I wish my girlfriends would stop calling me to talk for two solid hours every stinkin’ worknight. I have a busy schedule, work long hours and don’t have time for these gab-fests about your boyfriends and boring lives. When I say, ‘Girl, I gotta go now’ and you keep talking at me for an additional 20 to 30 minutes anyway– I wanna fucking scream! Did you not hear me say five fucking times already that I gotta go. That is your cue to say “bye”, hang up and then shut the fuck up. —Do You Hear The Dial Tone?
This article appears in May 23-29, 2013.
Call display.
Voicemail..
IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE BOTHERED FOR ANY REASON, DON’T ANSWER THE FUCKING PHONE. DON’T EVEN LOOK AT IT, TURN THE RANGER OFF AND PUT IT IN A DRAWER SOMEWHERE!!!!
What I don’t like about people like this is that they leave nothing to talk about when you actually see them. You should just miss the call and text them back when would be a good time to hang out and make arrangements to see them when you have time to have a real conversation with them. If they try to call text them that you are not able to ansrew your phone right now.
Or, if it was me, I’d probably just start distancing myself from them. I HATE when people can’t be respectful of other people’s time, (especially those people who won’t let you off the phone..GOD!!) ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE AS MUCH AS I HAAAAAATE people who constantly talk about their relationships, especially women, because as a man (assuming the woman is in a hetero relationship), I always put myself in her bf’s shoes and say to myself “If I was your boyfriend I really wouldn’t appreciate you broadcasting our business to everyone willing, or oftentimes forced into listening”.
So yeah if people are more headache than they’re worth you gotta keep it movin. If you think it’s worth it, have an earnest and tactful conversation and let them know that you are interested in a reciprical friendship, not in being an emotional dump.
Yeah, as others said: don’t answer the phone. I don’t ever answer my home phone (unless it’s my mom) and I always have my cell on vibrate by chance (never remember to turn it back on in the morning) so unless it’s in my back pocket and vibrating my ass or I don’t have my purse and it’s in my bra, I don’t even know someone’s calling.
Vibrate is your friend.
Too bad someone hasn’t invented something that would let you know who was calling BEFORE you answer.. something like a… caller.. ID.. yes. Caller ID. My god.. it’s the most brilliant thing ever..
Patent pending everybody. Now. Excuse me. I’m off to make millions.
Don’t answer her calls. There, problem solved.
Switch off the ringer – easy peeasy, lemon squeezy.
‘I always put myself in her bf’s shoes and say to myself “If I was your boyfriend I really wouldn’t appreciate you broadcasting our business to everyone willing, or oftentimes forced into listening’.”
Yup. Or I think “Man, I am glad that I don’t have to put up with your neurotic bullshit. Someone get this guy a medal.”
..or when someone starts messaging you in the middle of Candy Crush Saga on Facebook. Life can be cruel OP!
Actually, just tell them you work for a living which involves getting yourself organized between work and bedtime. Maybe they could try it sometime.
Eat with your mouth open on the phone so they hear every single chew you make.
Every time I get a call from an obvious call center bullpen on the subcontinent, I play the following link really loud in the background
http://www.pond5.com/sound-effect/8732784/…
I adopt a mellifluous, south of the Mason-Dixon line accent, and make like I’m trying to keep the caller on the line long enough to fix co-ordinates for a drone strike.
Hilarious!
Fuck, Ivan, we’re on the same page – I’ve taken to assuming a little ol’ lady persona on those calls, one who’s deaf and a total technotard – it’s comedy gold for Hub – he cackles away at my silliness.
LMFAO! – My best was telling a Globe and Mail shill that I’d never heard of her newspaper because “I don’t get out much”. Then I segued into a variant of Christopher Walken and the census taker from SNL. When I explained to the poor girl that my wife was a “bobcat” she didn’t know whether to piss or wind her wristwatch.
SOBova’s response is much the same as Hubunit’s. She just laughs and shakes her head.
” Vibrate is your friend.”
-PK.
I’m sure many a woman agree with that sentiment.