Maaaaaaaaaa! Someone's on the phone for you!!!

A shout heard in many a household.

The funny thing about it is that most of us don't live in palatial estates. The decibel level is many times higher than what is required to tell someone upstairs that the call you answered downstairs is for them.

It takes just a little more effort to get nearer to the person so that you can use a normal speaking voice to tell him or her to pickup up the phone.

Some rules for telephone etiquette

1. When answering the phone say "Hello, who is it please?"
2. If it is for someone other than you, ask them to please wait a moment while you locate the other person.
3. If the person they are trying to reach is in the bathroom, it probably pays to tell the person on the other side of the phone that he or she will call him or her back.
4. If the person they are trying to contact is not there, offer to take a message and make sure you take it!!

Judah

www.kosheretiquette.com