Don't say goodbye

[Hambil]

Have you noticed that somewhere along the line people on TV and in movies and books have stopped saying goodbye when they hang up the phone. They just hang up at the 'naturual' end of a conversation.

Anyone have the guts to try this for a week in real life and report back on how it goes?

 

[S. SaDiablo]

LOL! I can't imagine that going to well at the doctor's office where I work. Patients can hang up on me, but I can't hang up on them.

 

[speck]

Have you noticed that somewhere along the line people on TV and in movies and books have stopped saying goodbye when they hang up the phone. They just hang up at the 'naturual' end of a conversation.

Anyone have the guts to try this for a week in real life and report back on how it goes?

I HATE it when people do that!
I think it's rude and abrupt.
Maybe I wasn't done yet!

It's just rude and care-less.

 

[SSgt_Sniper]

Have you noticed that somewhere along the line people on TV and in movies and books have stopped saying goodbye when they hang up the phone. They just hang up at the 'naturual' end of a conversation.

Anyone have the guts to try this for a week in real life and report back on how it goes?

I never have said goodbye on the phone. Got the habit from my father and my Grandfather. I will at least give a hint I'm done with the conversation, my grandfather would just hang up and leave you confused.

 

[Conchaga]

my grandfather would just hang up and leave you confused.

This cracked me up, because my dad (Army Special Forces radio op) always ends phone calls with 'out'. Like it's a goddamned radio and he's ending the transmission. I've never heard him say goodbye. Oh, he doesn't say hello either. He always answers the phone with his full name, first and last.

I like to answer the phone and name the person on the other end.

 

[SSgt_Sniper]

A real phone call between my Grandfather and my father:

"Hello."
"Tom, starter's out in the truck."
"Okay." *Click*
"......so is he gonna come get us or not?" *Redials*

I shit you not.

 

[jack]

I always say hello and goodbye. Sometimes I say "I love you".

 

[Henoch]

i just don't answer my phone...EVER!!

 

[Lilith]

I screen my calls- A LOT

 

[Henoch]

^^^So if i called you'd answer??

 

[Lilith]

Maybe. How do two people who dont answer their phones call each other?

 

[WingedWeasel]

I HATE people that don't say goodbye. Irritates the hell out of me. I also have a problem with spouses not saying "I love you" at least once. I don't care if you've been married 40 years, what if it was the LAST time you ever got to speak to them because of some freak accident later in the day??

That's just me. I'm not a free loving hippy, but I believe in telling someone how you feel.