Who Should Call Back When You Get Disconnected?
Can You Hear Me Now?
If you own a cell phone (and who doesn’t) you will experience the “dropped call” from time to time. You’re talking away, and all of a sudden you find yourself wondering if the person on the other end of the line is a.) listening attentively, or b.) gone.
What Happens Next?
There doesn’t seem to be an established etiquette on who calls who back. Personally, I end up either staring at the phone while I wait for the other person, or I take the bull by the horns and call back myself. (The latter choice seems to cause the most problems, as you end up interrupting the other person, who is calling you back, via call waiting.)
The Conversation…
The madness must end – so let’s settle it once and for all, here and now. Consider it a winner takes all cage match for the future of cell phone etiquette: WHO CALLS BACK?
The Podcast…
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The person who calls,should call back. Except when one knows that one has only a bar or so, then they should call back when they have at least 3 bars. The part I hate most is determining where the call got dropped.
I agree with Trackrat39–the one who initiated the call to begin with should call back.
That was easy. What shall we tackle next?
I just love it when I find myself chattering away and then upon saying something like “Don’t you think?” realize there’s NO ONE THERE anymore! The next question is usually “What the – -?! How long have I been chattering to MYSELF?!”