Guest guest Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 I agree with you 100%. Unless an important call is being expected, it seems rude to answer the phone when a visitor is present. Would you leave the visitor to go out and chat with a neighbor who is walking past the front of your house??? I hope not. It is equally offensive to me when I am speaking on the phone with someone and they constantly answer their " other " line. Even my own sister had that 'total phone' thing. I got so that if she went to the other caller, I'd hang up. Usually, I answer the phone if I'm alone but not always--only if it's convenient. Never, never will I rush to get to the phone and risk tripping or losing my balance. It's not ever worth a fall. I subscribed to the " do not call " list,so generally I'm not bothered by telemarketers By the way, you can try a telephone survey, but don't call me. Dolores Phone rant > I also don't answer the phone. I noticed that I would hurry a bit to > answer it, or it would interrupt what I was trying to do. Sometimes it > would just scare me. I have phones, I just have the ringers turned off. > (Most phones sold today have some sort of switch so you can easily disable > the ringer.) I have an answering machine on the line so folks can leave a > message if they are so inspired, and if I'm there, I'll pick up. Folks > that know me are aware that I don't hear a thing until they start to leave > a message, so they'll talk for awhile whether they leave a message or not, > maybe I'll pick up. I live alone, so the sound of another voice in my > house is invariably the phone. Telemarketers rarely leave messages, though > a few persistent ones do. Then I get these snippets of conversations that > are presumably not messages meant for me such as: " Don't tell what we > saw doing. " > > I feel a rant coming on. When I visit relatives and friends now I am > amazed at how they react to a ringing phone. Whatever they may be doing, > whatever they may be saying, they will stop and pay immediate attention to > a ringing phone. The phone call may be some telemarketer who leaves them > muttering, or it may be Joe down the street who just called to say " Hi. " > I have yet to see or hear of anything that could not be handled with a > message or a return call a bit later. People treat a ringing phone almost > the same way they would a doorbell. There is a big difference, however, > To ring a doorbell, the caller must often invest quite a bit of time in > getting to the door in the first place. The visit is often of great > importance to at least one of the parties. A phone call requires no such > investment on the caller, yet the recipient must often invest nearly as > much as answering the door. Many times, as is the case with telemarketers, > the message is of little or no importance to either party. Even your TV > (bad mouthed as it is) doesn't turn on every now and then and force you to > pay at least limited attention to what is on. But people feel the need to > at least identify the caller when the phone rings, whenever it rings. > > Well, you know how I feel, maybe we should do a telephone survey to see how > others feel. > > Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA ghekhuis@... > We are the CroMagnon of the future > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 Ah yes the telephone. My family bought me not one but two of those cordless phones so I could carry it around with me like a dog on a leash. It was ringing the other day and I was sitting right next to it and Steve was like are you going to answer that. I said no its someone wanting to ask me for something. He said oh that's rediculious it might be important. I said you answer it then. He did and it was a friend who wanted to borrow $40. Rotfl that one cost him. Shell Fisch _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee when you click here. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 Thanks for caller ID and an answering machine. If I do not recognize the number or name of the caller (especially UNKNOWN), I do not answer. If it is important enough, they'll leave a message. Sometimes at that, I do not return the call. Norton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.