The last time you hung up on a phone caller on purpose

The last time I hung up on somebody they were ranting. It was not a professional context. But feel free to say when you hung up on a marketing call too.
Did you apologize to them later?
Were you really busy or just cannot stand them?
Do you hang up often?

amcalester

All the call center staff should have loads of examples.

For me, telemarketers always get hung up on.

the beer revolu

My wife.
She was speaking too quietly and I couldn't understand her.
I asked her to speak up, twice.
If she did, I still couldn't understand her, so I hung up.

It's a new policy now. If I have to ask someone to speak up more than once, I just hang up!

Spook_ie

the beer revolu wrote: »

My wife.
She was speaking too quietly and I couldn't understand her.
I asked her to speak up, twice.
If she did, I still couldn't understand her, so I hung up.

It's a new policy now. If I have to ask someone to speak up more than once, I just hang up!

http://hearingtest.ie/

mad muffin

My wife. She was giving me an earful about some crap. I was thinking… fück this, life’s too short to be listening to this shït.

When she called back I told her the line must have dropped…

tayto lover

Some doll who was trying to tell me I was getting a tax rebate on 2,200 DOLLARS but I just had to give her my bank details.
I told her she could keep it as I had millions already and hung up.

JohnnyFlash

My absolutely execrable ex-wife. About a fortnight ago. Her voice makes my skin crawl.

branie2

Those calls from India saying there is a problem with your computer

the beer revolu

branie2 wrote: »

Those calls from India saying there is a problem with your computer

I managed to get one of those guys to hang up on me:D

Me: Let me stop you there, perhaps I can save us both some time if I just give you my credit card details, now?

Him: Yes sir, please, that would be most helpfull.

Me: OK, hold on ........... Ha Ha Ha FCUK OFF !!!!

Him: You Fcuk Off <click>

:D:D

branie2

Very clever of you

Autecher

Berties_Horse wrote: »

My fictional ex-wife.

God don't get me started on that wagon :mad:

TuringBot47

Recruitment agents.

Sometimes my brilliance is a burden.

ArnoldJRimmer

In work a couple of years ago was the only time I can ever remember doing this. The guy on the line thought he was such an important client and human being that he thought he could speak to me as if I was something he found on the bottom of his shoe. Even if it was a life threatening situation, rather than some trivial bullsh!t about a report he didn't get (actually a problem with his own email as it turned out), there was no excuse for that kind of behaviour. Very calmly told him that I was going to hang up and someone else would get back to him, while he continued to shout

ILoveYourVibes

My dog called. I was in the middle of a business meeting with the cat so i couldn't take it!

Kimbot

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

My dog called. I was in the middle of a business meeting with the cat so i couldn't take it!

Woah...... that was your Lab results for your Cat scan, quick ring them back :pac:

Bobblehats

That’s just the height of ignorance :eek: (it has happened to me)

Balanadan

If I can't hear someone, I'll hang up and either call them back or wait for them to call me.

_Kaiser_

Yesterday.. Got a call from a number I didn't recognise but as I am expecting a delivery I answered anyway. Whoever it was kept cutting out, and I was on another line too so hung up.

They didn't ring back or text so it can't have been that important.

the beer revolu

The trick to hanging up on someone (if you don't want them to know you've hung up) is to do it in the middle of a sentence while you are speaking.

sbsquarepants

Wasn't my phone, it was my missus's.

Some Indian tosser / chancer kept ringing her asking her would she like to invest in bitcoin, she's too polite to tell him to fúck off so ends up in 10 or 15 minute conversations explaining her reasons for not investing! Drives me mental.

Anywho, said tosser rang on Christmas morning, I kid you not, and the missus started into her, now's not really the best time spiel, so I took the phone off her and asked him "do you know what day it is you prick"?
"Is there a problem sir"?
"Fúck off you cockwomble"
"Sorry, cock what sir?"
Hasn't rang back since:D

Outlaw Pete

/Unfollows

BENDYBINN

A “cockwomble”........can I just die now......

Tammy!

When I was doing some reception work, there use to be this man who'd call and he always introduced himself in the exact same way with an exaggerated bizarre up and down tone. I started getting the giggles whenever he rang so I had to hang up on him once or twice.

Have hung up on my husband a few times and him on me. Once I was with friends when he did it to me so I just kept talking 'mmmhmm ok, alright, love you. Bye'

Sgt Hartman

I was anxiously expecting an important call from the bank one evening. When the phone rang I answered and it just turned out to be some nuisance from Sky. I hung up and blocked the number. I think it was the 3rd call in the space of 2 weeks i got from them!!

BarryD2

Most people here find it hard to hang up I've found...... 'blah, blah, blah..... bye now.....blah, blah, blah.....bye, bye.....blah, blah, blah, blah..... bye, bye, bye.....blah, blah, blah, blah............................' and so on

Rubberlegs

Years ago I kept getting calls from different landlines in another part of the country, all looking for the same woman. One caller in particular wouldn't have it that I wasn't her so I hung up on them and they kept ringing back so I had to block their number. I remember wondering who the hell this woman was and what had she done that all these people were trying to get hold of her. Her name is still stuck in my head all these years later.

corner of hells

Rubberlegs wrote: »

Years ago I kept getting calls from different landlines in another part of the country, all looking for the same woman. One caller in particular wouldn't have it that I wasn't her so I hung up on them and they kept ringing back so I had to block their number. I remember wondering who the hell this woman was and what had she done that all these people were trying to get hold of her. Her name is still stuck in my head all these years later.

And ? Don't leave us hanging .

Rubberlegs

corner of hells wrote: »

And ? Don't leave us hanging .

The name was Una Twomey, I felt like strangling her in the end whoever she was. The calls stopped eventually when I explained to a nice woman that I was sick of people looking for this Una and that I was on the other side of the country and hadn't a clue who she was and that several people had got quite arsey with me over it.
Now I have Blondies Hanging on the Telephone in my head

_Brian

politician ringing my work to get favours done from my job, I refused point blank.

He rang back 10 minutes later and rolled out the old “do you know who I am” line, I laughed allot and said I know exactly who you are and what you want, hung up then.

He hasn’t rang back since strangely.

branie2

_Brian wrote: »

politician ringing my work to get favours done from my job, I refused point blank.

He rang back 10 minutes later and rolled out the old “do you know who I am” line, I laughed allot and said I know exactly who you are and what you want, hung up then.

He hasn’t rang back since strangely.

Anyone we know?

_Brian

branie2 wrote: »

Anyone we know?

No, backwater blue shirt councillor with delusions of grandeur 🙄

Collie D

Rubberlegs wrote: »

Years ago I kept getting calls from different landlines in another part of the country, all looking for the same woman. One caller in particular wouldn't have it that I wasn't her so I hung up on them and they kept ringing back so I had to block their number. I remember wondering who the hell this woman was and what had she done that all these people were trying to get hold of her. Her name is still stuck in my head all these years later.

Similar to this. Had a woman ring my home three times in a few minutes from the same number looking for such and such a business.

First time.
Me: You must have the wrong number.
Her: Oh, sorry about that. Bye.
Me: No problem, bye.

Second time.
Me laughing: Hi, you’ve just dialled the same wrong number.
Her: Are you sure?
Me: Pretty sure.
She hangs up

Third time
Me slightly annoyed now: You’ve dialled the wrong number again. Can you check online for the right one?
Her: Oh for God’s sake...what kind of a place are you running there at all...
Continues ranting and swearing while I hang up.

Was kind of disappointed she didn’t ring back a fourth time so I could tell her to **** off.

Your Face

A taxi driver.

the14thwarrior

it was a scam but happy to say i didn't buy it.

i parked in a car park to collect the takeaway. when i came out there was a car parked beside me, and girl standing by my car. she proceeds to tell me i scratched her car driving into the spot. I said i did not, not even sure her car was there when i was parked. i was gone less than two minutes. she called security over who said he "saw nothing" but best to exchange phone numbers.

i said no, and drove off. I did nothing wrong.
somehow she got hold of my number (if you knew my name phone number was easy to find but don't know how she found that out) and lo and behold called me the next day to say she was going to send me details of the car damage. i said go ahead, i'll bring it down to the police and hung up.

side note: few months later a colleague was telling a story of parking his car in that very same car park, left it for a few hours and when he came back there was a girl standing by his/her car and she told him he had damaged her car parking. and called the security man over.... same story..... unfortunately he paid her.

probably the oldest trick in the book but it felt good to hang up on her.

oh, i never heard anything ever again from her.