What do you say when you answer your cell or house phone?
i hear it all. all the savvy salutations and greetings: “what’s goin’ on bro” “go with your traffic” “what up” “where you at?” “yessss?” “what!” what has happened to “hello.” where did that greeting go and why?
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The greeting went out the door with caller ID methinks.
I still say hello, though only if I can’t see who’s calling. Otherwise I’ll greet them by name.
If the number isn’t already in my cell phone: “HELLO????”
these days i find myself answering like “yessss?” as if to say, ok, what is now. you just called me 1 minute ago.
I’ve answered with a “yessss?”—but as if to say, yes, how can I help you?
Though I’ve been guilty of answering with some random noise.
“It’s an awesome day in Supermouse’s life – thanks for calling!”
I still say Hello most of the time. My Dad used to say Yahlow… and my response??? Blue!
What the hell do you want now?
“Even though you have reached someone at this number, it may or may not be the person you want to talk to. The next words you say will determine if someone is actually going to stay on the line and converse with you. Choose carefully.”
“Hello?” But sometimes, “Hi, how may I help you?” if I’ve just gotten home from work or am in “work mode” for whatever reason.
“Yo.” “Hey!” “What?” “Hey Name” “Hi, How are you?” = either one of these depending on the person and my mood
GIMMEDAT!
OK, really, I always say, “Chello.”
“how did you get this number?”
(no one knows my cell number)
If someone calls my cell and I don’t know who it is, I just don’t answer tyrantxseries . I figure why should I pay for their mistaken dialing?
I always reply with ”...yes?” or “Hmm.”
It’s usually my parents anyway.
If menu shows “incoming call” or “private line”, I answer “Calder residence.” Then if it is no one I know and he/she asks for Mrs. Calder, I say that I am her secretary (true) and that she is away (about to be true).
im boring i just say hello lol, if its a friend ill usually sound more upbeat like heeeeey
I usually say hello, but when I when I want to freak my friends out, I say, “City morgue, you stab ‘em we slab ‘em,” in a weird little voice.
My father owns a business and we don’t have callerID he’s a little bit of an old fashion type man so I came into the habit of answering using our last name and business name when I answer a home phone (which I still answer with my last name only even though I don’t live with them anymore simply out of habit).
For me it depends on who’s calling. Sometime’s I go for something goofy like “Yellllooow.” (Any old movie fan should get that reference; no it’s not from the simpsons although Homer does say the line occasionally.) Other times I say “Hello”, “Hey”, “What’s up?”, “How’s it going?” sometimes I answer in Spanish. It all depends. I like variation in my life. chuckle
Usually just “Hello.” If it’s one of my kids, and they’ve been calling every 2 minutes to report what each is doing to drive the others crazy, they get the ‘what now’ “yessss?”
@augustlan – haha, i thought only me and my brother used to do that to our parents :)
Hello is the usual greeting, but i look at the caller ID. I usually say whats up to people i know, for clients etc. I say “This is ____”.
“Hola” Said like the biggest gringa ever.
“Ahoy Hoy!”
“Bob’s Roadkill BBQ, You kill it, we grill it!” Occasionally, if it’s work.
And if I’m feeling fancy I say Hello like George Takei.
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