Published on 12, July, 2020
Gahhhh! People in offices who yammer on on the telephone and then put the phone down and have to tell anyone who will listen word for word what they said to the other person on the phone and what they said and why! And who feel that it's acceptable to have a conversation on a speaker phone in an open office, and have all of the "PING!" / "WHEEEE!" / "TADAAAA!" notification noises turned on and up on their mobile.
I know it's bad, but I've started doing this:
Other people: "Morning!" Me: "Morning!"
Other: "Good weekend?" Me: "Yes, thanks.".
Them: "Um....errr....good".
<pause>
Them "Go anywhere nice?" Me: "Yep; home."
Me: *Makes coffee*
#SorryNotSorry
Oh boy, one of my (many) bug bears. I have customers call in when they're out, no reference number and on speaker phone. I tend to just ask them to turn off the speaker phone as it makes the call more bearable.
Me: Aghhh!!!!