Is it just me, or what???

[lewpac]

Am I alone about this pet peeve..........??

9 out of 10 people, many of them professional business folks, sales people, vendors, etc..................

They call MY OFFICE, and it's "Yeah, who's this?" Or, it's "Hello, is this Mr. -------"?

Where I come from, you're supposed to introduce WHO YOU ARE calling ME and MY OFFICE before I volunteer who I am!!!

You could be the IRS. Or the Mafia. Or my ex's lawyer. I ain't telling you who I AM until I know WHO YOU ARE!

Then, I'm the RUDE GUY for asking "Well, may I ask whose calling?" "Well, I'm calling for Mr. ---------". "And like I said, Who the HELL ARE YOU!?!?!"

I can't tell you how many times a day I go through this drill...............

I don't know..........it just bugs me. I NEVER make a phone call without introducing WHO I AM before asking if so and so is there. If you come knocking at my door, and I open it a crack, and you say, "Are you so-and so??"....................THAT'S rude and intrusive. Same thing with the phone IMO.

Anyone else out there have this peeve?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I always just ask if whoever I'm calling is available

but I get what you're saying

 

[lewpac]

I'm ready for a lot of "dude, get a life", and "dude, lighten' up"......

Seems like a "nothing" thing to get all hyped up over.

But....................I swear, it happens 9 out of ten calls, and probably a half dozen times a day.

I'm just saying, that I would never walk up to you as a stranger, and ask "Are you Mr. iRoot4Losers???" You might be the husband of some chick I fired whose out to get me. You might be a competing business guy who I'd rather not talk to..............

Half of all the folks out there are people I'd rather not talk to or know. That's life. If you're someone I'd otherwise ignore, I'd like to know if your one of them. Don't "compel" me to engage with you if I chose not to.......

Other than that, life is just ducky........................

 

[Faerluna]

If it's a professional call, I totally agree. I'd rather have someone say where they are calling from and then ask for whomever they're calling.

 

[Yeagermeister]

If I am the one calling:

After the person on the other end id's their self I id myself and ask if who I am calling for is available.

If they are calling me:

I look at my caller id and ask what they have broken this time?

 

[Route 66]

Am I alone about this pet peeve..........??

9 out of 10 people, many of them professional business folks, sales people, vendors, etc..................

They call MY OFFICE, and it's "Yeah, who's this?" Or, it's "Hello, is this Mr. -------"?

Where I come from, you're supposed to introduce WHO YOU ARE calling ME and MY OFFICE before I volunteer who I am!!!

You could be the IRS. Or the Mafia. Or my ex's lawyer. I ain't telling you who I AM until I know WHO YOU ARE!

Then, I'm the RUDE GUY for asking "Well, may I ask whose calling?" "Well, I'm calling for Mr. ---------". "And like I said, Who the HELL ARE YOU!?!?!"

I can't tell you how many times a day I go through this drill...............

I don't know..........it just bugs me. I NEVER make a phone call without introducing WHO I AM before asking if so and so is there. If you come knocking at my door, and I open it a crack, and you say, "Are you so-and so??"....................THAT'S rude and intrusive. Same thing with the phone IMO.

Anyone else out there have this peeve?

 

[Hostile]

I hate when someone calls me and it is probably a wrong number. I answer and they say "who is this?" I always say, "you called me. You tell me who you are."

 

[Doomsday]

My favorite is when a machine calls me and tells me to hang on for an "important message"! Ya right, good luck with that one.

Thank god for caller id, if I dont recognize the number, you can leave me a message and I will decide if I wanna call you back.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

My favorite is when a machine calls me and tells me to hang on for an "important message"! Ya right, good luck with that one.

Thank god for caller id, if I dont recognize the number, you can leave me a message and I will decide if I wanna call you back.

so that's why you haven't called me back!

 

[cowboyfan4life_mark]

The reason some people do what you are saying lewpac is they feel that the person they are calling may be screening their calls to avoid this call. My company has a policy that if a caller doesn't ID themselves, you must not ask "Who is calling?" or "May I tell them who's calling?" because you may give that person the impression that the person they are wanting to talk to may be screening even though they aren't.

Not saying that this is right, but...

 

[5Stars]

:laugh2:

I just got a call last week on my cell phone and the caller said, "Is Donald there?"

I told HER..."No, he went to Europe and won't be back for 4 months."

She said, "He did? Ok...thanks"

 

[5Stars]

And, other times when I get solicitors calling...if it's a lady, I say in a sexy voice, "What are you wearing right now"! They usually hang up right away.

If it's a guy wanting to sell me...oh, house siding, for example, I tell them, "Hey, dude, that's what I do for a living! How much profit are you making?" They usually say "Oh, I cannot tell you that...but thanks" then they hang up.

Sometimes if I get calls at home from a solicitor, I will say, "Can you hold for a moment?"...then put the phone down for the next 10 minutes or so...

And sometimes, I just ask a solictor, especially at night, "Can I get your home phone number and call you right back...I'm having dinner right now"...they say thay can't do that... it's their home number, I say...well so is mine!

 

[Bob Sacamano]

And, other times when I get solicitors calling...if it's a lady, I say in a sexy voice, "What are you wearing right now"! They usually hang up right away.

If it's a guy wanting to sell me...oh, house siding, for example, I tell them, "Hey, dude, that's what I do for a living! How much profit are you making?" They usually say "Oh, I cannot tell you that...but thanks" then they hang up.

Sometimes if I get calls at home from a solicitor, I will say, "Can you hold for a moment?"...then put the phone down for the next 10 minutes or so...

And sometimes, I just ask a solictor, especially at night, "Can I get your home phone number and call you right back...I'm having dinner right now"...they say thay can't do that... it's their home number, I say...well so is mine!

hi, I'm Jason Robards from Home Economic, Inc., do you mind if I talk to you for a moment? just for your information I'm letting you know that your post is being monitored for quality assurance, hmmm? k? that alright? hmm?

k?

 

[5Stars]

hi, I'm Jason Robards from Home Economic, Inc., do you mind if I talk to you for a moment? just for your information I'm letting you know that your post is being monitored for quality assurance, hmmm? k? that alright? hmm?

k?

Hello!


(slam)!

 

[jimmy40]

totally off subject but I hate the women in the mall that want to slap cream on people's hands. My wife and I were walking through the local mall and a young woman ran up to my wife and asked if she would like to try this skin softener and before my wife could answer I asked the woman if she had anything for a rash and started unbeckling my belt, talk about an about face, the woman damn near ran away. Of course my wife almost killed me later.