( whatever ) library Beth speaking. At the main library it is Children's room Beth Speaking Sometimes I say the wrong library. But it still gets the basic point off

When I answer the phone at home, I have to hesitate so I don't go into the standard tech line greeting script. And when I've called someone and am hanging up, I have to keep myself from saying "Thanks for calling."

I just answer with my first and last name.

You could, or assuming that most people are trying to call you

Most people are recruiters.

I cover myself by answering any and all phones, including my own personal cell and my mother's phone, "[Agency], this is Aimee."

And then people laugh at me.

Oh yeah. I worked at Michigan Book and Supply for a few months after grad school, and when I went back home for Christmas, I was this close to answering our home phone, "Michigan Book and Supply, this is Sunil."

Nobody ever calls me.

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Poor Gud. I say "This is Dana," unless the caller ID tells me it's my husband, in which case I say "Yeah?"

Tried to go to training. Trainer lost the files. Oops.

If I weren't the main number for students to register for our classes, I would just use F Name L Name. I don't actually have a phone- There is just the department phone. The weird thing is, most of the time I don't get that many calls, so it isn't really like I am the receptionist, but just the main phone answerer.

omg, a co-worker is getting really snappy at her boss in my cube farm (we have no privacy/personal space) and it is making me uncomfortable!

Poor Gud.

A work phone that never rings is made of awesome. Or defective, but why mess with a good thing if it is.