# They're always empty!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-always-empty/959378>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, movies\
**Created:** [February 12, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-always-empty/959378 "2022-02-12T19:54:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-always-empty/959378/85 "2022-02-14T23:06:40Z")

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I can’t believe we’ve gotten this far in and no one’s mentioned the fact that in TV shows and the movies, no one _ever_ says “good-bye” at the end of a phone call. They just hang up.

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