What do you do when someone says they will call you backl?

I don't wait for those people who are saying that they will call me back without saying when and what time. Why should I wait for them? It would just ruin my day. If they will call then that's fine with me. Some people are not able to call back because the might be busy and forgotten to call back and some are stupid who just said to call back but never did it eventhough this person has said it.

I don't know. My husband hates the phone, well, not really hates but just doesn't really call anyone. So expecting him to call is a bit odd, because I have to remind him to call people back. If I don't know he's supposed to call someone, and it's the last thing on his list, he'll just never call. He just sort of loses track of it. And he'll call, but days later, and not realize how much later it is.

Yes making some one wait is impeoper habit . When some one tells me he or she will call me back i myself fix the time . And most of the time i remember the time . But i seldom wait anxiously fro the call . Because , in such a case , the interest is not generally mine but of him or her . If the there is my equal interest i myself call and don't wait .

for me this is a sign they won't surely calling me back so i don't get any hope from them.and then i can't be dissapointed as i don't hope anything once they say we'l call you back.that's a way of refuse a person without telling it face to face,directly

At least I'm not alone with this. I hate it when someone do this to me. Of course i call them back when I get so frustrated waiting for their call and then...I take note of that person and what that person has done to me. Then when I get the chance, I do the same thing to them. I will tell them that I will call back but I won't. I want them to feel what I felt waiting for their call. My friends and family already knows this strategy so what they usually do is not to tell me that they will call back. They will usually tell me to call them back with specific time and that's the time I do call them back.

i totally agree, i hate it when that happens. i hate it more when i'm the one who does it to friends because i'd be too caught up after the call or i'd totally forget. but i'm quick at apologizing for that because missing to place that call would be completely unintentional. sometimes, when it's a pressing matter, i'd call right back after waiting for a reasonably long time. sometimes though, for instance my girl friends and i would just chitchat and then my friend would have something else to do and would tell me that she'd call back, i just don't wait on it coz more often than not, the call back would not happen until the next 24 hours. what i do, when i get the voicemail is i text them, just to let them know asap that i'm still waiting for the call back. or if not, like if it's a really pressing matter, i'd leave voicemail messages about our initial conversation.

I hate it..Because then I feel like I am waiting around for ever for that phone call..and usually they dont even bother calling back so I feel like I have wasted time..

I expect them to call back, if they don't call in a reasonable amount of time, I go on with my life. Did someone ever put you on hold while they went to answer a call for call waiting and have them forget that you were there, or worse yet, I had someone do that to me, after 30 minutes I hung up..then they got upset that when they got back to me I was not there and they did have my number to call me back so had to wait for me. It is all forms of rudeness..I no longer wait unless it is very important and then I tell the person that.

Depending on how urgent it is, I usually call them back. I have on occasion forgotten to call back if someone has interrupted me and then it slips my mind LOL

I have ambivalent feelings on this subject, ctry. I'm not very big on phone conversations, except occasionally. I think that I receive far more calls then I would like. Yes, it's good to know that people are thinking of you, but some days I am overwhelmed with calls to the point that it interferes with what I am doing. I hate to tell people I'll get back to them, so I will stay on the phone until they are ready to hang up. My sister used to call me so many times a day that I would tell her that she should just come over and visit, lol.

My sister said she would call me back tonight but hasn't yet.I understand though because she just had a baby.I know she is busy.I get busy too so I guess it's two way street.

I learned a long time ago never to wait by the phone! So I take that advice and run with it. I don't ever wait for someone to call or text me back right away unless it's of dire importance and even then i try my best to relax it away!

Funny you ask because just recently, I was promised by someone to call me back after few minutes. This person even did it twice, and he twice failed in his promise. I can picture out strangling him by my bare hands. I let the first incident pass by, but the second one, I really went to his office and lash at him for few minutes. You are right; courtesy. If you think you can't be able to call back someone, then don't make a promise, because the person on the other line might have delayed breathing just to wait for your call. Keep safety...

Hi ctrymuziklvr! :) When people say that to me, I wait for their call, it's a way of respecting what they say that they will call back. I'm sure they have a word of honor. However, when my need for answers is just so urgent, I call them after waiting for minutes and hours. (",) I hope you're able to reach your son. Take care and God bless! =)

I know that feeling. I really hate it when that happens. I am not going to put my life on hold to wait for someone to call me back, but there are those calls that I don't want to miss either!! When someone tells me they will call me back I ask "when?" If they don't tell me, or can't tell me, then I'm not that important, I suppose. As for me, if I have to leave quickly, I'll tell them that I'll call them back in a certain amount of time, so they don't have to put their lives on hold either. Not only do I hate it when that happens, I won't do it to others either.

I actually got into a arguement with my best friend of 21 years about this the other day... I called her and she said she was cleaning and would call me back, this happened at around 10 a.m. and then at 5 p.m. I called her and she was not home. So I left her a message, "hi queen of the no call backs, tag you are it." She called me back and we playfully argued that I had no life and she was sorry that she didn't call. After being friends for 21 years I have really hard time being mad at her for anything for very long. But I still get mad and she knows it and within the conversation she appologizes and we are back to normal. I can understand not calling someone back if an emergency arrises, but at least call them as soon as things calm down and let them know what happen. That IS just common curtesy. At least that is how my moma tought me how to do it. I also hate it when they say they will call you back and then they do call you back but don't have time to talk. Don't call me if you are going to say hi bye I need at least a ten sentance conversation from you, or don't call until you have time. Thank you for the interresting topic.. Hope he starts calling you back in a timely manner.

Hi there. If someones going to call me back, I give them a good 10 minutes to do so, and then I carry on with what I was doing, If I miss the call, they will probably call back anyway...

Grrrrrrrrrr!!!! I hate it! That is the one thing that drives me crazy, someone telling me they will call me right back and never do...My sister is great for this, she tells me she will call back and never does, so I finally started telling her should I hold my breath! lol, she got the hint and now rarely says it to me..

What do I do when someone says they will call me back? I usually wait for them patiently but not too long. If the call is important I'll try to get in touch with them after a period of waiting. If its not that important and I can't wait anymore then I'll just let it be and proceed with what I am doing. :-)

for me it depends on the person and situation and my work if the person is my relative or a good friends i will call back certainly but some people are like that they always say that they will call back but they dont do ever.