So long, and thanks for all the fish.
I think that depends if you chating online , or in real life face 2 face :))
Of the two statements, I find the latter slightly more awkward than the former as ‘enjoy’ is slightly less common than ‘have a good’ outside the context of partaking of a specific pleasure like a meal or movie.
“End transmission.”
I have said it out loud, many times. It might not be a natural phrasing to you, or common where you live, but it’s nothing out of the ordinary around here.
I snap my fingers, do a little hop-skip, do an about-face, and walk away. It sends the message.
For business conversations, if it’s with a customer I often want to make sure I’ve got all the information I need from the customer. In that case I’ll often recite the parts I’m unsure of (“Okay, so, you’re more interested in X than Y, is that right?”)
Regardless of whether I do that, I then say, “Great. Thanks for your time!” (Or: “I appreciate your taking the time to talk to me!” depending on how formal I’m being and how grateful I actually am.) The person on the other end usually recognizes that as a closer and says something similar (“Thank you!” “Talk to you soon,” or whatever). Then I say “Bye,” wait for them to reply, and hang up the phone.
If it’s a coworker, I’ll be much more abrupt – when our business is done, it’s “Okay. Thanks! Bye.” (Or just “Okay, anything else? Great. Bye.”) This is because coworker phone calls tend to be much shorter and much more to-the-point (one of us has a quick question and calls the other), because if it was going to be a long conversation we’d just walk down the hall and talk to each other in person.
My friend always says, “Well, I really don’t want to talk to you anymore.”
“They’ve come for me. If I don’t survive, avenge my death”
When I begin to grow tired of a conversation I will, without warning, suddenly leap forward and deliver a crushing judo-chop to the throat.
I can’t understand why people don’t want to talk to me…
…at least more than once…
I usually just summarize the follow-up issues;
“OK, so you’ll do X by Wed and I’ll do Y by Thursday, agreed? OK, great, let me get on that and feel free to call if you need anything. Take care.”
I always use “Gagundathar Out.”
This amuses people for some reason.
And no, I am not in customer service. Why do you ask?
Oh god, I love the TV goodbye so much. Nobody converses that way! You can’t just hang up the phone, people!
Heh, with friends, I often say things like “I’m tired of hearing your voice” or “You’re boring me now,” but only out of love. If I’ve never called you an asshole or threatened you with bodily harm of some kind, I don’t truly love you.
So I’ve never given much thought to this, but now that I think about it, I do from time to time wrap up phone calls or meetings with “So I think we’ve covered everything,” then ask if anyone else has anything to add, and if not, I finish things with “Class dismissed.”
Earlier today, in face to face conversation, I used, “Well, I’m keeping a beer waiting, see ya!”
I hope the rest of your day is good!
Have a good afternoon/evening/weekend/holiday!
Anything other than “rest of your day” without “the” in front. Am I the only person who thinks this phrase grates horribly on the ears? It needs to be taken out behind the shed and shot. Out of a cannon, into the sun.
At parties or gatherings:
“It was really nice to talk to you. Now I gotta go mingle some more. See you!”
On the phone:
“Well, I’ll be going now. Couple things I still gotta do. Take care, bye!”
Fake my own death.
A lot of good suggestions here. I usually say “I better get going cuz X”. X is do some more work, mingle some more, finish my groceries, whatever it is.
I used to talk to this lovely Englishman when I worked for a flooring company. He always ended the call with “Cheers!” I liked that a lot and wish I could appropriate it but I’d feel like a poser.
I once had to have a discussion with someone who just couldn’t end a conversation to save his life, so in the end I said “It’s 5 am and you have been working all night. Go to bed now and let me take over and do my part of the project”. It worked.
I always thought it would have been interesting to listen to a discussion between this man and two other people I knew that behaved in the same way. For all I know they might still be talking after all these years had they met each other.
“If noone has anything to add, I suggest we end this call.”
silence
“Great, thanks for your time and enjoy the rest of your day. Goodbye.”