Cell phone etiquette?

Question

What is the rules of recalling someone if they don't answer the first time?

does it vary because of the relationship with the person calling?

how many calls in a row is rude?

what do you do?

Answer 1

Call once, leave a message.

Wait at least a few hours between calls if it's a close friend or family member.

If it's someone more distant, or someone that you don't talk to often, give them at least a few days or a week or more to return the call.

Of course, it depends on the invididuals and the reason for the call.. but, you don't want to harrass the person.

Good luck.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

In my experiance, If you are calling someone's cellphone, when they open their phone the screen says they missed a call. This means that they will know to call you back. If you have something specific to say to them that doesn't require an actual convo, just leave them a message. If you want them to call you back to let you know they got your call, leave them a message saying so. Also, my dad's phone beeps annoyingly each time he gets a voicemail left on his phone. So the person you are calling might be notified you called that way too.

Relationship to the person your calling probably doesn't matter much. Except that if you are trying to contact a stranger or business associate they are probably more likely to get annoyed with you sooner if you call them too frequently to get their attention.

I think what is good etiquette all depends on the urgency of your call. If it is something they really need to know about very soon, then calling them every 10-15 minutes might be okay. If it is something important, but time is not an issue, then just call them back like an hour after you first phoned them. If the call wasn't important at all, then don't call them more than once. Like I said before, they will get a message on their phone, saying you called and will know to call you back.

If you call someone more then like 3 times in a limited amount of time, they will probably be rather annoyed with you unless you had something really important to say. Just think to yourself 'Would I be annoyed at the amount of times I've called this person, if I were them?' Stick to that and you should be fine.

Answer 4

What varies is the importance of YOUR call and their history in returning your call.

Are you casually calling them or are you in a mall searching for them?

If its a flirty/date call, I'd call once, wait 45 minutes and call back - if they still don't answer, I'd leave a voicemail. With cell phones all of the above makes the phone automatically chirp so that the phone gets checked.

For business, I call once and leave a message and let it be until the next morning. Then I call again and let it go.

If someone needed me (or someone in an emergency - or searching for someone who may be in my immediate area or on my schedule) I'd say 3 calls over one hour is reasonable but anything more is rude/manic.

Peace.

Answer 5

Call once. Leave a message. If no return call, follow this protocol:

1. Good friend - call 'em in a couple days
2. Business contact - wait a week - unless it's an emergency

Anything more than two calls in a row is excessive.

Answer 6

For me, it all depends on my relationship with the person, (ie) if it's my hubby, I will call him until he calls me back or I can reach him, whichever. Sometimes he's in a dead zone and doesn't get his calls. But if it's friends, or clients, etc, I will only call the one time, leave a message and if I don't hear from them within a day or so, I will try calling again, but will not leave another message. Regardless who you are calling, persistent phone calls is rude, but my hubby knows and loves me just the same. :-)

Answer 7

Depending on the importance of the call, one call back, about 45-60 minutes later is enough. If you left a message, I would not call back at all.

Answer 8

It depends on how important it is that I speak with them. I know people that have poor service and sometimes don't recieve their voice mails for hours.
If I really need to talk with them, I'll call them back in an hour or so.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

I always call only once, and if possible I'll leave a message. If it's a close family member (mom, siblings) and they don't call back within 30-60 minutes, I'll call back, if they don't answer, I wait until they call me back.