Gen Z is making up its own etiquette rules when it comes to answering the phone. Some of them aren't saying "hello." They ...

You speak with a recruiter about a job and set up an interview. Days pass. The company reaches out to remind you about the ...

The telephone swept into Americans’ lives in the first decades of the 20th century. ... When the phone rang, everyone knew to answer and speak in “the liturgy of the national attitude.” ...

But when you're open for business, somebody's got to answer the phone. Maybe I'm getting a little ahead of the trend here, but I'm telling you, that's where we're heading.

I place great value in maintaining old friendships and as a result talk regularly with a couple of friends. These conversations often inspire my back in the day columns. A ...

Miss Manners: They insist it’s correct to answer the phone to say you can’t talk I refuse to take calls during dinner, but my friends say I’m wrong ...

The very first phone book, published in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1878, suggested “a firm and cheery ‘hulloa.’” (Instead of goodbye, the book listed “That is all” as a suitable sign-off.) ...

BUFFALO, N.Y (WKBW) — When the phone rings and it looks like a familiar number, we're quick to answer. But when you don't recognize the voice on the other end, what happens? More and more its ...

Meanwhile, most of my calls are spam, so I almost never answer my phone unless I recognize the phone number — and I am someone who is old enough to have grown up with what is now called a landline.