Comment by bityard
1 year ago
I guess you'll end up confusing a lot of people since it's exactly backwards from the normal handshake.
Although you're not alone, most of the time when I call customer support and it's an overseas call center, I have to say Hello 2-3 times before the person on the other end acknowledges my existence. I guess they don't realize that I can hear all of their background noise before they talk.
Maybe robocalls will get so annoying that rule will change.
And don't normal people end up saying something like "hello?? Anyone there?" in that case anyway?
If they end up hanging up and texting me out of confusion then that's the best outcome I could've asked for... otherwise the call is either from a receptionist (who generally speak first anyways) or a relative that has learned of my vocal recalcitrance.
I think the convention is that the person whose job it is to be on the phone is responsible for speaking first.
In the very rare event that somebody calls somebody else for leisure (who doesn’t text yet? Really.) I guess the caller should initiate.