I?ve been living here for over 2 years and have had to adjust to many differences between life in the DR vs Canada and I accept these happily but one thing I just can?t understand is people?s bad phone etiquette.
In Canada when someone calls you they would normally say:
?hello it?s (their name), how are you?
The conversation progresses from there but this morning my phone rang so I picked it up and said. (in Spanish)
Me ?hello?
Caller ?Yeah, where are you??
Me ?what??
Caller ?Where are you??
Me ?Where the hell are you!?!?
Caller ?OK, let me explain, I?m calling from??
Then I found out who was calling and why. Why didn?t the conversation start that way?
It?s not just this one time. Almost every time the phone rings it?s the same thing you answer and the first thing you hear is something like ?Yeah, so?? or ?Tell me?. Tell you what a-hole? Is it so hard to say hello it?s Pedro, how are you????
In Canada when someone calls you they would normally say:
?hello it?s (their name), how are you?
The conversation progresses from there but this morning my phone rang so I picked it up and said. (in Spanish)
Me ?hello?
Caller ?Yeah, where are you??
Me ?what??
Caller ?Where are you??
Me ?Where the hell are you!?!?
Caller ?OK, let me explain, I?m calling from??
Then I found out who was calling and why. Why didn?t the conversation start that way?
It?s not just this one time. Almost every time the phone rings it?s the same thing you answer and the first thing you hear is something like ?Yeah, so?? or ?Tell me?. Tell you what a-hole? Is it so hard to say hello it?s Pedro, how are you????
