To think this is very rude

[WishinWell]

So I was on the phone to a friend earlier, they had messaged earlier in the day asking me to call them in the evening. Mid flow their landline starts ringing and they say 'oh that'll be Linda I need to take this' and then they say 'thanks for calling dear, goodbye'.
I found that incredibly rude, AIBU ?

Maybe it was important?

Er... well if they said they needed to take the call, maybe they actually did need to?

Yes OP that does sound rude

Why did they ask you to call them?

They could have been a bit more polite In saying what they said to you. But I really wouldn’t over think it - they may have really needed to take the call.

While your friend was waiting for a call you called her. Must have been a reason the other call was important for reasons you don't know.
Don't judge your friend for answering a landline call. They're usually important.

Yes it is rude and I probably wouldn't speak to her again and I certainly wouldn't phone her.

Not rude in the slightest could have been an important call.

While your friend was waiting for a call you called her.

But they asked OP to call

Are they usually rude? If not, I would let it go. Yes it does seem a little abrupt though.

Yep.
Very rude.

Some people try really hard to be offended
Did you know why she asked you to phone?
Is she having any sort of crisis?

But it might’ve been an important call and she didn’t know when Linda was going to phone?

She knew who was phoning which means she'd panned the call.

She also asked you to call her.

She should have asked you to call at a certain time or told you when you called if she was waiting for a call from someone.

However IME people who text and ask you to call them - instead of just calling you - and are expecting calls from others - are drama llamas who love the attention they get and the feeling they get from thinking everyone wants to call them.

It's false popularity and never ends well for that person.

Just because I know who’s calling because their name comes up on my phone doesn’t mean I’ve planned the call?

If she wanted to speak on the phone to you she should have text and asked if you were free for her to call at X time.

Sure it's a bit rude but not a big deal in the grand scheme of things

I'd say that was rude. She asked you to call in the evening, so it's rude to cut you off in the middle of a conversation to speak to someone else.

I once had a friend tell me she had to go because Neighbours was starting I don't see her anymore.

I don't think answering another call is particularly rude though. It depends how long your been chatting, I have probably said I'd call you back (and meant it) if the chat was just getting going.

It’s not rude, she asked you to call but she clearly had something important to deal with that arose since then

I can’t believe some folks are so precious that they think if you’re asked to call it doesn’t matter how important anything else is that arose you are entitled to their time

No wonder so many lonely friendless people.

Hardly anyone phones my landline. I'd know who it was if I knew "Linda" had had a shitty hospital appointment/relative had died/had received other bad news recently.

Unless you had received similarly bad news then yes I'd think she was rude.

Maybe she really did need to take the call, but in that case she could have forewarned you “Linda might call me soon as she is having a crisis and I will need to take it”.

Of course it’s isn’t rude unless it was just a general friend chat the other person was calling for. Without knowing the circumstances they may not have known Linda was going to call but known it was something urgent. Not many people call a landline unless it is important.

Don’t sweat the small stuff… just talk to them later.

I really can’t see the issue, it’s not as if she just put the phone down pick your battles.