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When people end a phone conversation with out saying "goodbye."

I used to think this was the sorta thing that only happened in movies, but my girlfriend does it ALL THE TIME!!! We'll be having a conversation and she'll say something like "I'm not sure, I guess we'll meet up later." And I'll respond with something like "Well, let's make a plan. I was thinking..." and after about 2 minutes, I'll realize she hung up when she was done talking. I feel like the cellphone companies need to bring back the dial tone to compensate for these people.

— Matt Parker from New York, NY | Conversation | 11.21.2008 | Comments (7)

In retaliation to this, I point to the "Repetition of 'goodbye formalities' on the phone" peeve posted here. In an effort to avoid this truly infuriating scenario, I choose to skip formalities all together. Whats the point of formality between friends anyway?

— Matt's girlfriend

A simple 'bye' would probably suffice. To your point, Matt's Girlfriend, I get irritated when someone asks if they can try some of my food - of course they can! Just go for it! You're my friend, after all we've been through together, I think the sacrificing of a bite of my pattaya noodles should be implicit.

— Biffy

My pet peeve used to be when people hang up without saying good-bye in movies, because that never happens in real life. But now that it happens in real life, maybe it's not my pet peeve anymore.

— Rob posted 11/21/2008

i hate it when people are in a hurry and keep d phone as dey wanna save their balance..in case of a prepaid card.. or to avoid huge bills.. just hang up without sayin bye...1 rude!

— vinita posted 11/22/2008

Saying goodbye on the phone is not a formality. It is functional. You are letting the other person know that you are ringing off. Imho it's rude not to give notice of hanging up.

— BettyCrockerPunkRocker posted 1/4/2009

The guys at my work do this all the time. Very frustrating. I never know if I'm actually still talking to them or not!

— B posted 2/9/2010

My dad never says good bye or anything similar to it. He just hangs up. Very weird.

— Fredjonesiii posted 2/9/2010

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