Your phonemail can suck it
Nov. 4th, 2011 01:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
muck_a_luckOK, listen up.
It is RUDE to say, "Please leave your name and number and I will call you back at my earliest convenience."
Rude.
It is polite to invite someone else to call YOU back at THEIR earliest conveneince. But you are always going to call the person back as soon as humanly possible. Or you are just going to call them back. Don't say that the return call is a "convenience."
Rude.
And telling me to "Have a blessed day" after that is just irritating.
It is RUDE to say, "Please leave your name and number and I will call you back at my earliest convenience."
Rude.
It is polite to invite someone else to call YOU back at THEIR earliest conveneince. But you are always going to call the person back as soon as humanly possible. Or you are just going to call them back. Don't say that the return call is a "convenience."
Rude.
And telling me to "Have a blessed day" after that is just irritating.
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Date: 2011-11-05 01:30 am (UTC)The workplace thing that drives me batty is when I'm sick and get a bunch of messages saying, "Feel better soon!" You know, if I could feel better on demand, I would already. "I hope you feel better soon" is a friendly sentiment. The imperative voice? Not so much.
Oh, and "Can I help who's next?" said to a queue. No, you can't help it. Who the next person is relies solely on order of arrival. "May I help the next person?" or "I can help whoever is next" would be appropriate, though.