What is your first greetings when you pick up an incoming call?

Dear gracefuldove, I like the way you greet when answer your calls. It is very polite and professional! Putting a smile while answering can be felt by the other party online. They can sense that you are very friendly too. Keep it up At times when I received calls from the bank and insurance companies who like to promote the medical insurance, credit card insurance coverage, travelling insurance etc. I'll just politely tell them that I am an insurance agent too! Then, they will said; "Oh...I see..okay, thanks!" Cheers, and do keep in touch!

Dear offlimits, Welcome to myLot and glad to hear from you Hahaha... sometimes you don't speak until the caller speaks up first? Then, some might thought there is connection error. It is very interesting to know how you greet in 'tagalog..?' Some Chinese in Singapore, China and Hong Kong will greet as 'Wei..., Wai..' However the most universal one is defnitely "Hello" Cheers, hope to hear your views on my other topics too!

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Thanks a lot! I am having a great time participating in the discussions. You are actually my first friend here. Haha :) Yes, maybe. Sometimes the caller would repeatedly say Hello before I respond with anything. LOL. And I am glad you know about tagalog. I also love Japanese so sometimes I say Konnichiwa. haha. I would definitely respond to your other topics. I find them interesting :) Take care.

Yes being polite to everybody even to a stranger is a good virtue which every one should have. This type of understanding is what floors me completely. Just be like this for ever.

Yes, we learn to be polite since we are in primary school. Politeness has every inch to gain...let it be our culture Smile and the world will smile with you Smile is contagious....and this is something that we are glad it being contagious..LOL

I am honored to have my numbers stored in your cellphone I too at times, greet my friends by their name just like this :) "Hi meapas, what's up?" or "Grace...how's thing? Long time no see..lol" I agree with you, being casual with friends are more fun and it shows we are very close to each other. However, we should be polite whenever answering any incoming calls because it is the first impression we gave to the other party who listen to our voice. It will be good if we can smile when talking to the other party on the other end. I believe they can feel it and they can perceive our friendliness too :) Cheers and great to hear your response

Dear James, Yes, it is good that you are notified earlier by your receptionist who the caller is. It makes greetings and conversation easier. However it is advisable that you do not entertain 'spam' calls while you are driving. You might lost some focus there. I think it will be good if you can tell tehm that you are currently driving and you are not interested on the offer.

Dear James, Glad that you are going to use the handsfree while driving. It is a good practice. Nowadays police and traffic officers are all over to catch those traffic offenders. Btw, how do you address your the other half when you answer her call? Hahaha :)

Hello Iriene, I'll take your advice while driving. It is dangerous using hand phone while driving. However, we can overcome this by installing a hand-free gadget or a bluetooth.

Dear dbutheking, I never knew have such service 'Do Not Disturb' Your landline number resembles the near bygas agency..?? My landline numbers resembles a nearby courier service company. At one time, I use to receive this call too often..Thank God for the past 5 years it did not happen. I think the courier service company has shifted! I will answered differently too if I can see my friends is the one calling me on my cell phone. I would say :~ "Hi, long time no hear, how's thing?" Cheers and do keep in touch!

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Sure, you can use it.. Save this avatar in your computer. When i change to next avatar you can change yours to this one.

Hi, It is great that you have an ID recognition phone at home. It is very good to avoid prank calls. I like the way you greet when answer your calls in the office, "Company name, Sandy speaking, may I help you" It is very polite and professional! Putting a smile while answering can be felt by the other party online. They can sense that you are very friendly too. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend!

Dear Sandy, I too will answered differently if I can see my friends is the one calling me on my cell phone. I do have some of my customers office numbers added in my cellphone. So, I will immediately mentioned their name and asked how are they. They are really happy to hear that we can still remember them. It will really cheer them up and we feel happy too Cheers and do keep in touch :)

It is a mouthful to get out too. Wish I could take the credit for answering the work phone in a professional, polite way as you say but I didn't come up with it. That is the way the company wanted all of its employees to answer the phone. It is a good way though I think. Thanks for commenting and happy mylotting.

That is a really excellent way of answering calls. The person on the other end would feel more assured and would communicate more freely. They wouldn't feel intimidated at all.

Dear 2wicelot, Oh dear, pity the person on the other end, sure got a shocked when hearing the lady answered her like that. It is more polite and professional if we can answer like this while in our office :~ "Thank you for calling 'Company name', Iriene speaking, may I help you" Putting a smile while answering can be felt by the other party online. They can sense that we are very friendly too. Thanks for sharing, I truly enjoyed reading your post, keep it up!

Dear Cream97, I totally agree with you that at times this telemarketing are so persistent that we have to seek this type of response to stop them from keep calling us back. However, I realised there is a better way of response to just cut them off by telling them these :- (1) I am an insurance agent too (if they called on behalf of Insurance company or bank to introduce some insurance.) (2) I am a housewife who can't pay any loan back (if calls to offer personal loan from bank) Hahaha, sometimes it works.

Hi Irienne :) I am glad you like my post, I am very happy to share my opinions on your topic. By the way, great to know that you are from Malaysia too :)

Dear ImNotFish, It is so nice to hear from you again. How are you? 'Wei', 'Wai' are normally used in China, Hong Kong and Singapore too. "Hello" is the most universal one used as greeting when one answer the incoming call. I will answered differently if I can see my friends is the one calling me on my cell phone. "Hi, long time no hear, how's thing?" Thanks for sharing, It is really interesting to read your post. Keep it up and hope to hear your views on my other topics too:)

Most excellent one with the 'boss not home' one Iriene. No door to door salesman would ever find my house so I can't do the same here but if I do ever get one I'll know how to get rid of him and remember this as I do so.

Dear Thea, [i]So if it's a Greek friend you will answer with yassou of Kalimera and then name and greeting. If it's an English person you'll just say 'Hi and name'.[/i] Quite similar and "Hello" is the most universal one used as greeting when one answer the incoming call. Hello, Alo, Wei, Wai, Hi., and 'yassou of Kalimera'! In Chinese, many will answer their incoming call like this:- 'Wei, ni chau shui?' (means: Hi, who are are looking for?) Just like to relate another scenario, there are many door to door marketer who like to ring the door bell and sell all kinds of items from gas cylinder head, vacuum cleaner, swipe & win (scam) etc. So, the only way we do not want to attend tot his sort of 'inconvenience', we too will just pretend we are the maids, do not understand local language or dialects and tell them that the 'boss' or owner not around. Then they will just go off, if not they will stand there for a long time until we entertain them! If 'boss' not around, then no want can make decision to buy..

Dear jheLaichie, Yes, 'Hello' is so universal... Sometimes, those elderly Chinese speaking will pick up the phone and said "Halou" sounds like "Halau" in Bahasa Malaysia means 'chase away'.. At times when I received calls from the bank linked insurance officer who like to promote the medical insurance, credit card insurance coverage etc. I will just politely tell them that I am an insurance agent too. Then, they will said... "Oh...I see..okay, thanks!" Good Night and Sleep Tight!

i will normally just say hello if its my own hp and might just pick up and say 'babe or dude' if its my close friends, but if it is some unknown number, i will never speak until the other person speak. because i do not like revealing myself before knowing who I'm going to talk to. and if its my mum's office phone I'll pick up and say "hello,who do you want to speak to?" because sometimes people will call finding for any1 of us as we are normally in my mum's office and not at home. If its this 'spam' callers I'll just say politely, sorry I'm not interested or I've already got a call like this, because I've worked in a survey company and i know how bad it feel's when others be rude.

Hi woaini, You have worked with a survey company? I at times do attends some focus group on consumers survey. According to responder no, 39 : Christoph... "Ahoy ahoy?". Alexander Graham Bell said that's how we should answer the phone when he invented the phone back in the late 1800 It will be interestingif we should be keeping up with this tradition..lol. I am gonna start it immediately when I answer my friend calls on my cellphone~ Ahoy. Ahoy?

Dear Lee, Welcome to myLot! Glad to hear from you That is very professional. I like the way you handle your calls in the office and at home. Keep it up Pertaining to those calls especially from Time Sharing companies, or Insurance companies, I too inform them that I am not interested! At times different sales rep. will called again from the same company. This is really annoying, I will just tell them that someone has just called and hanged up especially when I am driving! Thanks for sharing and happy myLotting!

Dear cwong77, Glad to hear from you. "Good monrning/ afternoon/ evening, and thank you for calling XXX Company, and this is XXX", I agree with you, it is kind of long winded greetings. It does help the caller to identify the correct company and person, however, at times it is quite annoying too. I will answered differently if I can see the name of my friend - the one calling me on my cell phone. I do have some of my customers office numbers added in my cellphone. So, I will immediately mentioned their name and asked how are they. They are really happy to hear that we can still remember them. It will really cheer them up and we feel happy too! Thanks for sharing, all the best!

Dear shuetyeng, Your daughter is so cute and so smart...he can say 'heloo'. I believe when her daddy hear her voice, his heart will melt Hello, Alo, Wei, Wai, Hi...., greetings commonly used. "Hello" is the most universal one used as greeting when one answer the incoming call. I will answered differently if I can see my friends is the one calling me on my cell phone. "Hi, long time no hear, how's thing?" Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend!

Good Morning Iriene, I have been teaching my daughter to greet who ever she meets by saying "Hello", but she said it on her cute way "Heloo". She has been watching the adults talking over the phone, so she realised that the greeting can be used in many ways. You reminded me about the more a friendly way of greeting my friends. If I know the caller is my female friends, I will straight away said "Hello, Leng Loi (Pretty girl in cantonese). Normally my friend will laugh... Anyway, have a great weekend to you too.

Dear Sherric, So, your husband is a man with few words. I think he is very practical in his own ways However, I agree with you, we should be polite when answering any incoming calls because it is the first impression we gave to the other party who listen to our voice. It will be good if we can smile when talking to the other party on the other end. I believe they can feel it and they can perceive our friendliness too :) 'Hello' is the universal greeting when answering an incoming call. Thanks for sharing and do keep in touch!

Dear Christoph, Congrats for achieving your first star! Great job! You start with rating 8, I started with rating 7, you are good "Ahoy ahoy?". Alexander Graham Bell said that's how we should answer the phone when he invented the phone back in the late 1800? I agree with you that we should be keeping up with this. I am gonna start it immediately when I answer my friend calls on my cellphone ~ Ahoy. Ahoy? Thanks for sharing, It is really interesting to read your post. Keep it up and hope to hear your views on my other topics too :)

Dear Archie, Glad to hear from you again! I too at times, greet my friends by their name just like this :) "Hi Jess, what's up?" or "Grace...how's thing? Long time no see..lol" I agree with you, being casual with friends are more fun and it shows we are very close to each other. Wishing Good morning sounds like too formal Thanks for sharing and happy myLotting:)

Dear harmonee, glad to see you here at myLot Yes, 'Hello' is the universal greeting and most acceptable when answering any incoming call. I too will answer very casually if I can see my friends is the one calling me on my cell phone. I would say it cheerfully just like you.."Hi Harmonee, what's up?" or "Cheryl...how's thing? Long time no see..lol Thanks for sharing and happy myLotting!

Dear vingyan, Wow, your daughter so cute...she call herself girl girl? Very clever, got phone handling skills I too at times, greet my friends by their name just like this : "Hi Vingyan, what's up?" or "Merryn...how's thing? Long time no see..lol" We tend to be more casual with friends, it is more fun and it shows we are very close to each other. Thanks for sharing, truly appreciate it!

Dear Mel, Hahaha, it is quite humourous Wei', 'Wai' are normally used in China, Hong Kong and Singapore too. "Hello" is the most universal & acceptable one used as greeting when one answer the incoming call. I will answered differently if I can see my friends is the one calling me on my cell phone. "Hi, how's thing?" Thanks for sharing, it is really interesting to read your post. Keep it up and hope to hear your views on my other topics too:)