Spinoff: Politeness

diva7531 Posted: Apr 18, 2008 03:01 PM

Spinoff: Politeness

Would you ever call someone and say 'Who is this?'

I have had those calls and it gets under my skin, my auto-reply is 'Uhm, no hun, you Called Me! Who is this?!?!?'

Sorry, just had to vent!

PeteysBride Posted: Apr 18, 2008 03:03 PM

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Posted by diva7531

Would you ever call someone and say 'Who is this?'

I have had those calls and it gets under my skin, my auto-reply is 'Uhm, no hun, you Called Me! Who is this?!?!?'

Sorry, just had to vent!

Oh when they think they get a call and call you back? or just out of the blue?

Either way I HATE it. My usual response is 'I know who I am. But as you called me and your voice is not registering in my mental filofax, I need to ask who are YOU and why are you calling me?'

If they get nasty I say 'Nope I did NOT call you. Maybe someone did but in order to find that out I DO need your name.'

SOOOO rude!

teenigrrl Posted: Apr 18, 2008 03:05 PM

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i HATE that!!! really, who does that??? i know it happens a lot when a wrong # is dialed. if you dialed the wrong #, simply say 'hi, is this joe's phone?' not hard to do!

HamptonsBride Posted: Apr 18, 2008 03:07 PM

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I had someone call me..and she said that....so i replied...um you called me...who are you looking for? And she replied 'Blahblah...but you sound like a white lady...' I was like...um...ok...

Butterfly123 Posted: Apr 18, 2008 03:08 PM

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Posted by HamptonsBride

I had someone call me..and she said that....so i replied...um you called me...who are you looking for? And she replied 'Blahblah...but you sound like a white lady...' I was like...um...ok...

Thats hysterical!!!!!

Colette Posted: Apr 18, 2008 03:09 PM

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Here's my tactic:

Caller: 'Uh, yeah, Who is this?'

Me: 'ExCUUUUUUse me????' with icy clipped pronunciation... (Subtext = 'oh my god you are the rudest person on the face of the earth right now and i cant believe you just called a place of business and said that you crude little person you should go back to the zoo you grew up in')

Caller: 'Sorry, who is this?'
Me: You've reached 'blahblah - name of company or [boss's name's office]. May I ASK who's calling?

If they don't say who they are by this point, I hang up, and am usually 100% sure they're a sales person or a consultant. And I sleep VERY well at night...

SusiBtoM Posted: Apr 18, 2008 03:12 PM

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I get a bit snotty and just say 'It's me. Who are you ?
I don't like when I get calls at work asking to speak to Susanne M. I answer my own phone and unless I recognize the voice, I go into receptionist mode.
I always introduce myself and then ask for the person I need to speak with. Just plain old school business etiquitte.

PeteysBride Posted: Apr 18, 2008 03:18 PM

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Posted by SusiBtoM

I get a bit snotty and just say 'It's me. Who are you ?
I don't like when I get calls at work asking to speak to Susanne M. I answer my own phone and unless I recognize the voice, I go into receptionist mode.
I always introduce myself and then ask for the person I need to speak with. Just plain old school business etiquitte.

Just plain etiquette in general. I know my kids are going to hate me lmao but they WILL be polite. IIts so important to help you get to good places in life. You have to build brdiges ot burn them.

kellybean Posted: Apr 18, 2008 03:18 PM

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I hate that it makes me crazy you should know who you are calling lol

ant n tilde Posted: Apr 18, 2008 03:22 PM

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ha ha when i was little and first allowed to use the phone i did this ALL the time. i would call and get all flustered and then say 'who is this?'

my parents used to get so mad when i did that so they would make me practice: 'Hi this is Matilde calling may I speak with so and so' but without fail I would freak out and just blurt out WHO IS THIS?

he he i used to get so upset when i did that

but as adults, yes that is so annoyin!

Aug07OFCbride Posted: Apr 18, 2008 04:04 PM

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yes!

rudeeeee.

mao0426 Posted: Apr 18, 2008 04:07 PM

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I am totally guilty of this...I am not usually like that but someone kept calling my phone like over and over again and they obviously let the phone go to voicemail because I got a hang up one right after...and they insisted on calling back...so when I was able to I called them back and I was like 'WHO IS THIS??' and they just hung up and didnt call back

PeteysBride Posted: Apr 18, 2008 04:11 PM

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Posted by mao0426

I am totally guilty of this...I am not usually like that but someone kept calling my phone like over and over again and they obviously let the phone go to voicemail because I got a hang up one right after...and they insisted on calling back...so when I was able to I called them back and I was like 'WHO IS THIS??' and they just hung up and didnt call back

Thats totally diff. I think we (at least I mean more like people calling you as a wrong number and beign rude. JUST happened to me right now with two people and neither spoke english well and i am convinced the woman was hard of hearing.

LONG day.

milana Posted: Apr 18, 2008 05:11 PM

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I dont like when people do that to me either....!
Its like why you asking me if you calling me?

PegaLega Posted: Apr 18, 2008 06:52 PM

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I do it-but I do it when I call the office and no one answer their line and get forwarded to reception-I will say who is this since no one says their name

sorry I will stop

sugarkube4 Posted: Apr 18, 2008 07:26 PM

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Posted by diva7531

Would you ever call someone and say 'Who is this?'

I have had those calls and it gets under my skin, my auto-reply is 'Uhm, no hun, you Called Me! Who is this?!?!?'

Sorry, just had to vent!

Ewww.. I hate that and I react the same way... I think it's ballsy of the other person to even ask that!!