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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 15 11:38:53 2025
    More and more younger people are answering the phone without saying
    'hello' and simply waiting until the person on the other line does so
    first

    https://bsky.app/profile/financialtimes.com/post/3lwh5ys6j322o

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  • From Eli the Bearded@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Aug 15 17:58:15 2025
    In misc.news.internet.discuss, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:
    More and more younger people are answering the phone without saying
    'hello' and simply waiting until the person on the other line does so
    first

    https://bsky.app/profile/financialtimes.com/post/3lwh5ys6j322o

    [ video of old person talking about how people answer phones and the
    vague threat that entails to employers ]

    What fucking bullshit. How people answer the phone for themselves and
    how they answer the phone when employed to answer the phone are
    different and that makes no attempt to bridge that divide.

    Elijah
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    FT: FUD Threat

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to *@eli.users.panix.com on Fri Aug 15 15:29:20 2025
    On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:58:15 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

    FT: FUD Threat

    That was a FT "me too" report, August 15, 2025, which reiterated/used
    this article:

    Gen Z doesn't want to say 'hello' when answering the phone. I'm
    concerned.
    Jul 14, 2025
    https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-phone-ansewring-hello-2025-7

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat Aug 16 08:13:44 2025
    JAB wrote:

    More and more younger people are answering the phone without
    saying 'hello' and simply waiting until the person on the
    other line does so first

    https://bsky.app/profile/financialtimes.com/post/3lwh5ys6j322o

    I'm surprised younger people have time to even answer their
    phones. Any time I see someone with a phone in their hand
    they're usually busy watching TikTok videos or playing games.
    Seeing someone actually talking to somebody else on one is a
    rare occurrence these days.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 16 12:23:04 2025
    On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:13:44 GMT, "Blueshirt" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    I'm surprised younger people have time to even answer their
    phones.

    Yeah...they may be doing this too:
    Pic https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:kthwu6mpwb56qwdm2ipaxciw/bafkreia2vmkmzgc5yybo4vjejws4taohbiv35la6hmb6kz4wsdeca6m7y4@jpeg

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