ring ring, ring ring.. BANG!

telephone - something similar to my work telephone
July 26, 2011 10:35am CST
i hate the phone ringing. i mean, i hate it!!!!!!!! i work as a receptionist for a large company,and i do accounts work as well, and i love my job. i like where i work. i like the people i work for.. my day, is a breeze, and i enjoy it. but i.hate.the.phone.ringing!!!!!!! it drives me insane, it won't ring for about 3 or 4 hours, then bam, 4 and 5 calls come through at once! and it's the most annoying noise, and it doesn't stop! because even when you answer one call, the other 3 morons that are phone, are still ringing, so you can still hear the phone ringing faintly through the machine. it's actually got so bad that i very seldom actually take my own mobile off silent, because i just can't stand the sound of it ringing. my mobile doesn't actually ring, i hate a ring tone, i think it's lady antebellum - need you now, but its still something ringing that needs answered! sometimes when it gets really busy in work, and the phone is ringing and ringing and ringing constantly, i can literally feel the tears burning in the back of my eyes! and by the time i answer the phone, i'm that angry i don't even want to speak to whoever is on the phone lol! does anyone else work where they have to answer a phone? and how does it make you feel?
2 responses
@keihimekawa (2009)
• Philippines
27 Jul 11
I don't really care much about ringing phones since I work as a Software Engineer and my phone only rings when there's a need to meet or users call me for support. But when it comes to phone, I hate it when people call me and as soon as I say "Hello" they would just say "Oh" then hang up. One time I was in my momentum of working to meet my deadline and my phone rang. My momentum broke and as soon as I answered, the other line went "Oops.." then hang up. We have those caller ID things where you can see the local of the person who called you. Since I'm totally pissed, I went to her area and asked her if it's too much of a trouble to at least say "Sorry. I just dialed the wrong extension/local." It's just basic phone etiquette, right? .
27 Jul 11
oh my goodness!! that would really really anger me!! where i live in northern ireland, or general dialing code for the whole of northern ireland is "028" .. so you dial that first.. then you have the area code, for example where i live, belfast is "90" .. then you have a 6 digit actual house telephone number.. so for example, to ring somewhere in belfast you'd put 028 90 789654 [made up number] or our mobile numbers all start with "07" BUT!! to ring reception, on the phones you press 0.. so people lift up the phone, and press 028, and before the even have the 28 in its rung down to me and they just hang up when i answer, because they forget that your meant to put 9 for an outside line, THEN dial!!.. ooooooh i hate it!!
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
26 Jul 11
yup, i work part time as a receptionist and i really dont mind it. i like my job and the people i work with. we dont get a ton of phone calls which helps. maybe its time to get a new job??!!
27 Jul 11
or maybe its time to ask them to remove the fun from my desk before i cause some grevious bodily harm! lol.. it's only from about half 3 onwards, when i know that all my breaks are over and i've a half hour of hell left that i start to get really annoyed with people ringing lol!