meobizy:
Let me give you a trick my cousin used to catch a forty-six year old woman when he was only nineteen. Call her with a private/hidden number then throw insults her way. She’ll reply with insults then you fire back. Two of you will go back and forth until somebody gets angry and drops the call. Repeat the procedure for three consecutive market days. One day call her with your real number then continue. He, sha, told me he finally got her into bed and it was one of his fondest conquests.

As for your question; who normally asks “who’s there?” Is it the person who knocks or the person whose door is knocked on?

If you’re scared to lose her, pass me her number so my cousin will do the needed.

Machalla:
The caller is suppose to say hello on phone first. .. .
The caller is the person trying to reach out to the receiver.

If we are to look at this In real life situation. If you approach a person it expected that you be the one to talk first. Why because you obviously got something to say while the other listen before giving a response

Shoodboi:


If you approach a person, do you begin screaming their name to get their attention? Your example is off. The receiver says hello and not the caller. Waiting for the caller to say hello is a sign of pride and arrogance, lack of basic phone etiquette, and general mannerlessnees.

Machalla:
The caller is suppose to say hello on phone first. .. .
The caller is the person trying to reach out to the receiver.

If we are to look at this In real life situation. If you approach a person it expected that you be the one to talk first. Why because you obviously got something to say while the other listen before giving a response

IntelChief:
This particular female friend of mine has this very ugly attitude of never calling at all. As I gentleman, I always do the calling not thinking too much about it. But whenever I choose to call, you need to hear her nag about me just remembering her after forgetting about her for decades...bla bla bla and bla.
I will always laugh about it and let it slide.

So today after church today, I felt like saying hi to her since its been awhile we spoke. When the phone began to ring, she took her time before picking up, I almost thought she will miss the call. But she didn't, she picked and kept quiet. I kept quiet too waiting for her to say hello or something. But it never came. The silence persisted; it was a weird moment I must confess. So at last I broke the ice and said "hello". Next thing I heard her say was "why do you always wait for me to say hello?"

weezydee:
I don't understand why you still have her contact on your phone or in your life sef.. person no dey send you, you still dey force yourself on am. Ah!

IntelChief:


I have some sympathy towards your argument. But I beg to differ.
I feel the fundamental issue here is the issue of 'social norm/convention'. It is customary for the receiver to be the one saying the hello first.

Whether that's appropriate or not, it doesn't count. What counts I think is what society considers normal.

I would love to hear your thoughts concerning this my position. Thanks

IntelChief:
This particular female friend of mine has this very ugly attitude of never calling at all. As I gentleman, I always do the calling not thinking too much about it. But whenever I choose to call, you need to hear her nag about me just remembering her after forgetting about her for decades...bla bla bla and bla.
I will always laugh about it and let it slide.

So today after church today, I felt like saying hi to her since its been awhile we spoke. When the phone began to ring, she took her time before picking up, I almost thought she will miss the call. But she didn't, she picked and kept quiet. I kept quiet too waiting for her to say hello or something. But it never came. The silence persisted; it was a weird moment I must confess. So at last I broke the ice and said "hello". Next thing I heard her say was "why do you always wait for me to say hello?"

Machalla:


Lol calm down.
Your comment got no facts, no logical reasons as to why the receiver MUST be the one to say hello first?
Why talking about pride?. It has nothing to do with this ..
When you reach out to a person on phone. You expected to say hello and introduce yourself.
That is how it should be done and not the other way around. But I will leave it here seeing that your comment is heavily laced with emotions and enormous confirmation bias with the words like "pride" "mannerless" arrogance

jeromestarks:

Ah just wonder too.
I think the Op has psychological problem.

Shoodboi:


I'm not talking with emotions. I'm talking in reference to what the lady did.

That said, this is the first time I'm hearing someone insist it's the caller that says hello. Everyone I know says hello. Even when I run into random people picking calls, they all say hello.

If we go back to the history of the telephone, it was Thomas Edison, the inventor of an early telephone, and rival to Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, that insisted we say Hello when we pick calls. Graham Bell also agrees the receiver greets first though he preferred "Ahoy".

The idea behind saying hello (or even anything else) is to make the caller know you have picked the call. Some phones notify the caller a person has picked, but most don't. So the receiver says hello to make the caller know they've picked the call and are ready for a conversation.

Komoscofield:
if what you seek is confirmation, then yes you're a Simp and a Woman Wrapper, next person please.

Machalla:
The caller is suppose to say hello on phone first. .. .
The caller is the person trying to reach out to the receiver.

If we are to look at this In real life situation. If you approach a person it expected that you be the one to talk first. Why because you obviously got something to say while the other listen before giving a response

Komoscofield:
if what you seek is confirmation, then yes you're a Simp and a Woman Wrapper, next person please.