even when you have caller id and know who it is gonna be

2/18/2008 3:20:27 PM

yes

2/18/2008 3:20:35 PM

nope

2/18/2008 3:20:58 PM

sometimes...if i know the person really well i'll say 'hello [insert person's name here]'

2/18/2008 3:22:26 PM

I usually try to be cool and say another less formal greeting like Yo or Whats the deal baby

2/18/2008 3:22:30 PM

Yes, but I say Hello like I know who it is..... Hellllllllllllllooooo??? or yelllowwwwww???

2/18/2008 3:23:25 PM

no, i say "bueno"

2/18/2008 3:23:38 PM

Hello if I don't know them very well, even if I have their name. Hello so and so if I know who they are and we work together/are friends, etc.

2/18/2008 3:25:24 PM

"talk to me"

2/18/2008 3:26:01 PM

Usually I try to cater the greeting to the person in an effort to make them as uncomfortable as possible.

2/18/2008 3:26:11 PM

if ont he cell and it's someone i know, it's a yo

if it's not, it's usually

"ben johnson"

picked up from answering the ole' work phone, and my cell is on the work directory

[Edited on February 18, 2008 at 3:27 PM. Reason : I'M SUCH A SQUARE]

2/18/2008 3:27:14 PM

One time when a stranger calls I want to be like "Call me sir, goddammit!"

2/18/2008 3:27:26 PM

Quote :

"I'm usually like, "Like what the fucking fuck do you want now?" unless it's my mom."

2/18/2008 3:27:59 PM

if it's my friend jack, i go "well, well, well, well, if it isn't old jacky boy" in clockwork orange voice

2/18/2008 3:29:12 PM

when my friend whose last name is anderson used to call, for a while I always did the "mr. anderson" like the the guy from the matrix, but that wore out eventually

2/18/2008 3:30:47 PM

^i used to do the "Hiya Paaallllll" like joe pesci from Home Alone to one of my buddies.


if it's a certain group i just say 'whats goin on' or 'whats up'.

if its work, i usually say "this is jesse" if its directed from the secretary. if its direct, "excel, this is jesse"

if its the work nextel and the guys in the field its simply "Go head"

[Edited on February 18, 2008 at 3:33 PM. Reason : add]

2/18/2008 3:32:47 PM

i dont say anything

i just breathe really hard

2/18/2008 3:33:51 PM

I wish that I had Jesse's girl

2/18/2008 3:34:10 PM

me too

2/18/2008 3:38:43 PM

I use "hello mah love" quite often...

or "what are you doing"....

i'll throw in an occasional "hey there you sexy devil"


i don't answer numbers i don't know or people i don't like so there is no need for me to be formal on my phone

2/18/2008 3:43:14 PM

Go!

2/18/2008 3:45:24 PM

I usually say "Hello" or just start talking if I know the person. If its a number not in my phonebook I just answer with "This is Chris"

2/18/2008 3:45:35 PM

I used to just say "Hello." But now I say "Hello, this is Bryan" since clients or associates from work call me and sometimes don't know it's my mobile...

[Edited on February 18, 2008 at 3:47 PM. Reason : x]

2/18/2008 3:46:40 PM

Quote :

"picked up from answering the ole' work phone, and my cell is on the work directory"

Heh. I hear that.

2/18/2008 3:52:37 PM

i do on my cell phone.

let's the wrong numbers know i'm not dealing with them for long.

2/18/2008 3:53:10 PM

i dont give out my personal mobile # for work. Almost everyone in my industry uses a nextel so that is what i use if i am out of the office. I dont want to combine business and pleasure.

2/18/2008 4:00:09 PM

if i know who it is (and it's a person, not a business or something), i typically say "hey [insert name here]"

2/18/2008 4:02:53 PM

Quote :

"Go!"

redneck

2/18/2008 4:08:48 PM

"Jack Bauer"

2/18/2008 4:09:22 PM

if i know it's gonna be and it's a friend i usually say "hey" or "what's up?"

2/18/2008 4:11:26 PM

when i first had a cellphone, i got a call from a friend named burke. i picked up the phone and said "hey burke" and the guy was like "oh hey it's adam on burke's phone".

i never again tried to deviate from the standard "hello".

2/18/2008 4:16:04 PM

yeah, that's why i stopped my signature "hey fuckface" greeting

2/18/2008 4:17:40 PM

"hello, hi, or hey, this is (insert name here)" unless it's a friend then I go "what up" or something along those lines

2/18/2008 4:19:29 PM

depends on who's calling

2/18/2008 4:22:58 PM

"Relate"

"Que onda"

"Shizzupper"

"Talk to me"

Amongst others...

2/18/2008 4:24:36 PM

sometimes

2/18/2008 4:42:30 PM

"hello?" if I don't know who is calling.
"Hey" if I know who it is.

2/18/2008 4:46:44 PM

If its CrazyJP I just press talk and then do not say anything.

2/18/2008 4:48:26 PM

"Ahoy-hoy!"

2/18/2008 4:48:34 PM

i heard baonest answer the phone by saying "speak" a few times, i thought it was the funniest thing.

2/18/2008 5:44:17 PM

"o hai"

2/18/2008 5:45:25 PM

"Aloha"

2/18/2008 7:23:40 PM

"Gas, grass or ass, no one calls for free"

2/18/2008 7:25:15 PM

yel-low?

2/18/2008 7:26:09 PM

mushi mushi.

2/18/2008 7:27:17 PM

When I lived in MD, I used to say, "Holla!"

Since I've gotten a cell phone, It's evolved into an elongated, "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeey," followed by a staccato version of the name of whoever's calling.

2/18/2008 7:30:43 PM

at work: good morning/afternoon/evening

mah phone: yis/hello/bueno

2/18/2008 7:42:04 PM

"hey"

2/25/2008 5:59:35 AM

hello to strangers


hey, hi, whats up or whats shakin to friends


if i am pissed or annoyed ill answer "yeah" or "what?"

2/25/2008 6:46:18 AM

When I answer my cell or home phone I say "hello"- but on the school phone I say "yes?" haha. I don't know why.

2/25/2008 6:53:27 AM