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

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?

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!

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.

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:)

Dear Shia,

You are in Customer Service Department? You must
have great patience dealing with all those queries
and at times, complaints too.

I agree with you, it is not an easy task!

t times when I received calls from the bank/ insurance
officer 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 Delkar,

That was so interesting . I got to learn how to greet
in your language here. Thanks ...

In Chinese, many will answer their incoming call like this:-

'Wei, ni chau shui?' (means: Hi, who are are looking for?)

For myself, I normally picked my cell phone by addressing my name.
So, if the other party called the wrong number, he immediately
realised it when he heard my name, not the person hw is looking
for. However, it has a setback, by letting 'unwanted' person
knowing your name is no good especially if it is a prank call.


Thanks for sharing, I truly enjoyed reading your post, keep it up!

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.

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 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:)

Oh, if my 'the other half' call me on my cellphone.
Her 'nickname' will appear on it. Then I will know
is her. I will normally answer with my softest voice..
LOL...I will say, 'Yes..my darling' or 'Yes, princess'

Yes, it is good that we should use handsfree while driving.

Remember: SAFETY FIRST!

Wow, that's romantic !
Calling 'darling', and 'honey' is quite
common among couples. But calling 'princess',
that is special...

If someone call you wrongly again and again,
what will you do? Even, after you explain that
the numbers is wrong.

Dear killersss,

Yes, 'Hello' is the universal greeting when answering
an incoming call.

At times when I received calls from the bank, insurance, and
vacation companies, 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.. ot I already have those
credit cards etc...

Then, they will said... "Oh...I see..okay, thanks!"

Dear horsesrule,

Glad to hear from you again!

I totally agree with you, those 'spam' calls
that are to promote their products is really
'nuisance' and irritating. I always tell my
husband not to entertain those calls especially
when he is driving!

At times when I received calls from the bank or 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!"

Cheers, have a great weekend!

Dear astonysh,

Really..?? You shout "go away" and hang up the call

I too will answered differently if I can see my friends
is the one calling me on my cell phone. I would say it
cheerfully just like you.."Hi Linda, what's up?" or
"Rachel...how's thing? Long time no see..lol"

At times when I received calls from the banks/ insurance
officer who promotes the medical insurance, credit card
insurance coverage, travel 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!

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.

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Dear Misterwit,

Hello, Alo, Wei, Wai, Hi...., it is very true!
"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?"

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!

Yeah! no problem when ever there is a chance I will touch