boondock
04-14-2008, 12:07 PM
i answer my phone with 'who is this if i don't know the number.
if i get a call and i answer it and it is that automated shit saying 'we have a call for you, please wait'...i hang that shit up.
then fuckers that ask for me or my wife and can not even pronounce our name.....fuck off.