I have actually done this
“The secret to getting off of calls you don't want to be on is to hang up in the middle of your own sentence. Only a maniac would hang up on themselves, so you must have gotten disconnected.”
@cypnk ...if I called someone and we get disconnected, I call them again.
@Anke ...addendum: Airplane mode
@cypnk Parts of my house have phone signal, other parts don't. It's easy to just wander into another room, going "Sorry? You're breaking up, I can't ------".
@y6nH Superb improv! And that would sound far more realistic anyway
@cypnk How can I apply this to in-person meetings?
@trondd The cough trick works every time
I naturally have allergies so it doesn’t take me much to to get a coughing fit. Then I just excuse myself
No one wants to get close to have a chat when someone’s coughing in their face ;)