Why be helpful to rude people? Why encourage them to continue their behavior? I am just tired of going to the trouble of walking across the room to answer a ringing phone and have the caller say; "Who is this?"
If you don't know to whom your call has been directed, why is it my job to help you out? I'm the one who walked across the room of my home at your instigation. What else do I owe you? Help you find your socks? WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU? AND WHAT'S IT TO YOU WHATEVER THE ANSWER IS? WHY SHOULD I EVEN ANSWER? YOU CALLED HERE!
Or often the caller says: "Is Flaksflkai there?" or even, the correct name; "Is Ralph there?" Not much better if I don't recognize your voice. Anyway, the answer is; "It depends." I don't want to be rude so I don't say any of these things. I propose that every phone call that doesn't start with the words:
"Hello, My name is *****, may I please speak to ######?" (###### being the correct name of the owner of the residence where the phone has just rung) be answered by the shouted words;
"WHAT? WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" *CLICK*
I have on occasion said instead; "Excuse me, To whom am I speaking?" And upon an answer; I've sometimes said; "Didn't your mother teach you any manners?" But this has always led to massive confusion on the other end of the line wherein the caller has tried to understand what I just said. And why. Again, It's not my job. So why should I be helpful?
If everyone used the; "WHAT? WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" *CLICK*, things just might slowly get better. Or not. Who knows? It's worth a try.
Now, I have to think about robo calls. There might be something better than my current strategy. I never hang up on them. Why do that? At least while they are talking to the air in my house, they're not calling your house. It's their dime and time so I always let them waste it.
