tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post5685642769806262969..comments2024-03-29T03:47:13.852+00:00Comments on Going Gently: Telephone EtiquetteJohn Going Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-59397966080157874602012-08-24T18:20:41.411+00:002012-08-24T18:20:41.411+00:00Truly, it is an "informal" etiquette to ...Truly, it is an "informal" etiquette to never call beyond 8pm, if not needed. I mean, proper phone decorum, as Sonia said, is important in every phone call you make, and that includes what time will you call. For example, calling at the wee hours in the morning will surely be a major distraction, right?<br /><br />[<a href="http://novuscall.com/services/live-virtual-receptionist-services/" rel="nofollow">Ruby Chelmsford</a>]Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049619118767976129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-76187931320765946952012-08-22T20:57:14.179+00:002012-08-22T20:57:14.179+00:00True! In this manner, people should know the prope...True! In this manner, people should know the proper telephone decorum. Call center agents, for example, are trained on business telephone etiquette. There are even companies who provide training for that, because in business world, deals can be broken and contracts can be lost with only one bad phone conversation.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.teledirect.com/" rel="nofollow">Sonia Roody</a>Soniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04565916641817963348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-40850995798090110922012-07-07T07:28:12.940+00:002012-07-07T07:28:12.940+00:00Phoning to say someone has died must be about the ...Phoning to say someone has died must be about the hardest type of phone call to make. Fortunately I've never yet had to do it. Good point about it being clear and succinct.<br /><br />Like Cro Magnon, I get a constant stream of silent calls from companies. I can never trace the number so there's no way of stopping it. But I have to answer the phone in case it's an emergency....nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-60255247953701380282012-07-07T01:33:01.211+00:002012-07-07T01:33:01.211+00:00I agree! I just hate when my phone rings at "...I agree! I just hate when my phone rings at "out of hours" time. One always assumes someone has died or is in critical condition at he hospital!<br /><br />Honeyman and I now only have cell phones, so many here are going to that. No hard wired phone. I turn mine off a lot LOL. I figure well people can leave a message right LOL. I am not a chatty on the phone sort LOL. <br /><br />Honeymans is his work phone as well, darn thing rings day and night I swear! argghhhhTexanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560812716080117867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-70640260800260189862012-07-06T23:49:11.554+00:002012-07-06T23:49:11.554+00:00We start in the barn at 7 am, so early calls are w...We start in the barn at 7 am, so early calls are welcome. After 8pm, it had better be an emergency.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944121836337072178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-45037701846213580532012-07-06T22:07:39.679+00:002012-07-06T22:07:39.679+00:00I had to make one of those around midnight calls. ...I had to make one of those around midnight calls. Worst moment in my life.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-68994034301270079162012-07-06T21:59:52.266+00:002012-07-06T21:59:52.266+00:00I ignore my land line 90% of the time, if it's...I ignore my land line 90% of the time, if it's anyone who knows me they will taxt me first to ask me to answer.<br />I was trying to read your "floods" post but it's gone? . . . I'm getting a bit worried about all of these floods.bugerlugs63https://www.blogger.com/profile/08598249255143939365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-7122142255748672902012-07-06T21:41:07.791+00:002012-07-06T21:41:07.791+00:00We are being plagued with 'cold callers' -...We are being plagued with 'cold callers' - mostly from Indian-based call centres - at all hours of the day. As a result ALL calls on our landline now go unanswered by person and direct to the electronic voice of the answering machine. <br /><br />I've noticed that most of these now hang-up as soon as the answering machine cuts in.JohnDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608216150220329902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-32588616383483181852012-07-06T21:39:54.462+00:002012-07-06T21:39:54.462+00:00Is this your lost post...I didn't steal it hon...Is this your lost post...I didn't steal it honest! <br /><br />wet dogs 100 flood alerts are in force for England and Wales But still dogs have to be walked and eggs need to be delivered When the dogs and I battled my way to Mrs Trellice's with a soaked half dozen I passed affable despot Jason in his sou'wester, who was going to pick up his daughter from school Marks go to him for the most humorous quote of the wet day As he pointed to the trio of wet canines at my feet he quipped with characteristic cheerfulness "I haven't seen so much dedication to a dog since Paul married Linda McCartney" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18727412Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-10536431697923147872012-07-06T21:07:38.234+00:002012-07-06T21:07:38.234+00:00Had a call at midnight once to invite me to a part...Had a call at midnight once to invite me to a party. As I was working on a farm at the time and starting work at 6:30 I had to decline. Phoned them at six the next morning to thank them for their kind invite though.John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-44919199660162324552012-07-06T20:55:06.459+00:002012-07-06T20:55:06.459+00:00I wanted to read your next post!
Weekdays, my pho...I wanted to read your next post!<br /><br />Weekdays, my phone hours are 8 - 10, weekends they're 10 - 10...although we have a friend who insists on ringing us at 9 in the morning on a Saturday...grrr...Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-68433898323326422902012-07-06T20:50:05.430+00:002012-07-06T20:50:05.430+00:00oh my next post has mysteriously been deleted!oh my next post has mysteriously been deleted!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-90755752899771122882012-07-06T20:07:35.416+00:002012-07-06T20:07:35.416+00:00Late night calls always prompt fears of some unkno...Late night calls always prompt fears of some unknown calamity, so I never call anyone after about 8PM unless I absolutely must. Bigger problem for me is to restrain myself from calling too early in the AM. I'm an early riser, but most of my friends aren't. By the way, we have a telephone that looks just like the one in your picture. It also works. An even older one is here in my office, and it works, too, but we disconnected it, because it bogs down the line by drawing too much current. Still looks super on my desk, though.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-89542193892759181772012-07-06T18:14:59.862+00:002012-07-06T18:14:59.862+00:00I've joined that list where it's illegal f...I've joined that list where it's illegal for a company to 'cold call' your number. Answer their 'and how are you today' with a 'it's illegal for you to call me' and the dial tone sounds pretty promptly.<br /><br />MiL once called us from the US at 6am on Jan 1st after we'd been partying until 2/3am. We were not amused.Andi's English Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136573194920355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-2351848194585565372012-07-06T17:21:53.375+00:002012-07-06T17:21:53.375+00:00My dad was in the hospital for nearly a year prior...My dad was in the hospital for nearly a year prior to his heart transplant, so I know that late-night-phone-ringing dread. Fortunately the one I remember most clearly was the one from my mother telling me a heart had been found and he was going into surgery. Of course, <i>that</i> call was at 11 in the morning!Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081652747471904560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-74003586445347573852012-07-06T15:24:20.652+00:002012-07-06T15:24:20.652+00:00We get so many calls where no one is there -- I th...We get so many calls where no one is there -- I think they are 'robo' calls and they recur at the same time throughout the day. There is also one particular 'scam' caller who I had no truck with. He was calling from India and for an American company claiming to want to buy up stock options. They have called us dozens of times. First I said we didn't want to talk to them at all, please don't call again and hung up as he was in mid point. He jerk called me back and started again saying he wanted to explain. I told him his company were crooks and thieves and to go away and hung up again. Believe it or not he called me back again and said Mrs. ____, you are a bitch! I hung up laughing and wishing I'd thought to say, 'You got the message, then!"The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-92196499508175106492012-07-06T14:44:59.730+00:002012-07-06T14:44:59.730+00:00I usually don't call anyone past 9 pm unless i...I usually don't call anyone past 9 pm unless it's really and truly urgent. One notable exception was when i'd ring a friend who worked nights. We'd chat till midnight or so.<br /><br />My work number is one number off from a rehab, and someone at some point gave out MY number as the rehab number. I had any number of drunk and high people calling me at all clocks. The IT deparment would NOT change my phone number, so i got in the habit of not answering the work phone after hours. Still, it was annoying.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-83281956770499213352012-07-06T14:42:12.834+00:002012-07-06T14:42:12.834+00:002am - My sister in-law ringing from the U.S.A., &q...2am - My sister in-law ringing from the U.S.A., "I just thought I would ring for a chat". Grrr.:o(Doohiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047086408214580177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-33559255670583756642012-07-06T14:03:13.394+00:002012-07-06T14:03:13.394+00:00A phone call in the middle of the night is always ...A phone call in the middle of the night is always scary. I had one which was a wrong number, but it did not make me any less scared John, so I do agree about keeping phone hours.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-64131043245310800582012-07-06T13:21:37.538+00:002012-07-06T13:21:37.538+00:00I loathe the telephone at the best of times and ce...I loathe the telephone at the best of times and certainly don't call people after 7.00 pm....<br />I had a spate of nuisance calls when in France, always when my husband was in hospital and always in the small hours from a 'phone hiding its number. <br />I don't think that it should be possible to hide a number.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-6794356893418698522012-07-06T12:20:52.844+00:002012-07-06T12:20:52.844+00:00I go by your rule book too, if we get a late call ...I go by your rule book too, if we get a late call I assume it's bad news about elderly parents in the UK.<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-37758562519899467762012-07-06T11:21:51.410+00:002012-07-06T11:21:51.410+00:00I hate the intrusiveness of the phone, full stop.
...I hate the intrusiveness of the phone, full stop.<br />I hate people ringing me "for a chat"! Email for me, old fashioned letters or meet for coffee/lunch. Failing that, smoke signals, carrier pidgeon, ESP anything but that dratted instrument.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-15163514683838493872012-07-06T11:08:35.917+00:002012-07-06T11:08:35.917+00:00When our parents were aging and being impossible a...When our parents were aging and being impossible about insisting on living independently, every time the phone rang, day or night, we hit the ceiling. Sure enough, every BAD call came at night. I still hate it when the phone rings in the evening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-45765663211827663682012-07-06T10:49:25.082+00:002012-07-06T10:49:25.082+00:00Never mind the "after hours", I am alway...Never mind the "after hours", I am always getting telemarketers calling it seems as soon as the first fork full of dinner is about to enter my mouth ! Murphy's Law strikes again. Funny how we have programmed outselves to think the worse at the sound of a phoning ringing in the dead of the night. Hubby's friend called at 4 am past Saturday night, I thought the worse.Cindy@NorthofWiartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00262513991016475701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-66268096400376168082012-07-06T10:22:05.052+00:002012-07-06T10:22:05.052+00:00We live in a county which was/is mostly agricultur...We live in a county which was/is mostly agricultural, folks are up and at 'em around five in the morning.<br />When the phone rings after 10 P.M. it's always a hold your breath moment, as most are in bed !<br />Telemarketers are able to call until 9 P.M. and take full advantage of that law.<br />Sorry to read your duck has not returned :(<br />~JoA Brit in Tennesseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080644141670903160noreply@blogger.com