Do you say goodbye when you end a phone call?
I'm noticing a lot of people just hang up the phone, certainly at work. I find that really rude. Is it rude? Or am I just being uptight? I had noticed that men hung up without saying goodbye a lot, now I'm noticing more women doing it, too.
Why do people say "buh-bye" when ending a phone call?
Um that's weird ha ha. I've never thought about it. I think it might be because sometimes you might not hear properly over the phone. That plus when you're talking on the phone at work, you are talking to someone you don't really know. Therefore you don't know their speech patterns and you're both trying to be polite over the phone and sometimes (this has happened to me) you both might talk at the same time. All this to say that I think people say 'bye-bye- because it's longer and easier to hear than just a bye. It is a clear end to the conversation and there's no awkwardness. 'Pardon, I'm sorry I didn't hear you?" "Oh I said bye." "Oh yeah . . uh bye" Click. Awkward!
When u end a phone call do u ALWAYS say bye?
there are so many people who dont say "bye" when they end the phone call. i dont understand why...isnt hello and goodbye normal phone lingo? i answer phones at my job and when the call is over ill say "ok take care buh by.....and they already hung up. in some cases...i dont even know the conversation is over and they hung up. but this happens both in and out of work. do you say bye when ur finished with the call? do u know people who dont say bye? does it kinda bother u? if so why? if not-dont say something like "i have bigger things to worry about" cuz im sure u would want to say something in that nature. ok thanks guys BYE!!
Don't Americans say goodbye on the phone?
In American movies and TV shows people never say goodbye to end a phone call, they just "sense" that the call is over and both hang up. Is this true? How do they know that the other part wishes to end the conversation?
Do Americans actually not say goodbye at the end of a telephone call?
I’m really not sure what you are asking. Why would anyone “greet” at the end of a telephone call?In terms of how people in the United States behave on the phone, most say “Hello” at the beginning of the conversation (or something similar, such as “Hey,” or “Hi,” or “What’s Up?”), and they say “Bye” at the end of the conversation (or something similar such as “See you later,” or “Good Bye”).As far as movies and TV shows go, I have seen plenty where the person answering the phone says a greeting when they pick up the phone — in fact most that I can recall do. So I am not sure where you are getting the impression they don’t, unless it is from movies or TV shows where someone who is not the person being called picks up the phone and doesn’t say anything to determine who is calling before they speak.
Do Americans really never say goodbye at the end of phone calls like they do in movies?
Why do you believe everything in movies? Unless they are documentaries, movies are fake, they are for entertainment only. They do not depict reality.People don’t go to the bathroom in movies either, do you believe Americans don’t go to the bathroom? Also everyone in movies is good looking, do you believe all Americans are like that? Perhaps you should come to the US and see for yourself, you will find it surprisingly similar to your country. I have been to other countries in different parts of the world, I didn’t find them to be that different from here in the US.If someone does something in a movie, ask yourself, would they do it in my country? If the answer is yes then they would do it in the US. If the answer is no, then the answer is no.In answer to your question, of course American say goodbye at the end of phone calls, why wouldn’t they? That would be considered rude here in the US to leave or end a conversation without saying bye.
Is it actually ok to end a phone conversation without saying goodbye or anything like they sometimes do in movies?
Saying goodbye is a courtesy. It's a further courtesy to wait a moment to hear the other person say goodbye, thus indicating that s/he is also finished with the conversation.Besides, we now use cell phones that occasionally drop calls. So when you hang up without acknowledging that you're about to hang up, the other person doesn't know if you were cut off accidentally. They might wait around indefinitely to see if you call back, and it's rude to inconvenience someone like that.
Is it considered bad manners to not say "goodbye" at the end of a phone conversation?
No, the word "Goodbye" is not necessary. Any verbal signal that you are about to hang up will accomplish the function of allowing the other party to get in any last questions or comments.Some examples:Alright, see youThanks for taking the timeGreatTTYLLaterYalla-bye (Israeli)
Why do people hang up a telephone without saying goodbye?
In a busy working day many people have so much to do they are worried about getting the work done, reaching targets, meeting deadlines etc etc Their job and lives depend on it. Couple this with using communication systems that aren't face to face and you will find people do hang up after a "OK" or "Thanks then" or whatever their sign off signal happens to be. It is always much better when people take extra care to make us feel better and a simple, courteous goodbye definitely does that. The important thing though is deciding what you will do. If you choose to end phone conversations abruptly like others then that is your choice. I'm pretty sure it isn't though. The only way anyone can change the behaviour of others, short of telling them or asking them - and how on Earth are you going to fit that into your phone conversation? - is by setting an example. It doesn't always work but that doesn't really matter because you will have done what's right for you.