What greeting do you use to answer the phone?

[PsychoAndy]

I quit using the traditonal hello a while ago. Now its mostly:

"PAB"
"This is PAB, how can I help you?"

If I know an AT'er is calling:
"OMG!!! OH NO! AIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! NOOOOOO!O!OO!O!!!! "



-PAB

 

[B00ne]

Hallo...

Or: Hi "name on display", whats up?

 

[amdskip]

"Damhoff's" or "hello"

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

If it's a number that I don't recognize, I answer it with "hello?"
If it's a number / person that I do recognize, I answer it with either "hello?" or "Yes?" or "hey..."

If I look and I notice that it's Viper GTS calling and I feel goofy enough, sometimes I'll answer it with "sup, bitch?"

nik

 

[jlee]

"Hello"..

I have to be careful not to say "Customer service, this is Josh"...maybe I used to work too much

 

[anxi80]

"Ahoy, hoy!"

 

[Koing]

gf: Hey babe,
friends: yo (yo = yes)
other people: hello
not so close friends: hi, sup? (as if I care!..lol..)

 

[Supermercado]

On the regular phone, where there's no caller ID, usually "Hello?" If it's my cell, and I recognize the number or have it programmed into my phone book so it says who it is, I usually say "Speak."

 

[bmacd]

i answer it "hella?" regardless of who's calling...friend or telemarketer.

-=bmacd=-

 

[minendo]

"Yeah?"

 

[apoppin]

Aloha

 

[Legendary]

"Hey." for known
"Hello?" for unknown

 

[kt]

"Sup, shiznit?"

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

"Talk to me"

Snicker.

"Hello?" unless it is a telemarketer....

 

[Platypus]

"what"

 

[Kadarin]

On the rare occasions where I actually answer my phone (rather than get the machine to do it), I do so with a standard hello. However, some 12 years ago, when I was selling high performance auto parts at (now bankrupt) Super Shops, we used to have to answer with "Thank you for calling Super Shops, where we have BFGoodrich Radial T/A's on sale for as low as $39.95.." That was really, really ridiculous..

 

[boi]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
"what"

hahaah, I do that sometimes when I'm pissed. I also use "huh."

 

[RossMAN]

Hello

 

[sobriquet]

I generally use the standard hello. When I'm bored or in a playful mood, I answer with "ahoy?" It either makes people laugh or confuses the hell out of them, either of which work for me.

 

[glenn1]

Hello if i'm awake. "hhmmmadhad..." or something if i'm not.

I did answer the phone with "Agent Nelson, IRS Audit Control" once when i knew it was a telemarketer (the dumb bastard called again on the same phone #). I never got bothered by that telemarketer again

 

[pac1085]

Normal calls: "Hello?"
Telemarketer calls (you can tell alot of the time because theres a long pause before they pick up) : "Fsck you, a$$wad <click>"

 

[PsychoAndy]

Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb
"Talk to me"

Snicker.

"Hello?" unless it is a telemarketer....

I've used the following in the past 4 years:

Talk to me

GO!

ABC Cab

-PAB

 

[yobarman]

"Mark's Roadkill Cafe, you kill 'em, we grill 'em!"


not really, but i just answer the phone with a "yoooooooooooo!"

 

[silent tone]

<booming & jovial> Heelllloooooooooo. Lah Lah Lah. </booming & jovial>

 

[FoBoT]

hi