It seems that there are less and less people who enjoy phone calls and prefer the discussion to happen in text form, but in some cases it’s easier to just speak, especially in professional settings. What’s not so professional is to make commentary on what was just discussed before making sure that you hung up the phone and the call had ended.
Surprisingly, it happens quite often as redditors shared their own stories of hearing someone say rude things thinking they hung up, but they actually didn’t end the call. Some of the stories were quite wholesome, but the common denominator was that they were all unexpected as the other person didn’t know someone was listening.
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#1 “Whos A Good Boy! Are You A Good Boy?”
called a tech support number for a work related issue during covid. guy was clearly at home and could hear a dog whining in the background. He got my error code straightened out we both said bye but before i could hang up my phone i heard whos a good boy! are you a good boy? i said quietly “I am” then just heard laughing and he said i am sooo sorry! then he hung up 🙁 i wanted to hear his puppy…..
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#2 Girlfriend Got To Hear Her Boyfriend Tell His Cats About How Cute She Was
My boyfriend, early on in our relationship, we would talk on the phone before going to sleep. He’s terrible about hanging up first, so I got to hear him tell his cats about how cute I am
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#3 Started Singing The Mana Mana Doo Doo Dododo (The Jim Henson Song)
I was leaving a message for a client about data conversion services. After I left the message I thought I had hung up (voip software on my work computer). I started singing the Mana Mana Doo Doo Dododo ( the Jim Henson song). Then noticed I hadn’t hung up. So I hang up. The next morning I come in to check the conversion voicemails and there is a very clear and professional message left from the client, he leaves contact number and says to have a nice day, there’s a short pause and then he sings the same song back in the message licking up where I hung up when I realized I was still on voicemail. It was hilarious and made my day.
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#4 “What’s For Dinner”
Not really crazy, but my grandparents would always call me from 2 different phones in their house so we could all talk. When they’d get my voicemail and leave a message, instead of hanging up they’d talk to each other. Usually silly things like “what’s for dinner” and stuff like that, but it always made me smile. I wish there had been a way to keep them back then.
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#5 “My Goodness! He’s Got The Most Pleasant Voice”
I was working in a Callcenter for some time, so I’d be calling around 30-40 people per day, which is exhausting work.
There was this one particular call, I still remember very clearly. It wasn’t crazy, but the situation was rather unexpected.
So, I’d be calling a woman about the end of her thirties, we’d have the usual chat and she was readily replying to my questions, sometimes giggling and doing conversation outside the topic at hand. She was in a room with her daughter.
When we ended the chat, I thanked her for her time and said my goodbye.
A few seconds after that, she apparently thought I had already hung up and said to her daughter “my goodness! He’s got the most pleasant voice.”
I was smiling beams for the rest of the day and did enjoy the work much more for the rest of the week.
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#6 A Coworker Went On A Very Creative Expletive Laden Rant About The Boss And What He Should Do With Himself
I was the third party in this.
A coworker failed to hang up properly after a conversation with the boss and promptly went on a very creative expletive laden rant about the boss and what he should do with himself.
As this went on I received a text from the boss suggesting I should inform the coworker that she’d not hung up.
I got coworker’s attention and told them they hadn’t hung up.
Still in expletive mode I was asked what made me think that.
My response was ‘I got a text from boss’.
First time I ever saw color literally drain from someone’s face.
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#7 “Are You Wearing Pants Today?”
Not a crazy story but I had just finished talking to a client over the phone, we say our goodbyes, then I hear her ask “are you wearing pants today?” I wasn’t sure how to answer that but I figure she was jokingly asking because everyone just started working from home due to covid. I just replied “Yes”. She then burst out laughing trying to explaining that she thought she had already hung up and she was actually asking her husband that question. We laughed about it for about 3 mins before we actually hung up.
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#8 “Well, That Worked!”
I had a job where I was in a position to write-off a substantial phone bill, which the customer said was because her mother was dying overseas and she had dementia and needed to hear things in her voice to believe anything, including doctor’s instructions. She was heartbroken and sobbing about how if she had the kind of money to pay this phone bill, she would have just gone back to her country because the flight would have cost less (she was right about that).
I wrote-off the entirety of the phone bill, she cried like a jilted lover in a rom-com and said people like me are angels from god etc.
After I wished her a good evening and she thought the call was ended, she says to someone in a perfectly normal voice ‘Well, that worked!’
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#9 Proceeded To Talk Baby Talk To Cat
I left a client a voicemail and thought I hung up but in fact I proceeded to talk baby talk to my roommates cat for several minutes while it was recording.
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#10 “He Thinks I’m Still At Work, Baby”
“He thinks I’m still at work, baby.”
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#11 Heard Them Telling Their Coworker That They’d Completely Forgot To Send In The Time Sensitive Request In The First Place
I called a service provider who was supposed to order certificates of good standing from a state and they were late in sending them over. They told me there was a delay at the state’s office and gave me a new estimate. They forgot to hang up, and I heard them telling their coworker that they’d completely forgot to send in the time sensitive request in the first place. Never used them again 😂
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#12 “If You Twist Fast Enough You Can See Your Own Ear!”
Not sure if this fits
I sat in on a remote interview. We were in the conference room with 2 screens – 1 showing the interviewee and the other showing us.
Nearing the end of the interview I noticed my boss had seemed to develop an unusual neck spasm. He would face the screen then suddenly look to the side then face the screen again.
At the end of the interview, as the candidate was exchanging thank you etc, I learnt over and asked if my boss was ok.
His answer was just loud enough to be picked up by the microphone: if you twist fast enough you can see your own ear!
Needless to say the job offer was not accepted 😁
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#13 “Boy, They Never Stop Talking”
My father in law (who is 86) can’t work his phone too well. He always, I mean always gets phone calls at dinner time. So once a week when he is over, he gets a call. And it’s always from someone different. 9 times out of 10 he makes a smart remark about not liking them. 8 times out of 10 he hasn’t hung up yet but thought he did.
EDIT: Example
Him: “Boy, they never stop talking”
Me: “Ummm let me help you end this call”
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#14 “I Don’t Trust Those Guys”
After a business convo: ‘I don’t trust those guys’
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