Wife phoning you at work!! Grrrrrr

[The Large One]

Are you saying you would be that rude to your wife and literally hang up the phone ?.
Wow thats some relationship you got there

That's not rude. It's the sort of thing she'd say to me when roles are reversed. It's not something you take personally or as a brush-off - it's understood.

Blimey, if you think that's rude, you must have a MASSIVE thumb-print on the top of your head.

 

[Garage_Doors]

It's the sort of thing she'd say to me when roles are reversed.

Classy

Blimey, if you think that's rude, you must have a MASSIVE thumb-print on the top of your head.

Nothing to do with thumb print, its called mutual respect, there are other ways, such as
" sorry darling but very busy right now so can't talk, call you as soon as i can, bye." How difficult is that,?

It seems you like to be rude to each other rather than communicate in warm and responsive manner, the way you address each other says a lot.

 

[csider]

grow some balls springs to mind.

 

[Giraffe]

Classy

" sorry darling but very busy right now so can't talk, call you as soon as i can, bye." How difficult is that,?

Quite difficult if you are surrounded by your work colleagues!! I can understand how it is easier to just put the phone down!!! Or suggest text or email.

The thing that gets my goat isn't that I am not too busy to take the call, or too worried about what my boss will say, I am just not interested in being told something on the work at work that can keep until I get home, and if I am with someone else in the office it is not ideal.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Oh dear!

First there is a thing called a profile on your mobile phone and there you will find the choice 'meeting'. Click that and you won't hear the ring. If she's phoning on the office phone then make sure you get an LED and transfer to voicemail. Simple.

In my case my wife works too and also doe snot appreciate being bothered at the wrong time. If she does phone and I'm in a meeting or in a difficult position or just tell her so and she waits for me to ring her back.

Think you're all just complicating this a bit.

 

[Lankyseagull]

We used to have a guy in our office who had to phone his wife as soon as he arrived in the morning ("I got here safe"), called her mid morning ("Anything in the post today?"), called her at lunchtime ("Have you had a good morning?") and called her before he left the office ("I'm just leaving").

If he was just a minute or so late in calling, she'd be on the phone demanding to know why he hadn't called!

She also used to call him between his usual call times too, often just to tell him of some trivial thing that had just happened.

I'm sure they didn't talk to each other in the evenings or at weekends, but then again I'm not married so perhaps that's the "norm" for married couples?!

 

[Stat Brother]

The wife does occassionally but it's nowhere near as bad as it was.
I had to get really arsey before she understood how annoying it was. Although she did help me when this happened:-

I'm a postie and it was our worst weather possible, raining, freezing cold and windy.
Before going out on delivery I even sent here a message saying 'please don't contact me I just need to get this done'.

She sent me 6 further texts, none requiring an answer, the last one (by this time I couldn't feel my fingers) read:-
'you should see the size of the cat in our back garden'.

To say I had the morale high ground after that would be an understatement.

 

[The Grub]

'you should see the size of the cat in our back garden'.

This thread is brilliant. Now obviously, if you see a huge cat in your garden, you have to tell your husband.

 

[Stat Brother]

I wasn't laughing, I was so close to doing a 'Basil Fawlty' and thrashing my phone, to within an inch of it's life.

 

[The Large One]

Classy



Nothing to do with thumb print, its called mutual respect, there are other ways, such as
" sorry darling but very busy right now so can't talk, call you as soon as i can, bye." How difficult is that,?

It seems you like to be rude to each other rather than communicate in warm and responsive manner, the way you address each other says a lot.

One, you're taking this way out of context. I have omitted the 'darlings' and 'loves'. And two, seeing as you haven't got the full story, I don't see how you think you're actually in a position to tell me - or indeed comment - on how me and my better half ought to conduct our relationship.

 

[Lady Bracknell]

It's not rude, it's all about appropriate conversations at work. So during work hours if either of us are busy we just say "can I call you back?" and put the phone down. It doesn't cause any sort of heartbreak.

 

[Giraffe]

It's not rude, it's all about appropriate conversations at work. So during work hours if either of us are busy we just say "can I call you back?" and put the phone down. It doesn't cause any sort of heartbreak.

Er, who asked you dear?

 

[Johnny Crumplin Football]

This is all getting a bit Woody Allen isn't it. ''Sorry queen can't talk, will call back in mo, 'kay, bye.'' Job done

 

[Giraffe]

I used to work with someone who every morning when he got to work would phone his Mrs and ask the following:

1) How are you (he only lived 20 mins from the office)
2) How's winkle (that was his young son, so called because he has some sort of a spot on his penis for a few days when younger!)
3) Have we got any post?
4) Is it raining up there
5) Describe the journey he had had in

This happened without failure every morning, in an open plan office. It was excrutiating to listen to.

And then at lunchtime he would phone to see if anything had come in the second post (in the days when such a thing existed!!)

Unbelievable!!

 

[getreal1]

Tell her that she'll get it in the neck when you get home, and if that's not enough she'll get it in the stink

 

[Giraffe]

I have advised my wife to review this thread!! That should do it.

 

[getreal1]

I have advised my wife to review this thread!! That should do it.

Oh dear - sorry Giraffe - I feel guilty for posting what I did now ...

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Does anyone else have this problem? You know you get a call about 4.30pm asking something that quite obviously wait until you get home. Bloody irritating.

And then they get all grumpy when you are short with them (normally because your boss is sat opposite and therefore talking about holidays, kids etc is not a good idea).

I had managed to stop her doing it but she's starting again. Very irritating.

A work colleague of mine has it even worse and seems to spend the majority of his time on the phone to the wife.

tell her to do one!!!

 

[Giraffe]

Oh dear - sorry Giraffe - I feel guilty for posting what I did now ...

So you should!!

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

It's not rude, it's all about appropriate conversations at work. So during work hours if either of us are busy we just say "can I call you back?" and put the phone down. It doesn't cause any sort of heartbreak.

your soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo nice