Telephone Etiquette

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Do you think it is rude when people don't return your phone calls?

[Cuppycake]

It is rude to not return phone calls ! It is also rude to call people after 7 pm unless you have an agreement other wise! My sister-in-law must not have been taught manners by her mama ! Then again she is from New York ...

[bigfoot951]

Way to vague of a question.  It depends on alot of things.  time of day.  time of year.  how well you know the person etc.

[ramyakalli]

Way to vague of a question.  It depends on alot of things.  time of day.  time of year.  how well you know the person etc.

i dont know much about this

[mgint]

sometimes people get busy and may take awhile too get back to you it doesn't always mean they are rude.

[evilpixiemagic]

everyone knows i spend all day on the phone(work switchboard at hospital) so if they want me after work , they need to text me cuz i DO NOT answer the phone! lol

[texaswhiterose]

I am real bad about not returning calls (unless it is my mama). I worked for years as a operator/dispatcher answering phones and now that I am disabled and don't work any longer I HATE to talk on the phone. I don't mean to be rude. I just figure, if it's important they will call back.

[diala84]

There are a lot of variables.

My boss calls me up after I have gone to bed (they know that) to tell me to bring something to work the next day.
I just show up the next day with the item. I don't call them back.

Any time it is an informative message or sales call I leave it but if they ask me to call back or I don't talk with them much I call them back.

Maybe it is rude but I am an introvert and hate the phone.

[trucktina]

It is rude to not return phone calls ! It is also rude to call people after 7 pm unless you have an agreement other wise! My sister-in-law must not have been taught manners by her mama ! Then again she is from New York ...

Not everyone has this rule. In our house, the cutoff is 9pm.

[footemama]

It depends in part on why they were calling. Like someone said above if it was like a boss calling really late to say hey bring this in I would probably just send them a text saying grabbing it on the way in in the morning or whatnot...just to acknowledge that I got the message so they don't call me again. LOL

 In general though I find it rude not to return a phone call and if people do it to me consistently then I won't call them anymore. My son's grandparents are horrible about that and now I only call them on their birthday's so that my son can leave a happy birthday message and when he is old enough to realize that they aren't acknowledging it at all I plan on using it as a learning opportunity. :/

[ktheodos]

it depends on the situation....

[eles3d]

I am a horrible phone person. I hate talking on the phone for many reasons. One being that my cell phone gets horrible reception in my home (we just now signed up for a landline) and two I have so much on my plate with a 17 month old, looking for a part time job (tyring to make some kind of extra income), cleaning the house, cooking, playing and enteraining my son, taking care of me (which seems to be last on my list), <---exercising=going to to gym as much as I can (goes with taking care of me).

When someone calls I try to answer it. If they do not leave a message I will NOT call them back unless it is my parents or another family member who I am close to as now the closest family other than my hubby and son are 380 miles away.

I think it is rude to call someone and then think they are rude for not calling you back when you never left a short message with who you are and why you are calling (and a number to call back).

Corrin

[jusu]

I guess it depends on the reason for the call in the first place. It annoys me when people call days later and say "Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner" it's rude to think that my time is at their disposal. My time waiting for their call is not important. It also annoys me when I have to keep calling them like a stalker.

[jbcratchet]

Yes, not returning calls is very rude.

[sweatytree]

I think it is ruder (if that is a word) when I get the joy of hearing other peoples conversation because they are talking loudly on the phone.