How do you answer the phone

[manor]

Do you say "Hello", "This is so and so", or what?

Do you take many calls for your job and does that influence the way you answer the phone at home?

Have you ever faked your voicemail just to interrupt people while they think they are leaving a message?

I am on the phone for most of the day at work …usually getting an ear bashing, so I then avoid the phone at home as much as possible. At work I always answer with Good Morning/afternoon and the name of the department …..and usually end with thank you for your call sir or their name

[Mike]

At work I answer "Good Morning/Afternoon"

At home I answer "Hello", or sometimes "Hello Pizza Hut" or similiar

Our answerphone says "Hello...(5 seconds)... Actually nobody is in, leave a message and I might ring you back"

It used to say "After the tone press 1 for familly, 2 for friends and three if I owe you money". But we took it off because we had too many messages from confused people. We never found out who some of them where

My friend often answers the phone "Hello Freds pet crematoruim, you kill em I'll grill em"

[manor]

My mom used to answer the phone " Nancys naughty nickers...Nancy speaking" or "Pams poodle parker" more than once it was my head mistress on the other end of the line....
...Now it is usually " local mad house.....head nut speaking"
...........So true so true

[Waldo]

At work it's always my name followed by "can I help you?" - unfortunately sometimes I forget when I'm home and answer the same way - my family think I'm really weird!! Can't imagine why

[InLove]

Originally Posted by Waldo

At work it's always my name followed by "can I help you?" - unfortunately sometimes I forget when I'm home and answer the same way - my family think I'm really weird!! Can't imagine why

I've done that too. I've also said "Thank you for calling." Which is strange. Espically when I called them

My mum used to answer "Battersea dogs home Jack Russell speaking." (My mum's first name is Jackie and her middle name is Russell). That used to make me laugh.

"Hello Madhouse" was a popular one in our house too.

[madcat]

I quite often answer the phone with odd things, such as:
"Pizza hut, can I take your order please?"
"battersea dogs home, can I help you?"

And other such odd things. Some people are really quick and respond accordingly, some are really confused. I got some bloke from Nissan doing a survey the other month, he was well confused and kept checking my name to check he had actually called the right place!

MadCat

[hellcat]

I often answer the phone with

Hello, Green Garden takeaway, Can I help you or the best one

Hello, Shady Pines Old Folks Home, No Vacancies. People have often hung up and then called again thinking they dialled the wrong number.

Best one in our house when we were growing up was my Mam....She used to answer the phone with

Good Morning, Massey's Funeral Home, Moira Maines speaking.


Think about it........Get it??????

[Nutty_ZA]

Originally Posted by hellcat

Good Morning, Massey's Funeral Home, Moira Maines speaking.


Think about it........Get it??????

LOL.... that's brilliant

[madcat]

Yesterday (say afternoon) I answered the phone with my Pizza hut line, and it was the Abbey National calling about our home insurance. The woman didn't even pause when I said it. Not sure if she wasn't listening or is used to odd ways of people answering the phone!


MadCat

[hellcat]

Originally Posted by madcat

Yesterday (say afternoon) I answered the phone with my Pizza hut line, and it was the Abbey National calling about our home insurance. The woman didn't even pause when I said it. Not sure if she wasn't listening or is used to odd ways of people answering the phone!


MadCat

I'd say she wasn't even listening, just ploughting on to get the message across. She probably didn't even pause to take a breath.