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I’ve been thinking on this because I don’t think that I answer the phone like normal people anymore. Saying just “hello” feels funny. I’ve been on call for so many years that my normal greeting is “This is blabla”. Is that odd? Has phone etiquette changed?
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How do you answer the phone?
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Posted 12 March 2023 - 01:26 AM
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Posted 12 March 2023 - 04:52 AM
Depends what phone I'm answering.
Mobile = "Hello" if unknown, and "Hi (name)" if I do. Very exciting. I don't like to give my name in case it's scammers.
Work = "Hello (title)" or just "Hello" if unknown ie external number.
Mobile = "Hello" if unknown, and "Hi (name)" if I do. Very exciting. I don't like to give my name in case it's scammers.
Work = "Hello (title)" or just "Hello" if unknown ie external number.
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Posted 12 March 2023 - 02:46 PM
"WAAAAAASSSSAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPP???!!!!"
THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT
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Posted 12 March 2023 - 04:21 PM
The only people who regularly call me now a days is scammers and sales people.
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"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you hang up now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you."
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Posted 12 March 2023 - 08:44 PM
Hello, this is Slow Ben. On the business phone or an unknown number.
Yo! If it’s one of my friends.
Hey “persons name” if it’s an acquaintance.
Yolo! If it’s my wife, cause she thinks it’s stupid.
Yo! If it’s one of my friends.
Hey “persons name” if it’s an acquaintance.
Yolo! If it’s my wife, cause she thinks it’s stupid.
I've always been crazy but its kept me from going insane.
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Posted 12 March 2023 - 08:47 PM
And just for fun, here’s a minute of Phil Dunphy answering the phone.
Cello!
https://youtu.be/4xz5ecRezW0
Cello!
https://youtu.be/4xz5ecRezW0
I've always been crazy but its kept me from going insane.
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Posted 12 March 2023 - 10:15 PM
D, on 12 March 2023 - 09:08 PM, said:
Salutations!
That reminds me of Heathers…
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Posted 13 March 2023 - 09:53 PM
People still answer the phone? 🤣
I don't answer to numbers I don't know. I can't be arsed.
I don't get work calls. Everything is pre-arranged teleconference or someone direct dialling through MS Teams after dropping me a note they are about to.
Too many instant messaging options.
I don't answer to numbers I don't know. I can't be arsed.
I don't get work calls. Everything is pre-arranged teleconference or someone direct dialling through MS Teams after dropping me a note they are about to.
Too many instant messaging options.
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Posted 13 March 2023 - 10:49 PM
Slow Ben, on 12 March 2023 - 08:44 PM, said:
Yo!
I've been told that this is apparently my signature phone call reply at work (working from home most of the time). It wasn't conscious until that point, but it is now whenever someone from I know calls just for the giggles. Otherwise it's "Hello, this is [my last name] from [company]." That said, I hate phone calls and am not ashamed to say I let it ring until someone else picks up. Not my freaking job.
Otherwise it's just a boring "Hello" but I change up the tone depending on whether I know who's calling or not.
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Posted 14 March 2023 - 12:04 AM
I wish I didn’t get phone calls, but it’s the nature of the type of work I do to have to get called into a crisis in the middle of the night.
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Posted 14 March 2023 - 01:21 AM
First Name Last Name Speaking how may I help you.
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Posted 09 April 2023 - 01:47 AM
Mezla PigDog, on 13 March 2023 - 09:53 PM, said:
People still answer the phone? 🤣
I don't answer to numbers I don't know. I can't be arsed.
I don't get work calls. Everything is pre-arranged teleconference or someone direct dialling through MS Teams after dropping me a note they are about to.
Too many instant messaging options.
I don't answer to numbers I don't know. I can't be arsed.
I don't get work calls. Everything is pre-arranged teleconference or someone direct dialling through MS Teams after dropping me a note they are about to.
Too many instant messaging options.
I am with Mezla on this one. Don't know the number, don't pick up. Tired of all the Chinese language calls that are probably giving instructions on where to bunker down when the West Coast is lost.
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Posted 09 April 2023 - 04:57 PM
I don't. The ringer on my phone is always off.
Unless I'm expecting a call for some idiotic bureaucratic 'reason' that precludes other forms of communication---which thankfully hasn't happened in a long time. In that case, I think they'd usually say, 'Hello, may I speak to X / is X there / is this X? ' To which I think I'd say, 'Speaking', 'Yes, this is X', 'Yes', respectively; or maybe 'Hello, yes, speaking', etc. IDK. I'd prefer to be as efficient as possible, but I do generally try to be kind and respectful towards the workers who do such jobs, especially since it's usually not their fault that they're calling me; I do say 'thanks' at the end, provided they've done a decent job.
If it's a prearranged 'video call', with my relatives for example, or my vocal/music production coach, I do say hello.
Unless I'm expecting a call for some idiotic bureaucratic 'reason' that precludes other forms of communication---which thankfully hasn't happened in a long time. In that case, I think they'd usually say, 'Hello, may I speak to X / is X there / is this X? ' To which I think I'd say, 'Speaking', 'Yes, this is X', 'Yes', respectively; or maybe 'Hello, yes, speaking', etc. IDK. I'd prefer to be as efficient as possible, but I do generally try to be kind and respectful towards the workers who do such jobs, especially since it's usually not their fault that they're calling me; I do say 'thanks' at the end, provided they've done a decent job.
If it's a prearranged 'video call', with my relatives for example, or my vocal/music production coach, I do say hello.
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