How do you answer the phone?! A simple 'hello'? Do you state your number? What's the rudest and politest answer to a call you've received?

I just give a "hello"

Sometimes "yo" to friends.

Occasionally "what?" to my mother as a joke.

The rudest I've had was my local taxi company - the woman answered the phone with a long, drawn out sigh.

'hello' or 'yes'
and i like saying 'what do you want ?'
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"hello"...if I answer at all....



At work, I had a guy tell me "Dont call here anymore" as a greeting....and I was just returning his call...
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Hello.

But I normally don't answer my phone.

I HATE talking on the phone.






And theres no ring theres no ring on the phone anymore
Theres no reason to call I'm passed out the floor.
Smoked myself stupid
and drank my insides
RAISON DRYYYYY

I went thru a phase of answering the phone like Mr Burns from the simpsons "ahoy hoy" but people kept hanging up

I have caller ID so I screen my calls.....so I do not have to be RUDE...like so many out there these days

jami0mckay said:

JDInteractive said:

Depends on the situation. The way one answers at work isn't the same than with family and friends and stuff...

I'm teasing my workmate a lot though, like "13th district's police hello" or "God's secretary speaking
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Most often it's "hello". If I'm answering a call I'm expecting from a friend it may be "what up, dude?" as a kind of joke. I mean, I'm not the kinda girl who says "what up, dude?". Except I am.
Or sometimes I'll launch right into whatever I want to talk about.

TotalANXiousNESS said:

I'm jist a girl who cain't say no,
I'm in a turrible fix.
I always say, come on, let's go--
Just when I orta say nix!
When a person tries to kiss a girl,
I know she orta give his face a smack.
But as soon as someone kisses me...
I somehow sorta wanna kiss him back!
I'm jist a fool when lights're low,
I cain't be prissy and quaint--
I ain't the type what can faint--
How can I be what I aint?
I caint' say no!

It depends on what name I see on the caller ID. Usually "Hello" or "Hola".



The rudest response I have received has been "What do you want?!"

jami0mckay said:

I that song.

jami0mckay said:

helllooo
what the hell am i doin here
thats a really nice suit
this is a
really comftorble chair
see i dont know if you can help me or not
cause i dont feel sick
but the pains in my head have almost put me
underground
i dont really care
if i am healthy or not
just clean my head up doc
i'll give u anything u want
see i dont know why
i dont fall in love
well maybe i know why
well maybe you can make it stop

TotalANXiousNESS said:

I now answer the phone with this:
Got a little motto
Always sees me through
When you're good to Mama
Mama's good to you.

There's a lot of favors
I'm prepared to do
You do one for Mama
She'll do one for you.

then I say "Jamie speaking" and if they're still there we talk

My aunt's voicemail message used to be:

"hello?"

*15 second pause*

"Oh I'm not here right now, please leave a message."

It got me SO many times.

jess555ja said:

I normally say 'Hello'. but if it's on my cell, and my sweetie calls, I normally say...'Hey You, I was just thinking of you!'

I usually just say 'hello'.

I guess 'Hello' or 'Sawat-dii khrap', but last night at 1:30am (and I've no caller ID) I used 'Fuuuuuck! WHAT?!'

I tend not to answer the phone if possible though. I don't like them.

"Leave me alone!"

"Hey whats up?"

If it's a friend, I say "Hey, dude". Or "Hey (insert name here)." If I don't know who it is, I usually let them leave a voicemail.

What!

usually just hello, though depending on the person "what do you want, slut/whore" or just randomly breaking into song works too.

I usually just say hello, but if it's someone I know really well I may joke with them and say something silly.