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Trollheart · 09-29-2022, 01:00 PM

Other good ones:
"Oh hold on, I'm getting another call!" also add, if necessary "This is a new phone and I'm not used to it, so if I lose you..."

"Was that the door? I'm waiting for delivery. Gotta go!"

"Sorry to be rude but I'm waiting for a call back from the doctor."

"I think we have a crossed line. Can you hear that? I'll call you back."

"Yes, dear! Coming! Sorry, you know how it is. Got to go!"

"Think I'm about to go into a tunnel so may lose..."

or my favourite:

"Oh ****! My battery's almost dea -"

If all else fails:
"Hello? Hello? HEL-LO? Is anyone there?"

grindy · 09-29-2022, 01:23 PM

And don't forget the classic: "Aww, who's that cute little fella? Wait, what is that thing even???!!! Aaaarrrgh, it's eating my face. IT'S EATING MY FACE ghrhgghgrkhhh" *phone disconnects*

rubber soul · 09-29-2022, 01:35 PM

When my Mom was trying to get off the phone with someone, I'd scream, "Mom, the house is on fire!". That always got her to say she had to go.

Trollheart · 09-29-2022, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

And don't forget the classic: "Aww, who's that cute little fella? Wait, what is that thing even???!!! Aaaarrrgh, it's eating my face. IT'S EATING MY FACE ghrhgghgrkhhh" *phone disconnects*

Oh yeah, we've all used that one.
BEEP BEEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP BEEP!
"I'm sorry: the number you are trying to contact is currently having their face eaten off by an indescribable horror from the deepest pits of Hell. Please try later."

WWWP · 09-29-2022, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by SGR

One of my pet peeves is people who call with no specific point that they wanted to relay (work or not), no piece of information that they wanted to share with me that's driving the call. Not to mention people who call with some information they wanted to share briefly but after that's been relayed its "So how you been?" and "How's work treating you?" and "Did you hear the news about..." and the worst of all, "You wont believe what happened to my dog Fido the other day...." - my go to technique when I'm done is to ask them: "Is there anything else? Not to be rude, but I really gotta take a crap" - works every time.

Omg it’s almost like friends and family are interested in your life and missed hearing your voice, the horror!!!!

Saying no and being blunt are lost communicative arts - I implore all to try “I have to go now” or “I can only chat for a couple minutes,” or even “now is not a good time.” Granny knows when you’re just appeasing her.

SGR · 09-29-2022, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by WWWP

Omg it’s almost like friends and family are interested in your life and missed hearing your voice, the horror!!!!

I'm fine with that, and I don't mind talking about it in person, I just hate doing it over the phone. I'm always more interested/engaged in talking with other people about their lives rather than talking about my own, again, not over the phone though.

Trollheart · 09-29-2022, 03:05 PM

All right, if we're going to get into this: people who walk along lost in their own world while jabbering on their mobile, or even worse, LOOKING at it. They can walk into you. They can walk over you. They can walk out into traffic. Possibly the rudest though is the one who goes up to the counter, talking loudly on the phone and then signals (coffee, over here, or whatever) without stopping talking. I mean, what the **** happened to "hold on a minute, I have to pay for this" at the very least? But no: you'll get arrogant ****ers who will come in, on the phone, and do what they have to do and then leave, still on the phone, without breaking their conversation, or sometimes even looking up. I imagine Batty dealt with a lot of these ignorant ****ers. I want to take the phone out of their hand and smash it against the wall, then hand it back to them as if nothing had happened. Welcome to the real world, ****er!

SGR · 09-29-2022, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

All right, if we're going to get into this: people who walk along lost in their own world while jabbering on their mobile, or even worse, LOOKING at it. They can walk into you. They can walk over you. They can walk out into traffic. Possibly the rudest though is the one who goes up to the counter, talking loudly on the phone and then signals (coffee, over here, or whatever) without stopping talking. I mean, what the **** happened to "hold on a minute, I have to pay for this" at the very least? But no: you'll get arrogant ****ers who will come in, on the phone, and do what they have to do and then leave, still on the phone, without breaking their conversation, or sometimes even looking up. I imagine Batty dealt with a lot of these ignorant ****ers. I want to take the phone out of their hand and smash it against the wall, then hand it back to them as if nothing had happened. Welcome to the real world, ****er!

The Batlord · 09-29-2022, 03:13 PM

The phone thing wasn't usually bad when I used to work a register. My biggest pet peeve was always the women who'd wait before finishing a whole ass order before plopping their purse on the counter and rifling through it for five minutes when they could have been doing that the whole time. And bitch wallets always got a half a pound of change they gotta pick through cause god knows it isn't 2022 where everyone else pays with a card in two seconds.

rubber soul · 09-29-2022, 03:48 PM

Yeah, that was pretty annoying even in my days as a supermarket cashier.

09-29-2022, 01:00 PM	#77751 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Other good ones: "Oh hold on, I'm getting another call!" also add, if necessary "This is a new phone and I'm not used to it, so if I lose you..." "Was that the door? I'm waiting for delivery. Gotta go!" "Sorry to be rude but I'm waiting for a call back from the doctor." "I think we have a crossed line. Can you hear that? I'll call you back." "Yes, dear! Coming! Sorry, you know how it is. Got to go!" "Think I'm about to go into a tunnel so may lose..." or my favourite: "Oh ***! My battery's almost dea -" If all else fails: "Hello? Hello? HEL-LO? Is anyone there?" __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

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grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	And don't forget the classic: "Aww, who's that cute little fella? Wait, what is that thing even???!!! Aaaarrrgh, it's eating my face. IT'S EATING MY FACE ghrhgghgrkhhh" phone disconnects __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

09-29-2022, 03:05 PM	#77757 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	All right, if we're going to get into this: people who walk along lost in their own world while jabbering on their mobile, or even worse, LOOKING at it. They can walk into you. They can walk over you. They can walk out into traffic. Possibly the rudest though is the one who goes up to the counter, talking loudly on the phone and then signals (coffee, over here, or whatever) without stopping talking. I mean, what the ** happened to "hold on a minute, I have to pay for this" at the very least? But no: you'll get arrogant ers who will come in, on the phone, and do what they have to do and then leave, still on the phone, without breaking their conversation, or sometimes even looking up. I imagine Batty dealt with a lot of these ignorant ers. I want to take the phone out of their hand and smash it against the wall, then hand it back to them as if nothing had happened. Welcome to the real world, *er! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*