Frustrations with Cell phone remains high.
In a recent Telephone Doctor survey, we received the following cell phone 'frustrations' from all over the country.
Is yours on this list?
There were more; however, these were at the top of the list.
- Talking on a cell phone while conducting business.
- Answering a cell phone while talking to someone else in person.
- Talking loudly in a store/restaurant.
- Not using the vibrate feature when at work or in a public place.
- Talking on your cell phone when you're in the car with others.
- Using your speakerphone in public.
- Initiating a cell phone call when others are present.
- Talking on your cell phone and landline at the same time.
- Using call waiting. What? I'm not important enough to finish our conversation?
- People with 'awful' voice mail messages.
- Not answering when called when we know you're there.
- When the first thing a person asks is, "Where are you?"
- Having to listen to the chirps and weird rings and tones some cell phones make.
So then what are the 5 voice mail frustrations which are probably on your cell phone voice mail right now?
- Hi, I'm not here/ or not available right now. (DUH. That's a hot lot of news. We know that. That's why your voice mail answered)
- Your call is very important to me. (Right, then why aren't you there?)
- I'm sorry I missed your call. (Well sometimes we're not. Besides that's a pretty useless statement.)
- I'll call you back as soon as possible. (Now what's wrong with that? Well... Your ASAP may be different from my ASAP and we'll never exceed anyone's expectation with ASAP. Simply state "And I will return the call."
- Not giving caller an 'out' or another way to reach the party; i.e. Another phone number, a person, or an email to locate them.
When was the last time you checked your own message? Probably time to do that.
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Reprinted with permission of Telephone Doctor Customer Service Training. Nancy Friedman is a featured speaker at franchise, association & corporate meetings. She has appeared on OPRAH, Today Show, CNN, FOX News, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning & many others. For more information, call 314-291-1012 or visit www.nancyfriedman.com.
I simply cannot abide being at lunch talking to someone who simply decides an unknown cell phone call is important than chatting.
I have been known to get up and leave the lunch.
Nancy hit the nail on the head.
We all have made cell phone mistakes or experienced misuse by our friends.
Ever been in a meeting and someone's phone rings and they can't figure out how to turn it off and of course it should have been muted in the first place? I know I have.