How to end a long phone conversation politely without hurting the caller?
61First of all, I wish all the very best to Shailini, one of the great hubbers we could find here across Hubpages community. She has got a nice question that everyone thinks of atleast once in a lifetime...
Well, I have few ideas that might help you in ending up a long phone chat without hurting the caller:
- If it is a mobile conversation, you have some factors to help; I mean, Mobile Signal (called as tower locally), battery charge, Phone Volume etc.
- If it is landline, you have to find some other serious reason(may be fake) to convince the caller.
I think it is easy to cut the call off when you're in outdoor and talking on mobile. The caller can understand as it usually happens due to some known reasons as stated above.
I think that's all I have in mind. Visitors and fellow hubbers may add your ideas in comments.
Thank you all.
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Thank you Storytellersrus
I'm really happy with it.
Thanks for answering my request, weblog. I loved your crisp ideas and the pictures (wow)..thumbs up!
Oh, wow! Shailini has liked my just like that hub attempt. But, frankly Storytellersrus and other hubbers who answered this hub have done better job than me... Anyway, I have the credit of answering first and starting the thread :)
Usually, I like to say just out of the blue: "Look, I have a lot of shit to do, so please can I call you back when I have a moment...." or also, I will say something like: "Hey, look, mister, I don't mean to offend you but I have other customers waiting on the cue and I must hang up...we are very busy here at the call center!"...If it is a personal call from somebody I know then I will say like this: "Look, you need to get a hobby and find someone else to call....go "F" yourself please...(I always say "please" because it shows I have manners...and then, so, that is what I do. O.k. thank very much, sir.
Thanks for the comments.
A very helpful hub -- thanks!
Thanks for stopping by, funwithtrains!
here are my ideas :
1. tell the caller that you need to go to pee!!! this is serious excuse man, at least to my mind. caller will certainly respond to your petition.
2. i have serious business to take care of or i'm afraid i've to go outside are increasingly lame excuses. so avoid those to be safe.
3. hey, got a prick idea!!! why stop the coversation u r talking to your loved ones????? would you mind continuously talking to your sweetheart?????
Thank you lonelyromance. You added more value to the hub.
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Hey Guys, I don't recommend "fake" excuses
1 Because essentially you're lying and you don't want to be caught out
2 If the person is a serial offender you can quickly run out of excuses "wait didn’t you burn the dinner last time?"
3 The person may get annoyed that "walking the dogs" is more important then their problems/life
4 You have to think :P
What I recommend is saying, "Look it was good to talk to you but I really have to go" Reassure them by saying "talk soon but, bye"
Steve -
Thanks for stopping by.
i always try trics ,
& get most time succesfull.
If you live in the NYC, or in a major city, you can say, I forgot to move my car, I have to run. Because in the city you have to move your car on a certain side of the street on specific days. I.E. No parking MWF 12am-6am.
Thanks for the additions!
Storytellersrus says:
2 years ago
Here are my chicken hearted methods:
1. My dogs love to bark. This interruption becomes obvious when I am no longer able to hear the person on the other end. Sometimes I motivate the barking.
2. I gasp and say, "Oh! I am late to pick up Lexie!" I drive my daughter everywhere.
3. We have deer all around. If the dogs aren't barking, I might say, "Those pesky deer jumped my fence and are eating my pansies through the wire! Gotta go!"
4. I might gasp- I am great at gasping- "Oh dear! I totally forgot that I put a pot of tea on the burner. I must have missed the whistle. I hope there is still water in the pot! I've really got to run!"
But you said, polite. None of these are polite. They are all abrupt. When the person on the other line deserves polite, I will be honest. "Thank you so much for sharing all about your Aunt Winifred and her terrible gout. I will be sure to pray for her tonight. Now I must really go walk the dogs. They seem terribly anxious and I hate cleaning up puddles."