Mobile Phone Ettiquette

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Please settle a lighthearted debate between my kids and I.

When I phone my kids I say hello and identify myself.

My kids reckon you don't have to say who you are if you call someone who has your number saved as the phone displays who is calling so they know it's me when they answer.

I'm on the app so can't set up voting but am I being archaic?

Yep! Only my 91 year old grandad who only had a landline calls and says 'its me, your grandad' I will miss it so much when he doesn't do it anymore though ☹️

I wouldn’t identify myself after watching a safety programme once that advised against it. Something to do with inadvertently confirming to the caller that you are the owner of the number they have rung.

i wouldnt phone my kids , parents , or friends and say who i am, that would seem weird, since they obviously have my number stored on their phone

I wouldn't usually for people I know will have the number stored - but I probly say "Hello, it's me " a lot of the time.

Your kids are right, OP.

I don’t announce myself when calling family and friends mobiles from my mobile as they can see who it is! If I call landlines I tend to say Hi it’s BuggerOff as not everybody has caller ID on landlines.

It completely depends who I'm phoning. Do I know they have my number saved? A professional or personal call? Landline or mobile? Will they recognise my voice?
There's no black or white answer here, each call will be different. If you don't introduce yourself and they don't know who you are then they'll ask so it doesn't matter. If you do identify yourself and they already know then you've wasted about half a second of their time - who cares? Either way is fine I think.

I tend to say ‘it’s me’ as it’s habit now.

Thanks everyone
I might switch to "it's me " which wouldn't feel as rude as just starting the conversation

In our family (mostly women, who sound very similar), we say "hello, it's me". If you didn't have caller ID you would have to guess who was speaking.

I don't answer a call with my name. Occasionally I have had the caller ask for my name but I've told them as they called me they should know it. If they don't, I hang up. (hang up - that's a bit archaic too, I haven't got a hook to hang my phone on anymore) 😊

I always pick up and go "Hi Alison" (or whoever), and they always go "Hi Sardine, it's Alison".

So maybe be responsive to that! But otherwise it hardly matters really.

I say its me to my family. No idea why. They know who it is and if they didn't "me" isn't going to help much is it. Nevertheless I shall continue.

When I call family I say hello but I don't say who I am as they can (hopefully!) recognise my voice and see from their phone that it's me. But friends/acquaintances I do.

I always find it funny that my fil does this; he also always checks it’s me even though he’s just called my mobile. Unless you’re phoning someone who may not have your number then I don’t get it.