Does anyone hang the phone up anymore? I’ll be talking to someone at work and the conversation is over and instead of hanging up, they stay on the line. Sometimes they talk to others around them. Other times their just talking to themselves or bitching about me. Also they’ll put the line on hold or its just dead air with noises in the background. Hello, I can still hear you, so hang up. Since I’m on the phone all day, it happens consistently. I don’t remember this being an issue 10 years ago. Why is it now? Smartphones perhaps or are people just so self-absorbed that this simple action just doesn’t occur to them anymore? Just hang up the phone people!

You might ask why I don’t hang up. Being on the phone all day, I often have to note the account after the call and I typically use the time to make that note. So the customer usually will hang up, but not often enough.