Tell me your phone pet peeves.

[Jalapeñomel]

1) when someone asks for your number, and they interrupt you today yes or ok, and then they miss the next part of the number. Just wait until I give my whole number and repeat it back to me.
2) when someone phones, and they say, "who's this?" You called me asshole, you tell me who you are.

[wildfloweragain]

When my mom acts all put out when I call her. HELLoooooooooooooooooooooo. What?

Um, I call you about 3x/year and you complain that I don't call. This is why. I now say I'm sorry, clearly you were busy.

ETA:  If it's a bad time, don't answer.

[starburst604]

When someone is CHEWING on the phone. Especially when they called ME. I didn't interrupt your fucking lunch, now put down the ham sandwich.

[havarti]

When someone calls me and is already having a conversation when I answer the phone.

[8675309]

Aug 28, 2014 16:43:43 GMT -5 frkls said:

voicemail on my cell phone that are completely unnecessary. the, "hey, just seeing what you're up to. call me when you get a chance" messages. i saw that you called. i know you want me to call you back. having to check VMs that say nothing make me inappropriately ragey

Or the opposite of this.

I leave you a 5 minute VERY detailed VM and you call me back before listening to is so that I now have to repeat the same damn thing.

[Deleted]

People walking around a store with their phone on speaker drives me crazy.

[bonnie]

When someone leaves a voice mail and they say their name or phone number so fast I have to listen to it three times just to get all the information. Talk slowly please!

[8675309]

Aug 28, 2014 16:52:31 GMT -5 @melissainabq said:

People walking around a store with their phone on speaker drives me crazy.

This happened to me yesterday at target. This lady was in a full blown conversation with her daughter. I knew every detail of their dinner plans and pick up schedule and why Kash was acting up at preschool today. I F'ing hate this. I don't want to listen to your conversation lady!!!

[Champagne Supernova]

When people call me and then ask if they can put me on hold.

Like, are you fucking kidding me? No, you cannot put me on hold. Call me back when you're ready to talk, asshole.

[Jalapeñomel]

Aug 28, 2014 16:54:08 GMT -5 8675309 said:

Aug 28, 2014 16:52:31 GMT -5 @melissainabq said:

People walking around a store with their phone on speaker drives me crazy.

This happened to me yesterday at target. This lady was in a full blown conversation with her daughter. I knew every detail of their dinner plans and pick up schedule and why Kash was acting up at preschool today. I F'ing hate this. I don't want to listen to your conversation lady!!!

This is the only benefit to not having cell and/or internet service on the subway.

[havarti]

Aug 28, 2014 16:51:25 GMT -5 frkls said:

Aug 28, 2014 16:47:32 GMT -5 havarti said:

When someone calls me and is already having a conversation when I answer the phone.

aaaaaaaahahhahahahhahahaaaa!!!  so, if i call you and my h walks in and asks me a question while it's ringing, i'm not supposed to answer him because you might pick up while i'm talking? 

Acknowledge me and finish your conversation.  Or hold up a finger to let him know you're on the phone.  You're the one who chose this time to call me, don't waste my time.

[Deleted]

Aug 28, 2014 16:54:08 GMT -5 8675309 said:

Aug 28, 2014 16:52:31 GMT -5 @melissainabq said:

People walking around a store with their phone on speaker drives me crazy.

This happened to me yesterday at target. This lady was in a full blown conversation with her daughter. I knew every detail of their dinner plans and pick up schedule and why Kash was acting up at preschool today. I F'ing hate this. I don't want to listen to your conversation lady!!!

Weird. It happened to me at Target yesterday, too. But it was a woman and her husband talking about what they were going to eat for lunch. 

[verypunny]

My MIL convos always go like this
((She calls))
Me: hello?
Her:punny?
M: yes
Her: hi it's MIL


EVERY TIME

Yes! It's me! You called my cell phone. I know it's you, It isn't 1912, it's not a mystery.

[karmasabiotch]

People that give their number and say oh instead of zero.

Why do people do that? A lot if them do it too.

[jodinia]

Or when they read the number weird (either off rhythm, or say eighteen fifty two instead of one eight five two

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Talking on it

[blink]

Aug 28, 2014 17:55:21 GMT -5 karmasabiotch said:

People that give their number and say oh instead of zero.

Why do people do that? A lot if them do it too.

I do both. My area code is oh, the rest of my number is zero.

[BaliHai]

I hate nothing more than being interrupted. In person, too, but since my job is 98% phone work, I hate it the most that way.

When someone's TV/radio is blaring and they're like "I CAN'T HEAR YOU, MY TV/RADIO/AIR CONDITIONER/LAWN MOWER IS REALLY LOUD, YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP!" Or you could, you know, turn the thing down?

I love my parents, but every freaking time I talk to one of them on the phone the other one is in the background interjecting things, so they end up having a conversation with me and each other. Aaarrgghhhh.

[flex]

I hate it when someone that I don't know calls me and doesn't leave a message. Like several times call me and don't leave a message. If I don't recognize the number I won't answer. If you leave a message then I know who called me.

[Nonny]

Talking on the phone in general.

But really my big peeve is how my mom leaves insanely long messages (like 1.5 minutes or longer) full of inane information. "Hi guys, it's mom... it's... 6:38 on Thursday. I'm just calling to see if you know that some person you probably don't know but may have gone to high school with has gotten married to the son of a guy your sister used to work with in 1989. I hope you are out having fun and aren't still at work. We're sitting around watching the paint dry, but we'll be leaving to go out for dinner in 30 minutes. So if you get home before then, call us back, otherwise I'll try to call you again on Sunday, assuming that Mars isn't in retrograde and that we haven't passed out in our recliners watching football."

[deanlicker78]

Aug 28, 2014 16:54:08 GMT -5 8675309 said:

Aug 28, 2014 16:52:31 GMT -5 @melissainabq said:

People walking around a store with their phone on speaker drives me crazy.

This happened to me yesterday at target. This lady was in a full blown conversation with her daughter. I knew every detail of their dinner plans and pick up schedule and why Kash was acting up at preschool today. I F'ing hate this. I don't want to listen to your conversation lady!!!

I hate the phone in general. Everything worthwhile can be said via text.

However, I've never understood the complaint of not wanting to hear other people's conversations. How is this any different than if they are talking to someone that is physically present?

[berbles]

Aug 28, 2014 16:52:31 GMT -5 @melissainabq said:

People walking around a store with their phone on speaker drives me crazy.

OMGGGG my mom does this.  It drives me fucking nuts.  She only uses her phone on speaker phone.  STAHHHHHHP!  And, inevitably, she ends up saying, "What?" 2045734 times.  

OR 

When she's talking on speaker phone with me, and my stepdad is listening in (which is fine) and I can hear him talking, and my mom just says, "Yeah, like that."  Dude.  He's on the other side of the room; I can't hear what he said.



I guess my pet peeves are EVERYTHING my mom does on the phone.  LOL

[berbles]

Aug 28, 2014 18:06:50 GMT -5 blink said:

Aug 28, 2014 17:55:21 GMT -5 karmasabiotch said:

People that give their number and say oh instead of zero.

Why do people do that? A lot if them do it too.

I do both. My area code is oh, the rest of my number is zero.

Me too.  I couldn't tell you why.  But area code (0 in the middle) is "oh," and phone number (0 is the 4th number) is usually "zero."

[berbles]

Aug 28, 2014 16:43:43 GMT -5 frkls said:

voicemail on my cell phone that are completely unnecessary. the, "hey, just seeing what you're up to. call me when you get a chance" messages. i saw that you called. i know you want me to call you back. having to check VMs that say nothing make me inappropriately ragey

I keep saying I'm going to change my outgoing message to, "You've reached XXXX, please hang up and text me; it's 2014."  But I haven't done it.

[open24hours]

Aug 28, 2014 16:42:21 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

2) when someone phones, and they say, "who's this?" You called me asshole, you tell me who you are.

So much this. My standard response is to ask whom they are trying to reach.

Also when people ask to help them figure out why they have reached my number in error. Like, "So-and-so gave me this number, so what do I do now?" I can't help you with that.

And when my mom calls and doesn't leave a message. I screen all calls. She should know this, I take after her. I don't think she realizes I have caller ID and can see that she does this.

[citrusmint]

This was mentioned before but I cannot stress enough how vile it is for people to be on the phone while using the toilet.

Public toilet: Disgusting, I have to hear your conversation while the other half of your chat is listening to me pee.

Single toilet: I have to listen to you pee. Or worse. NO THANKS JUST CALL ME BACK.

Yuck.

[Deleted]

When people call me. I only like talking to my mom on the phone.

[laceylaplante]

I'm a server, so when I go to a table and someone will NOT put their phone down for a second, I get pissed. A few moths ago a lady was in with 5 other people and had her teenage daughter on FaceTime. They were screaming at eachother. Yes, screaming. This went on for the entire time they were there.

If I'm in the phone with someone and DH comes into the bedroom ( where I usually go when I'm having a conversation that's in depth) and starts taking to me. It's so fucking rude. Then he gets pissy when I don't respond to whatever he's saying. DH has awful manners sometimes..

[gelukkig]

I hate it when it rings, period. I don't like talking to people.

Let me be reclusive in peace!

[berbles]

Aug 28, 2014 18:39:39 GMT -5 laceylaplante said:

I'm a server, so when I go to a table and someone will NOT put their phone down for a second, I get pissed. A few moths ago a lady was in with 5 other people and had her teenage daughter on FaceTime. They were screaming at eachother. Yes, screaming. This went on for the entire time they were there.

If I'm in the phone with someone and DH comes into the bedroom ( where I usually go when I'm having a conversation that's in depth) and starts taking to me. It's so fucking rude. Then he gets pissy when I don't respond to whatever he's saying. DH has awful manners sometimes..

Ooooh, YES!  I hate when I'm on the phone and someone (XH used to do this all the time) tries to interject or tells me to ask questions to the person on the phone.  STFU for a second, I'm LISTENING.  I know that is a foreign concept to you.