Just a little pet peeve of mine. I answer the phone, the person realizes they misdialed, and just hangs up. At least I apologize if I misdial.
We also get a lot of those automatically dialed calls at work. I get interrupted, answer the phone, and some recording is shouting at me "If you do such and such...." Those calls are as annoying as telemarketing calls.
Don't mind me, I'm having a grumpy morning.
2007-09-25 01:41:31 · 26 answers · asked by Lady G 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I fully understand that telemarketers have a job to do. And I tell them I understand that. But when I tell them they have called at a wrong time, or that I'm not interested in what they're calling about, they need to be as polite as I am and not give me smart mouth or slam the phone down. People who work in any kind of business where you deal with other people really need to have some people skills.
2007-09-25 01:55:27 · update #1
You have my sympathis Lady G!
Well the best thing is to apologise to the person on the end of the line that you have interupted whatever he is doing.
It will not kill you to admit that you made a mistake...Its just shows that there is a quality in you that he might not have....who knows you might bring sunshine to that poor man at the end of the line with your kind words!
2007-09-25 01:49:54 · answer #1 · answered by redzonecash 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That is rude when people just hang up. I think it says something about their upbringing. I've dialed the wrong number a couple times recently. I actually wish I knew the people I called; they seemed very nice! A few years ago, I got the wrong number, apologized and explained I dialed wrong. The woman was not very understanding and told me I woke her up. Sometimes you just can't win!
And yes, those new telemarketing recordings are obnoxious. I'm sorry your morning got off to a bad start.
2007-09-25 10:28:21 · answer #2 · answered by SomeGirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if I mis dialed I say sorry I have the wrong #.
If they misdialed I would expect the same, but that does not always happen.
If a telemarketer, started their spiel, I would just say sorry not interested and hang up. Now I am on the DO NO CALL LIST, so I just hang up, if I am busy or I tell them I am on the list do not call again. But I also screen my calls and just don't answer them unless I know who it is.
2007-09-25 17:12:43 · answer #3 · answered by Moe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I get few telemarketing calls , as I'm on the Do Not Call List..but at work those calls drive me bonkers!...and yes, the people are often rude. I am required to screen calls and they get super nasty when asked questions.
When I misdial I always apologize then hang up
2007-09-25 09:26:39 · answer #4 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always apologize by saying I'm sorry to have disturbed you. Of course, in the small town that I live in, chances are you know the person that you misdialed. And even if you don't, in this day-and-age of caller ID, they know who you are. But to me, it's just a common courtesy to apoligize no matter what.
If I get an "Unknown Caller" on my caller ID, I let it go to the answering machine. Once I did answer a call from a telemarketer trying to sell me series of Time-Life history books. When I declined, he asked why. I told him I lived it and I remember it well. He thanked me and hung up!
2007-09-25 10:22:45 · answer #5 · answered by Gladys 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I always apologize when I get a wrong number but here is an incident that happened to me that does you one better:
Several years ago I had a teenage girl call the house that I was living in and when I said "hello, hello" say nothing and just stay on the phone. After about 5 or so calls like this I called them back and this girl answered and I asked her if she had been calling my phone number, she admitted that she had. I then inquired why when I said hello she hadn't said anything, she said "I got the wrong number geez!" I then told her that she should've had the common courtesy to say sorry I have the wrong number instead of just letting me say hello repeatedly and not say anything as that is very rude. She then said "I'm sorry, okay" and I told her that she didn't need to be using the phone until she learned some phone manners. Her mother then called me and tried to cuss me out and i told her why I had chewed her kid out and that it was HER responsibility to have taught her kid phone manners before she allowed her brat use the phone. She then realized I did have every reason to have called her kid and chew her out and apologized to me for calling me up and trying to cuss me out like she did.
2007-09-25 10:45:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I always say, "Oh, I'm so sorry, I must have misdialed. Please excuse the ring."
By then, they're probably wishing I'd shut up and hang up.
Our answering machine screens telemarketing calls. Saves a lot of aggravation. Being a night owl, I do not appreciate 8:30 a.m. calls and I am not courteous. The answering machine saves me from myself.
2007-09-25 10:45:31 · answer #7 · answered by felines 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I apologize for dialing the wrong number because so many people have caller ID that they tend to call back the number shown and then I am wasting my time answering the phone.
2007-09-25 08:50:39 · answer #8 · answered by justme 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That young Tony B has turned out well hasn't he - his Mum and Dad must be so proud!
Do you know - just the other day I had a wrong number and when I answered in my usual dulcit tones - some cretin on the other phone simply said ' oh f**k it!' AS THOUGH IT WAS MY FAULT!
Maybe it was the charming Tony B - it did sound as though it was wearing a hoodie!
2007-09-25 10:09:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
i ALWAYS apologize and tell them i must have the wrong number, misdialed or whatever.
it's just common courtesy
some people have no manners
that's the nice thing about caller ID
you can call them back and tell them how rude they are
IF YOU DARE
because then they might have your info too
they might come to retaliate
2007-09-25 10:14:38 · answer #10 · answered by bassetfreak 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋