They never say “Bye”!
Why is it that people shown talking on the phone in Hindi/English films, always end their conversations abruptly? They NEVER have a proper “signing off”…most of the times, they don’t even have a one-word “Bye” kinda signing off…On the other hand, here is how my phone conversations with my friends end…in ascending order of warmth/friendliness…
Least warm, but friendly convos:
Moi: All right then, Bye
Friend: Bye
Warm convos:
Friend: All right then, bye
Me: Ya, buh-bye. Take care
Friend: You too…talk to you soon/See you…
Me: Yep. Bye. Take care (again)/See you
Friend: Have a good day…
Me: U too! Take care…
Super-warm convos:
Friend/Me: All right then, you get back to your work…I’ll get back too…
Me: Yep
Friend: take care
Me: u too
Friend: Talk to you soon/See you
Me: Talk to you soon/See you
Friend: Hope you have a good day…
Me: U too! Take care…
Friend: Good night!/bye
Me: Good night!/bye
Wow! Am I the only one or do screenplay writers need to catch up with "real life" phone farewells??
Lucky u ! I got those filmi type ppl in my life., no hi., no bye., they talk like i'm their PA ! damn !
ReplyDeletewas trying to figure out which conversation category i fit in!! ;))
ReplyDeleteKK: Thanks for responding! Hmmmmmm. Have a bad suspicion here that it's probably just me and my over-enthusiastic nature that kinda makes people I know get into elaborate farewells with me (ashamed, blushing)...
ReplyDeleteSuma: Probably in the second category - neither too short, nor too long, Just right :)
Well questgirl, for all you know the very title of the blog classifies those filmi ppl in one category, "They never say "Bye"!"
ReplyDeleteInfact tht proves the pt. those final conversations in films are all made up.
An another interesting pt. is the inquisitive nature of this article. The first thing which evidently comes to one's mind is which category do i belong to and no wonder even i would like to know that..:-)
Hi Ban! u and some others from the college gang pretty much fall in categories 2 and 3, acc. to me...and before u ask, no category is better or worse...just the level of "senti" is more or less :)
ReplyDeletethat is so true!
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