Depending on the person on the other end of the line, getting off the phone politely can take a firm hand, the truth or perhaps a creative mind.
1. Keep your cool. It’s best to be polite.
2. Tell the truth when you can. For example, “Pepper, I have to get back to work,” or “Dad, dear, I gotta to work, I will talk to you later.”
3. Be firm, especially at work if you’re needed elsewhere. “Thanks for calling, but I have a speech to give right now and I must go."
4. Be more insistent than that telemarketer, the complainer, the fundraiser or the muckraker when they call. Get creative if you don’t like the idea of lies like telling people you love to talk to them but you have to go to toilet………..
5. Interrupt the chatter, if necessary, and let the caller know his or her time is up. A phone abuser is wasting your time.
6. Provide the caller with a better time to call, if you’re so inclined. Or provide another option for communication, such as an e-mail address, a P.O. box or a better person to contact.
7. Give a telemarketer a warning: “I am hanging up in 30 seconds and I don’t mean to be rude,” Hang up if the person on the other end of the line absolutely will not give up and wants to sell you things.
8. Consider limiting the number of people who are able to ring you while you are working.
9. It is not impolite to hang up on people who are abusing your time.
1. Keep your cool. It’s best to be polite.
2. Tell the truth when you can. For example, “Pepper, I have to get back to work,” or “Dad, dear, I gotta to work, I will talk to you later.”
3. Be firm, especially at work if you’re needed elsewhere. “Thanks for calling, but I have a speech to give right now and I must go."
4. Be more insistent than that telemarketer, the complainer, the fundraiser or the muckraker when they call. Get creative if you don’t like the idea of lies like telling people you love to talk to them but you have to go to toilet………..
5. Interrupt the chatter, if necessary, and let the caller know his or her time is up. A phone abuser is wasting your time.
6. Provide the caller with a better time to call, if you’re so inclined. Or provide another option for communication, such as an e-mail address, a P.O. box or a better person to contact.
7. Give a telemarketer a warning: “I am hanging up in 30 seconds and I don’t mean to be rude,” Hang up if the person on the other end of the line absolutely will not give up and wants to sell you things.
8. Consider limiting the number of people who are able to ring you while you are working.
9. It is not impolite to hang up on people who are abusing your time.
For More Information:
5 tricks for politely ending phone calls.
How to get off a phone call politely (video)
