Haan Bol

One thing that's definitely changed with the onset of mobile phones, is the way people answer phone calls (atleast with the people I call). Gone are the days when people extended pleasantries to you on answering your call. Phrases like "Hello" or "Hi, how are you?" are a rarity nowadays. Most of the time the response is a rude "Hmnnn" or a "Bol".

I agree that with caller line identification, you no longer have to use the voice recognition mechanism in your brain and so you know who you talking to before you pick the phone. But yaar, how difficult is a courteous response while answering a call? No matter how busy you are a simple "hi" or the age old "hello" is always a better response to get than the ones listed above.

Is this change because of our busy routines or is it just a case of the growing impoliteness around? Whatever be the excuses, I think I deserve a better response when I spend my time and money to call up people. One of the most ridiculous responses that I've got is from this friend of mine. I called him up to wish for Diwali and the dude answered the call by saying "Haan bol, sun raha hoon." Got an apt response for that?