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Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore
The telephone swept into Americans’ lives in the first decades of the 20th century. At first, no one knew exactly how to telephone. Alexander Graham Bell wanted people to start conversations by saying, “Ahoy-hoy!” AT&T tried to prevent people from saying “hello,” arguing in Telephone Engineer magazine that it was rude. But eventually, Americans learned to say “hello.” People built a culture around the phone that worked. Etiquette magazines tried to prevent women from inviting people over for dinner via telephone, then gave in.
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And we all know why no one answers their phone. We have a two ring system here. A real person calls once,hangs up and calls again. Even Dr. offices do this now..Everyone else gets the answering machine and we hear a busy signal.
I'm on the Do Not Call list (fairly ineffective), Nomorobo (about 90% of robocalls ring once, then disappear), and reject invalid or blocked numbers.
That takes care of most of it.
Not good, but hello is become tradition