I am ready to answer the phone today with a sample from Aretha!

Ugh, I feel like that every time my landline rings and some heavily accented loser tries to convince me that Microsoft wants to fix my computer or some PBA member is begging for donations.

Sometimes I hang up in their faces or tell them to f--k off. Everybody that I want to talk to has my cell #.

babynoz said:

Ugh, I feel like that every time my landline rings and some heavily accented loser tries to convince me that Microsoft wants to fix my computer or some PBA member is begging for donations.

Sometimes I hang up in their faces or tell them to f--k off. Everybody that I want to talk to has my cell #.

This is why my sister says she doesn't need a landline. It turned into calls mainly for commercial harrassment!

NinaB said:

No, but there was a time when I was young & I'd say "What it is" An exes Mum used to say "Who's calling?" with heavy attitude every single time I rang..for a number of years!

Years of ANSWERING THE PHONE will do that to a person.

Cinny said:

I'm just too polite to answer in this way

When my sister calls, the first words out of my mouth when I pick up the phone is "what do you want"? And then she starts telling me what she wants coz every time she calls that is all she does not even a "hi, how are you"

luv4u said:

When my sister calls, the first words out of my mouth when I pick up the phone is "what do you want"? And then she starts telling me what she wants coz every time she calls that is all she does not even a "hi, how are you"

Oh yeah! I forgot about those mofos who only call when they want something.

NinaB said:

No, but there was a time when I was young & I'd say "What it is" An exes Mum used to say "Who's calling?" with heavy attitude every single time I rang..for a number of years!

Damn, sounds like me...

purplethunder3121 said:

NinaB said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Damn, sounds like me...

It does?! Sort it out!! Fix up!! Pack it in!!

Last time I did that, it turned out to be my sister on the other end of the line...

Why callin when you have whatsapp, i do not like callin on the phone.

luv4u said:

When my sister calls, the first words out of my mouth when I pick up the phone is "what do you want"? And then she starts telling me what she wants coz every time she calls that is all she does not even a "hi, how are you"

yeah i know, huh

. i used to have a sister in law who offered no salutations before going all negative and into some disdain mode. i used to want to call her "mz uncouth." but for the sake of (my) peace i didn't,

LOL - My brother has a funny thing that he says about answering the phone. He says that you should say, "What?!", when you answer the phone. I wouldn't do that to somebody I didn't know; it would have to be a close friend or family member.

Had a friend answer the phone once with, "Hello? Who is this? What do you want?" and it sounded very aggressive. There was enough time between each question for me to answer his questions and then suddenly, "I don't have time for this." And it sounded like he hung up. Found out later that a friend of his had gotten ahold of his phone and re-recorded his voice mail. His grandma was extremely upset with him, because she thought she had gotten ahold of him too and he was being rude to her and she had raised him better than that. He kept trying to talk with me the next day at work, and I kept giving him the cold shoulder. Finally, I told him what was wrong after he asked for the 100th time that night and he told me what had happened. Talked with his grandma, too, and she said that she was still angry with him. I've always kept that in mind when I answer the phone, even when I'm in a pissy mood, because while it was funny to his other friend, for his grandma and myself, the attitude in the voice mail really hurt.

prittypriss said:

Had a friend answer the phone once with, "Hello? Who is this? What do you want?" and it sounded very aggressive. There was enough time between each question for me to answer his questions and then suddenly, "I don't have time for this." And it sounded like he hung up. Found out later that a friend of his had gotten ahold of his phone and re-recorded his voice mail. His grandma was extremely upset with him, because she thought she had gotten ahold of him too and he was being rude to her and she had raised him better than that. He kept trying to talk with me the next day at work, and I kept giving him the cold shoulder. Finally, I told him what was wrong after he asked for the 100th time that night and he told me what had happened. Talked with his grandma, too, and she said that she was still angry with him. I've always kept that in mind when I answer the phone, even when I'm in a pissy mood, because while it was funny to his other friend, for his grandma and myself, the attitude in the voice mail really hurt.

A friend used to do that to me whenever I called as a joke because he loved my reactions, I called him one day and that time I wasn't in the mood for obnoxiousness & when he did that I said in a very calm & stern voice that its not cute or funny, and he better quit doing that if he doesn't want his pearly white teeth knocked the f*ck out

I was aggressive too. Needless to say, he stopped doing that since then, at least to me to my knowledge.

214 said:

I'm just too polite to answer in this way

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oh, me too i can't imagine being so fucking crude

Hamad said:

prittypriss said:

Had a friend answer the phone once with, "Hello? Who is this? What do you want?" and it sounded very aggressive. There was enough time between each question for me to answer his questions and then suddenly, "I don't have time for this." And it sounded like he hung up. Found out later that a friend of his had gotten ahold of his phone and re-recorded his voice mail. His grandma was extremely upset with him, because she thought she had gotten ahold of him too and he was being rude to her and she had raised him better than that. He kept trying to talk with me the next day at work, and I kept giving him the cold shoulder. Finally, I told him what was wrong after he asked for the 100th time that night and he told me what had happened. Talked with his grandma, too, and she said that she was still angry with him. I've always kept that in mind when I answer the phone, even when I'm in a pissy mood, because while it was funny to his other friend, for his grandma and myself, the attitude in the voice mail really hurt.

A friend used to do that to me whenever I called as a joke because he loved my reactions, I called him one day and that time I wasn't in the mood for obnoxiousness & when he did that I said in a very calm & stern voice that its not cute or funny, and he better quit doing that if he doesn't want his pearly white teeth knocked the f*ck out

I was aggressive too. Needless to say, he stopped doing that since then, at least to me to my knowledge.

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You scare me. :-p

prittypriss said:

Hamad said:

A friend used to do that to me whenever I called as a joke because he loved my reactions, I called him one day and that time I wasn't in the mood for obnoxiousness & when he did that I said in a very calm & stern voice that its not cute or funny, and he better quit doing that if he doesn't want his pearly white teeth knocked the f*ck out

I was aggressive too. Needless to say, he stopped doing that since then, at least to me to my knowledge.

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You scare me. :-p

Haha i wouldnt really have done that

My roommate in New York got very upset with me, because I always answered the phone by stating my name.

That is normal in Holland, you say your name, so the caller knows who he/she is talking to.


American roommate thought I was very inconsiderate and accused me of being egoistic and rude to answer the phone with my name.

I tried to change it, but I didn't succeed very well. It was a habit that was very hard to change. To me it felt impolite to not introduce myself first, but just say "hello".

Hamad said:

prittypriss said:

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You scare me. :-p

Haha i wouldnt really have done that

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lol - that's good to know

dJJ said:

My roommate in New York got very upset with me, because I always answered the phone by stating my name.

That is normal in Holland, you say your name, so the caller knows who he/she is talking to.


American roommate thought I was very inconsiderate and accused me of being egoistic and rude to answer the phone with my name.

I tried to change it, but I didn't succeed very well. It was a habit that was very hard to change. To me it felt impolite to not introduce myself first, but just say "hello".

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I always answer my work phone with "This is ..." so the person calling knows they've reached me. My personal phone, I answer with "Hello?" and really, why do we answer the phone with the "hello" as a question? With the advent of caller ID, we usually know who is calling. If it's a close friend I'll answer it, "Hi *insert name here*!" and they find that off-putting because they aren't expecting someone to answer the phone actually using their name, and expect to be the one to say, "Hi Priss! It's me." Hmm, now that I think about it, phones and phone etiquette is weird.

XxAxX said:

214 said:

I'm just too polite to answer in this way

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oh, me too i can't imagine being so fucking crude

It's allowed for telemarketers and scammers under the exceptions clause.

Here in Mexico i answer my personal number with "bueno" is the phrase more used here and then say "hola"

back inna day.

"your dime, my time make it quick." that was a seattle standard phrase from the "back inna day" time and space. a so called cool greeting.

here are some funny ones i found online.

>"Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles."

>"Suicide hotline, please hold."

>"We're closed for the day, please hold."

>"Speak."

>"Yello."

>"Can you hang on a second, i misplaced my cell phone."

>"Salutations fothermucker."

214 said:

Here in Mexico i answer my personal number with "bueno" is the phrase more used here and then say "hola"

This ain't PC...but years ago when unwanted people like phone solicitors called me, I used to answer the phone with: "No hablo Ingles. Que?!"

purplethunder3121 said:

214 said:

Here in Mexico i answer my personal number with "bueno" is the phrase more used here and then say "hola"

This ain't PC...but years ago when unwanted people like phone solicitors called me, I used to answer the phone with: "No hablo Ingles. Que?!"

Ugh!!!

I wanna learn Spanish, dammit!

purplethunder3121 said:

214 said:

Here in Mexico i answer my personal number with "bueno" is the phrase more used here and then say "hola"

This ain't PC...but years ago when unwanted people like phone solicitors called me, I used to answer the phone with: "No hablo Ingles. Que?!"

jajaja esa es buena do you speak spanish?