Phone call idiots....

NBLondon

Does anyone else get this… It happens to me a couple of times a week.

Office Phone rings. I answer and the caller says “Hi. I got a missed call from this number.” Then stops. There are about 8 of us who could have called you and you are one of at least 200 people that we might have reason to call. Why do you think we psychically know who you are? Are you so arrogant or self-centred that you can’t imagine that you aren’t the most important person in our universe?

Actually, a lot of them are 16 to 24 year olds so could it be that they are so used to mobile phones displaying the name of a caller that they can’t conceive of the possibility of a landline not doing this?

But then… Doorbell rings. I answer the door and say “Hello. How can we help?” About a third try to walk straight through me without speaking. About a third mumble “I’m here for the creative thing…”. Only 1 in 3 actually identify themselves. If you can’t manage a simple sentence like “Hello, I’m X and I’ve got an interview with Mr Y” maybe there’s a reason you’re unemployed?

Or am I just getting old? :cool:

Exile_geordie

NBLondon wrote: »

Does anyone else get this… It happens to me a couple of times a week.

Office Phone rings. I answer and the caller says “Hi. I got a missed call from this number.” Then stops. There are about 8 of us who could have called you and you are one of at least 200 people that we might have reason to call. Why do you think we psychically know who you are? Are you so arrogant or self-centred that you can’t imagine that you aren’t the most important person in our universe?

Actually, a lot of them are 16 to 24 year olds so could it be that they are so used to mobile phones displaying the name of a caller that they can’t conceive of the possibility of a landline not doing this?

But then… Doorbell rings. I answer the door and say “Hello. How can we help?” About a third try to walk straight through me without speaking. About a third mumble “I’m here for the creative thing…”. Only 1 in 3 actually identify themselves. If you can’t manage a simple sentence like “Hello, I’m X and I’ve got an interview with Mr Y” maybe there’s a reason you’re unemployed?

Or am I just getting old? :cool:

Does a Mr Y work at your place then? I do think calling yourself X is an excellent name though.

transient

NBLondon wrote: »

Does anyone else get this… It happens to me a couple of times a week.

Office Phone rings. I answer and the caller says “Hi. I got a missed call from this number.” Then stops. There are about 8 of us who could have called you and you are one of at least 200 people that we might have reason to call. Why do you think we psychically know who you are? Are you so arrogant or self-centred that you can’t imagine that you aren’t the most important person in our universe?

Actually, a lot of them are 16 to 24 year olds so could it be that they are so used to mobile phones displaying the name of a caller that they can’t conceive of the possibility of a landline not doing this?

But then… Doorbell rings. I answer the door and say “Hello. How can we help?” About a third try to walk straight through me without speaking. About a third mumble “I’m here for the creative thing…”. Only 1 in 3 actually identify themselves. If you can’t manage a simple sentence like “Hello, I’m X and I’ve got an interview with Mr Y” maybe there’s a reason you’re unemployed?

Or am I just getting old? :cool:

How are they phone call idiots when they dont know who called them? They aren't to know they are calling a business, they could be calling anyone. They also dont know that the business they are calling have one CLI, any half decent business would have different CLI's so at least the person calling them would get the call back, unless it is a call centre.

bod1467

So why wouldn't they say "Hi. I got a missed call from this number. We are XYZ company, would it be possible to speak with the person who tried to call us please?"

NBLondon wrote: »

Or am I just getting old?

Not at all - I feel your pain.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

bod1467 wrote: »

Not at all - I feel your pain.

So do I, currently I am creased up doubled in anger, after laughing so much.

Where is Hpuse to offer his insight into this.

ThumbRemote

NBLondon wrote: »

Does anyone else get this… It happens to me a couple of times a week.

Office Phone rings. I answer and the caller says “Hi. I got a missed call from this number.” Then stops. There are about 8 of us who could have called you and you are one of at least 200 people that we might have reason to call. Why do you think we psychically know who you are? Are you so arrogant or self-centred that you can’t imagine that you aren’t the most important person in our universe?

What other information do you want the cllaer to tell you. They have no idea who you are, hence their calling back.

Is it really that difficult for you to tell the caller what company you are, so they can then work out what the call may be about.

bod1467

ThumbRemote wrote: »

Is it really that difficult for you to tell the caller what company you are, so they can then work out what the call may be about.

Why should he? After all it was THEM who called HIM.

And note that the OP doesn't say either way whether or not he had already identified himself/his company.

imoneyop

Why would anyone bother calling back a missed call that they don't recognise? If the caller can't be bothered to leave a message then as far as I'm concerned their call wasn't important and they get ignored.

ThumbRemote

bod1467 wrote: »

Why should he? After all it was THEM who called HIM.

Yes, but OP (or their company) started it :rotfl:

cattie

I'm with imoneyop, I just don't understand why people want to call back a number that doesn't belong to anybody they know.

I never check my phone to see what numbers might have tried to contact me as I believe if anybody really wanted to speak to me, they will call again.

quidsy

If you call me & don't leave a message, just hang up then I will call to find out 1) who you are/what company & 2) what you wanted.

Arrogance is calling someone, not leaving a message then having the gall to complain when they call back asking whay you called them. Have some manners & leave a message. Simple.