How do you answer your phone when receiving a call? Is it rude to ask "Who is this?", when you make a call to someone?

I had a phone call yesterday. Same lady called our house three times straight! I answer " She says, "" and then says in a rather gruff voice, "Who is this?"

I was miffed. Three calls from this woman in a row! It was a wrong number.

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It certainly is rude... I've had calls like these too. It's as if they are annoyed when you answer and want to know why you're NOT the person they want! Calls like these are not only rude, but ignorant IMO.

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Some people have issues. If I am calling someone I will wait for them to say hello. Then I will ask if I can speak to the person I want to speak to.

If it is a wrong number too bad for me. I think if your calling someone you should not be the one asking who the person your speaking to is. That is rude and very uneducated..

I always announce my name when I call or when I am called It is not rude to ask who is on the line. It is rude to not introduce yourself. I have a hard time identifying voices on the phone.

Most people are not trying to be rude when they assume you know who they are, they are just not thinking. Then there are the less intelligent people who don't figure out that they are dialing the wrong number, and should confirm they have the right number by identifying themselves. People make fun of me for my phone etiquette, and take it for granted.It is still the right thing to do, so laugh all you want.

I use it as a test for telemarketers. I answer with my name, and there is a delay at the other end, and then they ask to speak with .. .Me. They didn't hear me say my name so they are a telemarketer and I hang up.

I have had telemarketers do what your wrong number did. They call up and ask how it is going, and they have not spoken to me in a while, all the while I am wondering who this person is, then they try to sell me something. Ticks me off!

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That's an easy one for me. The only people who call me on my cell phone are my family, so I know who's calling when I look at it. And, yes, sometimes my daughter is using my wife's phone, which is why I then generally answer, "" Otherwise, if I don't know the caller, it's, "Gleetings, Eathring!" .

1 Also, I'm wondering if saying into a phone "" is a southern thing. I am from the south but was brought up to answer a phone, " My grandmother would roll in her grave if I answered the phone, "" .

Also, I'm wondering if saying into a phone "" is a southern thing. I am from the south but was brought up to answer a phone, " My grandmother would roll in her grave if I answered the phone, ".

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