Phone Etiquette

gimmick

Someone rings you, they ask "how are you"? Do you say "fine" and wait for what the person wants, or have you manners and say "fine, and you" or whatever?

It is something which totally pisses me off, and generally I find the former types to generally be horrifically self centred people.

Thoughts?

Kiera

It usually goes:
Caller: Hello Kiera, how are you?
Me: I'm good thanks, caller. How are you?
Caller: Thats good to hear, i'm good too. I was looking for.....

AnonoBoy

There's only one way to answer the phone:

"Who dis?"




Anything else just ain't cricket.

Random

Caller: Hi, how are you?
Me: What's up?

Let's not waste time.

gimmick

Thats even more ignoarant.

deisedevil

Caller: "WAAAAASUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPP!"

Me: "Get with the times"

Mars Bar

Usually goes along the line of:

Caller: Hello/Hi!
Mars Bar: Well! How are ya?
Caller: Good now, yourself?
Mars Bar: Finest now, thanks!

Proceeds to the reason of calling...unless of course, finding out how I am is the reason of the call. In that case, it's short and sweet!

alwaysadub

Most people who ask how you are don't really give a feck anyway and ask out of habit more than anythin so i usually don't bore them with the details.

daca88

caller: hey, how are you?(or something similar)
me: not 3 bad, how are you getting on?

nothing out of the ordinary.
it also wouldn't bother me if someone didn't ask how i was

donmeister

Caller: Non-existent
Me: ?

CountingCrows

gimmick wrote: »

Someone rings you, they ask "how are you"? Do you say "fine" and wait for what the person wants, or have you manners and say "fine, and you" or whatever?

It is something which totally pisses me off, and generally I find the former types to generally be horrifically self centred people.

You answer questions with a question, you from Kerry?

xoxyx

Caller: Hi, how are you?
Me: Fine thanks, how are you?
Caller: Um, yeah, that's great. So, anyway....


They don't really care how I am!!!!!! :eek:

Carsinian Thau

No-one ever calls me. :(:(

gimmick

CountingCrows wrote: »

You answer questions with a question, you from Kerry?

Its more a jewish thing than a kerry thing I would have thought. Unless there is a jewish stronghold in Kerry.

I am gathering that some people seem to think that manners are a wate of precious time and don't bother with them. Why not just cut to the chase and call the person you are calling a ****, as probably deep down you believe this to be true anyway, so as to not waste any more time.

opinion guy

Phone Rings.
Opinion Guy busy
phone continues to ring.
Opinion Guy answers phone <voice = angry>: SPEAK!?!

mikom

gimmick wrote: »

Someone rings you, they ask "how are you"? Do you say "fine" and wait for what the person wants, or have you manners and say "fine, and you" or whatever?

I generally go..........

Hey, it's Tiger, I need you to do me a huge favor.
Can you please take your name off your phone?
My wife went through my phone and may be calling you.
So if you can, please take your name off that.
Just have it as a number on the voicemail.
You got to do this for me. Huge. Quickly. Bye.

robinph

It's usually the person answering the phone/ receiving the call who'd speak first thus starting the conversation so I think you all have your responses the wrong way round.

For me its usually..

Me: Hello?
Caller: <silence as they seem to have expected me to tell them who I am>
Me: wtf do you want?
Caller: Hi, I'm from <insert company name here> and we were wondering if you'd be inter..
Me: <puts phone down>

who the fug

Random wrote: »

Caller: Hi, how are you?
Me: What's up?

Let's not waste time.

's up? is a waste of time, that is why I never use it

Iago

caller: Hey, how are things?

Iago: Rubbish to be honest, work is a total pain and there's this guy that's really bugging me.......and I've been feeling under the weather, you know when you just feel like you're going to be sick all the time and your head is pounding, plus the recession is bringing me down and I don't know what's coming next. I just feel that I'm kind of....

hello?, hello?

ba$tard hung up on me

Rob_l

gimmick wrote: »

Its more a jewish thing than a kerry thing I would have thought. Unless there is a jewish stronghold in Kerry.

I am gathering that some people seem to think that manners are a wate of precious time and don't bother with them. Why not just cut to the chase and call the person you are calling a ****, as probably deep down you believe this to be true anyway, so as to not waste any more time.

What?

CountingCrows

gimmick wrote: »

Its more a jewish thing than a kerry thing

Surely Jews wouldn't want to waste money on idle chit chat? Don't they usually ring and hang up before you answer?

Rob_l

Everyone seems to wait for the caller to speak first i usually find that most phone calls go more in the line of

Caller : <calls>
Reciever :<answers> Hello ( then they may add in something along the lines of you have reached such and such company or if a personal phone may just leave it at the hello)

Caller: (then either makes small talk -how are you? or gets striaght into what they rang for)

It would seem everyone else on this thread so far answers a call by staying silent.

Riverpineapple

I don't ask questions if I don't care about the answer.

So if someone says how are you? I say fine. Then continue with the conversation unless its a rare situation where I do care how they are, like if they recently were run over by a car.

We should get rid of fake conversations.

DazMarz

Someone calls me, it's usually a blunt ''Speak''.

Not pleasant, but it gets to the bloody point. Haha

who the fug

Riverpineapple wrote: »

We should get rid of fake conversations.

Would make chatting up easier and cheaper

Guy: Can I shag?
Girl: Next

Long Onion

I only call sex lines, such pithy formalities intrude on fappage.

Ruu_Old

Ahoy-hoy!

petes

Long Onion wrote: »

I only call sex lines, such pithy formalities intrude on fappage.

And increase cost!!

bertie4evr

This is how all my calls go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T2uBeiNXAo

NothingMan

Phone rings,

Me: Hello/Yo/Name of caller (depends on who it is.
Caller: Hey nothingman are you coming to the pub later.
Me: Yes indeedy do,
Caller: cool, so how are you settling in the new place.
Me: This is all subject matter for when I see you later in the pub, i'll see you there.

Hang up!


I may not be that flat out rude, but I hate chatting on the phone, i'd rather wait til I see you. Unless I haven't seen you or won't see you for ages.

Generally "How are you" doesn't pop up unless someone's calling for a chat, which my friends know is useless cos I hate chatting on the phone.

Abi

gimmick wrote: »

Thats even more ignoarant.

Oh I can go one better. I don't answer my phone at all, and let it go to vm. If I can be arsed I'll call back.

gimmick

Well thats what i do with the landline. Its usually never for me anyway, so I let it ring out. If they really wish to speak with me, they can call my mobile.

minidazzler

I never answer my phone. I will let it ring out and then *69 them.

Tyler.

bertie4evr

minidazzler wrote: »

...and then *69 them...

Noice

hal9000

hal9000: Hello Domino's Pizza
Caller: wait..huh oh ya can I get a large pepperoni
hal9000: u sux /end communication

Abi

gimmick wrote: »

Well thats what i do with the landline. Its usually never for me anyway, so I let it ring out. If they really wish to speak with me, they can call my mobile.

Well thats fair enough I suppose. But I avoid chitty-chatty calls, they are so irritating. Some calls can wait to you see the person again imo. Least they can do if they are gonna burn the ears off me is come by to the house with a few bottles of wine. I'm a pro at "yeah? no fucking way!! oh really?" if I have a glass of wine in hand, funnily enough.

Banter Joe

gimmick wrote: »

Well thats what i do with the landline. Its usually never for me anyway, so I let it ring out. If they really wish to speak with me, they can call my mobile.

oh the ...

wudangclan

Caller: "Hello.How are you?"
Me: "Well" (inflected;both answering the question and enquiring after the callers' health with one syllable,in keeping with my laconic nature).

jd007

If you wanted to know how the caller was, just ring them yourself.