Goodbye (NAGE) - Page 2

alphabassettgrrl · 09-29-2009, 10:39 AM

I think it's a good thing for both parties to let the other know that they're done with the conversation.

Betty · 09-29-2009, 12:18 PM

Funny you would bring this up. I've caught myself doing this quite a bit and have tried to stop doing it with mixed results. I don't know when it started.

cirquelover · 09-30-2009, 10:38 AM

Mt Mom almost never says goodbye, she just hangs up. Then again she almost never says hello when she calls me just an " Oh, Jill" like she's surprised I answer my own phone?!

I personally think it's kind of rude not to say goodbye and if I'm calling somewhere to ask them a question I always thank them at the end.

SM, when I ask someone on a call line how there day is going, I'm actually curious or hoping to brighten their day a little. Sometimes I even ask them where they are located or how the weather is where they are.

Alex · 09-30-2009, 11:01 AM

Well, I'll amend my previous remarks and saying it is rude to hang up if it isn't obvious the talking is done now.

So for me it might be:

<ring>
<phone picks up>
Hey John, quick question. Do you know X?
Sure, answer is Y.
Thanks.
<phone hangs up>

So, in my opinion that had the indicators that talking is done. But I never said a verbal equivalent of "ok, we're going to hang up now. No, you go first! No, I went first last time, you hang up first this time. Ok, on three! 1, 2, 3 ... you didn't hang up!"

SzczerbiakManiac · 09-30-2009, 11:52 AM

If it's absolutely clear that the conversation is over, I can live with just hanging up. It's really the awkward silence that bugs the crap out of me. (Cutting someone off is just plain rude, I think everyone agrees with that.)

Ghoulish Delight · 10-06-2009, 09:29 AM

Err, Szczerbiak, can you account for your whereabouts on Sept 13 last year?

Man killed for not saying "Bye"

09-29-2009, 10:39 AM	#11
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I think it's a good thing for both parties to let the other know that they're done with the conversation. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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09-29-2009, 12:18 PM	#12
Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	Funny you would bring this up. I've caught myself doing this quite a bit and have tried to stop doing it with mixed results. I don't know when it started. __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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09-30-2009, 10:38 AM	#13
cirquelover Cruising around in my automobile... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,617	Mt Mom almost never says goodbye, she just hangs up. Then again she almost never says hello when she calls me just an " Oh, Jill" like she's surprised I answer my own phone?! I personally think it's kind of rude not to say goodbye and if I'm calling somewhere to ask them a question I always thank them at the end. SM, when I ask someone on a call line how there day is going, I'm actually curious or hoping to brighten their day a little. Sometimes I even ask them where they are located or how the weather is where they are.
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09-30-2009, 11:01 AM	#14
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, I'll amend my previous remarks and saying it is rude to hang up if it isn't obvious the talking is done now. So for me it might be: <ring> <phone picks up> Hey John, quick question. Do you know X? Sure, answer is Y. Thanks. <phone hangs up> So, in my opinion that had the indicators that talking is done. But I never said a verbal equivalent of "ok, we're going to hang up now. No, you go first! No, I went first last time, you hang up first this time. Ok, on three! 1, 2, 3 ... you didn't hang up!"
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09-30-2009, 11:52 AM	#15
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	If it's absolutely clear that the conversation is over, I can live with just hanging up. It's really the awkward silence that bugs the crap out of me. (Cutting someone off is just plain rude, I think everyone agrees with that.) __________________
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10-06-2009, 09:29 AM	#16
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Err, Szczerbiak, can you account for your whereabouts on Sept 13 last year? Man killed for not saying "Bye" __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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