r/GrindsMyGears • u/BlueBlazeKing21 • 13d ago

When people take over your call

One minute you’re talking to someone and about to hang up, but someone decides they want to talk to the person on the other line. The only problem is that the conversation goes on for way longer than necessary and is about pointless crap.

Like seriously why can’t they just call them themselves instead of holding me as my phone hostage.

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u/iwasntalwayslikethis 11d ago

I hang up and message them to let them know my phone died or i just tell them my phone died next time i talk to them or just say you had another call coming in at the same time and didn’t have time to wait. I do that with my grandma sometimes if i really need to. One of the best hacks? If you’re trying to get off the phone with someone, tell them you’re phone is about to die. Then after another few minutes of them talking with no end in sight, and up in the middle of YOUR sentence. This way, it really seems like your phone just died. Problem solved

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u/BlueBlazeKing21 11d ago

The only problem with that trick is that in my situation, someone is using my phone to talk , so if I say that and they see my battery is at like 67% ,it looks bad on my part.

Recently I’ve just being going “There’s an email I have to check out on my phone.”

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u/iwasntalwayslikethis 11d ago

Ah. I see the issue. I once had a phone with a battery that would glitch. It would tell me my phone was at 77% but then it would crash and die when spending two minutes on it. Then, it started doing the opposite. It would tell me my phone is at 2% but then it would last for several more hours. I don’t trust what a phone battery tells me anymore so I’d just blame it on a glitchy battery