Saying 'goodbye' on the phone. US style? (page 3)

Mum

A former roommate of mine pointed out that when I end a telephone conversation with 'bye, I also wave my hand in the goodbye gesture.

Usually over the top,

SandraC

hillary_step

bye, I love you",

Must try that one on the Taxman.

HS

RollerDave

See, I am an American, everyone I talk on the phone to is American, and we all think people on TV are nuts!

We've noticed this "just hanging up" thing and comment on it every time.

I know that everybody I know needs to terminate a phone call in a courteous way.

I got a pal who won't say 'good bye'... It's always 'take care, seeya later.'

I think the reason for the omission of 'good byes' on tv and in films is the need to keep the story moving forward. It's a pacing thing.

Bye all, take care, seeya later!

Roller

lonelysheep

"Bye," is the term I use most.

I hate when people just say, "Alright" and then hang up. My friends will say, "Later" or "Ciao".

What's wrong with "see you at the mall"? What do you propose we follow that with? Long live the Queen or something? Would you feel I was rude if I ended my conversation with you like that? Let me know, cause I hate rude people and would not want to come accross as rude if I ever have a phone conversation with a person from the UK.

changeling (who tries never to be rude)

CaptainSchmideo

This is very common in movies and television, and once you start noticing it, it will drive you crazy.

It has to do with the fact that TV and movie script writers do not like to write more than they are required too, and so will shave off their work with little tricks like this.

Another thing I noticed, which has killed whodunnit movies for me, is the "no unnecessary characters" rule of script writing.

If a character is introduced and has significant dialogue, then he is important to the story. Because if he wasn't, the script writer would not have taken the time to write any dialogue for the character. So more than likely, even if he/she seems like a minor character, he/she is probably the killer/culprit. I have guessed this accurately many times using this rule (also known as the "Scooby-Doo villain" rule.)

jgnat

Mrs. Jones, hubby and I do that too! Now it's spilled out in my goodbyes to my children. I think I've been ending with "take care" more often these days. My son always gets an "I love you", and my daughter is greeted with "Hey, most beautiful daughter in the world." Or, when I'm goofy, I answer my children with "YELLLL....OW". My hubby, when he's goofy, could answer in myriad ways, usually a local pizza parlor in a creepy falsetto. He's had more than one telemarketer hang up on him. My daughter has caught on and doesn't hang up any more.

The actors in Canadian television shows also hang up on their callers. I agree with others it's so the extra words don't cut in to the action.

I hung up on an automated dialer yesterday that thanked me for my patience to stay on the line. Hey, stupid telemarketer! I'm not waiting on your schedule!

My brother-in-law rudely answers the phone with "yeah", then with no bridging words, hands the phone to my sister.

My granddaughter picked up on the telephone niceties very quickly. She answers my call with, "Wait a minute, let me check if she is in. MOOOOOM!" It's so cute to hear our little nicities from her lips. She's double cute this week as she's lost two front teeth.

IP_SEC

smell ya later.

unless it is a business call then its... oh ya... smell ya later.

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