rant: telephone etiquette

[amish]

i just wanted to say thanks to the douche that thought that it would be cute to call me every minute for the last half hour when i was on another call. my phone is set up so that if i'm on the phone and another call comes in it rings once. that isn't too invasive...until the fvcking 10th time. <^>:|

have some professional courtesy and leave a goddamn voice mail after the first call. what's even worse is that after 30 minutes of this bullshit i still don't have a voicemail from this chode. i can't wait to do this all again on monday.

 

[Zolty]

Yeah I hate that, people need to realize that every phone under the sun has caller ID so I know you called.

 

[Jhill]

Why do you have a phone?????????

 

[JS80]

or send a damn txt msg

 

[daveshel]

Originally posted by: Zolty
Yeah I hate that, people need to realize that every phone under the sun has caller ID so I know you called.

Except for land line users who don't want fries with that and anybody on an older PBX system.

 

[amish]

Originally posted by: Jhill
Why do you have a phone?????????

we have a saying here at work for people like you..."let me drop everything and work on your problem."

the world doesn't just revolve around you. you aren't a unique little snowflake. your problems don't need to be so dramatic.

you are going out of your way to get my attention, but aren't realizing that your actions are having the side affect of pissing me off. pissing me off isn't going to make me want to help you.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Jhill
Why do you have a phone?????????

uh yeah thats retarded.

 

[NuroMancer]

Originally posted by: Jhill
Why do you have a phone?????????

To communicate?

 

[dullard]

Amish, you still haven't answered my call!

 

[Jhill]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Jhill
Why do you have a phone?????????

uh yeah thats retarded.

I was refering to his username. Amish? get it?

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Jhill

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Jhill
Why do you have a phone?????????

uh yeah thats retarded.

I was refering to his username. Amish? get it?

yeah it was still retarded. how about why do you have a computer? why do you have internet?

sigh.

 

[K1052]

heh...one of our stores used to do this all the time to me despite being told not to.

One day they were doing this their area supervisor happened to be in my cube talking about something while they called for the 15th time in an hour. I quickly explained the situation to him and asked him to take the call (he readily agreed) from my phone. Oddly enough the behavior seems to have stopped.:evil:

 

[thereds]

Originally posted by: amish
i just wanted to say thanks to the douche that thought that it would be cute to call me every minute for the last half hour when i was on another call. my phone is set up so that if i'm on the phone and another call comes in it rings once. that isn't too invasive...until the fvcking 10th time. <^>:|

have some professional courtesy and leave a goddamn voice mail after the first call. what's even worse is that after 30 minutes of this bullshit i still don't have a voicemail from this chode. i can't wait to do this all again on monday.

I thought it's spelt choad and not chode.

 

[imported_Imp]

If the line is busy, I usually wait 5-10 minutes before calling back. If it isn't, same thing or even longer since I don't know when they're there. If they call back every minute, they might be trying to catch you at your desk before you finish your call and run off again (if it's not your cellphone). But 10 times in a row... ya, get a clue.

For me, the more you don't answer, the less I'll call. Like right now, I am and have been waiting weeks for a really f*cking small task to be done, and it still isn't done. I've done the same task, and MORE in less than 5 minutes, but just cause the person is a "supervisor" or considered wooo "management" at their office, they just take their time. I went from calling every few hours (to even reach the person), to days to forgetting about it and just e-mailing cause I'm so sick of them. The real pisser was that after 2 weeks, the person still didn't even open my freaking messages (yep, plural).

 

[Cogman]

The one I hate is when someone thinks it is a great Idea to call at 10pm or later at night. Expecially when the person they are calling has to work the next day. That drives me up the wall.

"Is so and so there?"
"Yeah"
"Can I talk to them."
"Umm.. They are sleeping right now *grumble and so was I*"
"Oh, I guess ill just call back tomarrow"

Gahh, I hate that.

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Jhill

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Jhill
Why do you have a phone?????????

uh yeah thats retarded.

I was refering to his username. Amish? get it?

yeah it was still retarded. how about why do you have a computer? why do you have internet?

sigh.

Why so grumpy on a friday?

 

[fenrir]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Jhill
I was refering to his username. Amish? get it?

yeah it was still retarded. how about why do you have a computer? why do you have internet?

sigh.

404 error. Sense of humor not found in waggy.

"The Old Order Amish are distinguished from the Beachy Amish and the New Order Amish by their strict adherence to the use of horses for farming and transportation, their traditional manner of dress, and their refusal to allow electricity or telephones in their homes. The Old Order Amish is the concept many outsiders have when they think of "Amish"."

 

[Jhill]

Originally posted by: CKent

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Jhill

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Jhill
Why do you have a phone?????????

uh yeah thats retarded.

I was refering to his username. Amish? get it?

yeah it was still retarded. how about why do you have a computer? why do you have internet?

sigh.

Why so grumpy on a friday?

I'd be grumpy too if I was bald.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: amish
i just wanted to say thanks to the douche that thought that it would be cute to call me every minute for the last half hour when i was on another call. my phone is set up so that if i'm on the phone and another call comes in it rings once. that isn't too invasive...until the fvcking 10th time. <^>:|

have some professional courtesy and leave a goddamn voice mail after the first call. what's even worse is that after 30 minutes of this bullshit i still don't have a voicemail from this chode. i can't wait to do this all again on monday.

The world is loaded with douche bags in case you were not aware.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Zolty
Yeah I hate that, people need to realize that every phone under the sun has caller ID so I know you called.

Not me.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Jhill

Originally posted by: CKent

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Jhill

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Jhill
Why do you have a phone?????????

uh yeah thats retarded.

I was refering to his username. Amish? get it?

yeah it was still retarded. how about why do you have a computer? why do you have internet?

sigh.

Why so grumpy on a friday?

I'd be grumpy too if I was bald.

HEY! :frown:

 

[Gillbot]

My favorite is when people leave you a message and don't leave an area code. In this world of cell phones and country wide buisness, this is essential!

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
My favorite is when people leave you a message and don't leave an area code. In this world of cell phones and country wide buisness, this is essential!

Heh, we have 10 digit dialing in Oregon.. so it's become habbit to include area code.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
My favorite is when people leave you a message and don't leave an area code. In this world of cell phones and country wide buisness, this is essential!

man i hate it when people do that.