Thread: Things that are common in fiction but not in your real life
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Old 04-02-2021, 10:09 PM   #171
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
Well caller ID has been around for quite some time, but what bothers me about phone answering in movies and TV is the huge percentage of time that someone picks up a ringing phone and says "Yes". I've never had that happen in decades of phone use.
CID was fun when new. I had just turned up a digital trunk to our San Diego office, when I got a call from the IT guy there, I greeted him by name (I had a beta CID SL-1 set on my desk). He was shocked I knew who was calling.

I still answer CID calls, non-traditionally. So 'Yes?' is the way I have answered my phone.
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