My wife and I had a--let's call it a "discussion"--about the length of time you should hang up after a chat on the phone. She hangs up immediately after talking, which sounds like she's cutting off her converstation. She says that's ok. I think it's better to wait a couple of seconds after you say goodbye before you end the call.
Which one of us is right? Hang up immediately? Or, 1 2 3 then click.
(I will show her the answers to see who wins--thanks in advance!)
2007-09-25 23:26:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
This wasn't a real argument, ladies. And I'm not talking about a long pause before hanging up. Just a little space between goodbye and "click."
2007-09-26 12:53:21 · update #1
I think that as long as polite thank you's and good byes have been said, it doesn't really matter.
2007-09-26 01:50:48 · answer #1 · answered by scatty 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Once again we return to the adage that common sense is not all that common. I'm starting to think that our society has grown so shallow that spending ten minutes alone with one's own thoughts is tantamount to torture. They seem to feel the need to be connected to someone 24/7, and start lining up the next one when one appears to be winding down. I'm a gadget freak, but I only recently joined the whole cell phone thing. I got it because it's simply safer and a land line cost way more than I would ever use it. Sometimes I go a week or so without even touching my home phone. I got a prepaid plan, and once I averaged out my spending, a discounted plan for government employees, of which I am one, was a good deal. I DO NOT use it while driving because my old rules are still in place: a ringing phone does not have to be answered, and the phone exists for my convenience. My biggest complaints sometimes aren't so much that people use their phones to extreme, but that everything else going on at the same time suffers because of it. They drive badly, both swerving out of their lane and going significantly slower than traffic because "it's safer." They park badly, and they can't be bothered to correct the bad parking because that would require both hands and an extra 30 seconds to back up and pull in straight. They even walk badly. Have you ever walked behind someone while they talk? They swerve as badly as they do on the road. You have to watch and run like entering a game of double-dutch. I was rear-ended TWICE by someone talking on a cell phone, because even when they're going slowly, they're distracted and they keep on going... I understand having one for work, and my boss likes to text when he's out of town. Many companies ban employees from talking while driving, but they do it anyway. Note to the wise, if you have a "How am I driving?" sticker on your vehicle and you're on the phone, I calling it in. But I'm waiting until I'm parked. So, I can rant with you, but in our self-centered culture it won't do a lick of good, I'm disappointed to say. People think everything is a matter of rights. But these alleged "rights" in the face of courtesy are excuses for bad behavior. And no one has rights when they impose on another person's rights. You don't have a right to drive like a drunkard, disrupt a film (yes, even the light from the display while you're texting can be seen and is disruptive), slow down the checkout line, smoke in a closed public space, or fart in elevators! It's all the same.
2016-05-18 23:39:57 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dang! Now I have to wait until I get a phone call to see what I usually do. I've thought about it and I think, but I'm not sure, that I hang up after I've said good bye if the other person said it first. But, if I say good bye first then I wait for them to say it in return before I hang up.
2007-09-25 23:45:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think its all a personal issue type of thing. I wait a few seconds before I hang up in case the person I was talking to forgot to say something. I don't have a problem doing it either way, thats just how I prefer it.
2007-09-25 23:35:09 · answer #4 · answered by Panda 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why would you hold the phone after you've said good bye? That's a silly waste of time. I've always just hung up right away.
"Good bye"-click. No "1 2 3". Just hang up.
You have that much time to waste?
2007-09-26 00:28:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, I personally hang up when the other person hangs up. But if the opposite person doesn't, I will wait for 3 sec then hang up. That's always a polite thing to do so I think YOU WIN.
2007-09-26 00:07:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You argued about that?!
Are you that bored?! Next time try going out for a change.
Anyway, I agree with your wife, say goodbye and hang up. Waiting makes you seem hesitant plus it can be confusing to the other party as he/she would not know if you're done or if you have something to say.
2007-09-25 23:53:25 · answer #7 · answered by mahawi61 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The call is over when the two parties sign off. There is no need to hang onto empty air.
2007-09-26 00:34:22 · answer #8 · answered by dawnb 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Good bye ends a conversation...so you hang up.
Why do you need to prove such a petty discussion of who's right?
2007-09-26 06:57:13 · answer #9 · answered by divers_godeeper 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With today's modern technology, she's not cutting off the conversation. I always hang right up and have never had any problems. SHE WINS!!!
2007-09-25 23:33:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋