Reply With QuoteWe have our first victim of Coronavirus isolation madness ladies and gentleman.
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Have you noticed how people on mobile just don’t say good bye any more, the seem to keep saying bye so can’t say anything else?
We have our first victim of Coronavirus isolation madness ladies and gentleman.
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That has being going on for a while
My wife does it
Bye,bi,bi,bi,bi,bi,bye.
Numpties.
I have a colleague who does exactly that, it’s hilarious and infuriating in equal measure.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
The red button is there for a reason!
Not an option in my case, it’s someone I share an office with occasionally. For all I know the other end has already hung up but I imagine that they are also bi-bi-bi-byingOriginally Posted by GraniteQuarry
My father doesn't even let you get to good, let alone bye. Just sais "ok" or "thanks" and hangs up on you.
Ya, my wife usually goes for the double-double ("bye... bye, ba-bye, ba-bye"). She commented on how annoying it is when others do it, and she had no idea she was (and still is) one of them when I pointed it out. I now keep my mouth shut, not worth it.
Haha, I'm worse than that. I've made 1 and recived 1 phonecall so far this month according to my phone. You're lucky to get a hello from me, let alone a goodbyeThat might just be you.
I do it deliberately, while I move the phone further and further from my mouth.......
It’s infuriating.
As is Speak Soon and Ciao. Unless you’re an actual Italian. Obviously.
Ah yes, my father is exactly the same. If he even answers it. I’ve seen him when it rings. First he’ll look up, confused. As if some otherworldly chime is chorusing out over hill and dale. After a few seconds, he comes to the realisation that it is in fact his phone - the one he had for years with the exact same ringtone, nestled in his top pocket. He’ll then proceed to put down whatever he is holding, normally a cup of tea, a pint or his newspaper and rummage around in there, as if his flannel shirt were somehow the gateway to a Narnia-esque third dimension. Finally, painfully, he pulls the chirping handset from its cotton tomb. It’s at that moment, it cuts to voicemail. This illicits a shrug and the immediate return of said phone to back from whence it came.
Every. Single. Time.
Somebody I’ve never met or spoken to writes ’Speak Soon’ at the end of emails to me. I’ve never fathomed that one.
Last edited by Mr Curta; 20th March 2020 at 23:37.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
Ha ha...I love your father!
Hello son.
But hasn’t anyone British done this since phones were first invented? It’s a kind of polite face off where neither party wants to cause offence by being the first to actually end the call.
My mum does it all the time despite me almost shouting that my train’s coming in and I need to get on: “Ok, bye dear. Ta ra. Speak to you soon. Bye! Call me in the week. Bye bye. Bye.”
“Mum, I’m on the train and the signal will go. Bye, bye, bye ... “ beep beep beep ...
Standard practice in Ireland for as long as phones have existed
Utter lad. I’m 40 in June and am not far off this now. The thing is just an unwelcome imposition 90% of the time. Generally listen to voicemails once a week or so.
Last edited by cmcm3; 21st March 2020 at 09:14.
It’s definitely contagious. I’ve heard clients do it, then one day a colleague caught it and now he does it on every call. Fortunately I’ve developed an an immunity to it so far.
Stay safe out there people.
Bye.
I used to share an office with an Italian.
Ciao ciao ciao ciao ciao.....
Just as annoying - like a sneezing fit.
It does have a certain Je ne sais quoi non?
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