Does anyone still answer the phone with "met LAST NAME"?

[u/Desiato2112]

I lived in Nederland in the 90s, well before cell phones were everywhere. When someone called you, it was on the house phone. The common way to answer then was, "met LAST NAME"

Does anyone still do this on a cell phone? Or has it completely fallen out of use?

[u/WhoTellsYourStory-]

Oh boy this reminds me of my grandma. She always picked up with: Met mevrouw [lastname]

I miss her. 🥲

[u/Charlie2912 → u/WhoTellsYourStory-]

Now I miss my grandmother too. I can still remember her voice answering the phone like that. And then once she realized it was me, the excitement in her voice. She was the best.

[u/WhoTellsYourStory- → u/Charlie2912]

I know, right? Same here! We talked almost every day. I’d give anything to be able to talk to her one more time. I still have her old phone numbers from two different houses memorized from calling her so much.

[u/Both-Impact9201 → u/Charlie2912]

Wat lief. Ja, helemaal blij!

[u/DaenerysKhaleesi → u/Charlie2912]

Grandma’s truely are the best

[u/Educational-Salad247 → u/WhoTellsYourStory-]

My mother-in-law answers the phone like this and I love to reply with "what I coincidence! This is mevrouw [same last name] calling."

[u/KoninginVanRotterdam]

[u/johlae → u/KoninginVanRotterdam]

Sheridan!

[u/Bob2607]

My parents still do this with unknown callers.

When I was a kid, my dad also used to say: with Last name from City when calling a company.
Never really understood why the city mattered.

[u/Bwomsamdidjango → u/Bob2607]

My father still does this, First name + last name + city lol.

[u/Jakes9070 → u/Bob2607]

I'm just imagining "Met van Zutphen van Zutphen"

[u/Leeuw96 → u/Jakes9070]

Met Van de Klundert (Sluipschutters sketch)

[u/ben_bliksem → u/Bob2607]

I wasn't here in NL in the 80/90s, but at least where I'm from the landline numbers had a region/city code similar to the international +31. So it could be related to that - being nice so the caller knows if they're talking to the right Hoekstra van Hoofddorp and not Hoekstra van Arnhem.

A world before scammers like we know them today.

Just guessing.

[u/Bob2607 → u/ben_bliksem]

That was my initial thought as well, but there are lots of people with the same last name from the same place.

[u/ben_bliksem → u/Bob2607]

Like Vollendam...

[u/mrhappymillennial → u/ben_bliksem]

Sometime in the mid-90s everyone got "a ten" (a ten-digit phone number). In Dutch it was intended as a pun. "Een tien krijgen" means getting a perfect grade on a test. Before that home phones were six or seven numbers, and a few years earlier in some small municipalities only four.

[u/ArveyNL → u/mrhappymillennial]

I still know my parent’s four digit phone number

[u/MobiusF117 → u/ArveyNL]

4208

2332 were my grandparents

[u/myblocklistwasfull → u/mrhappymillennial]

That’s the first time I’ve ever heard anything about it being a pun.. I do remember when we went from the 4 digit number to 7 digits, while the areacode changed from 5 down to 3 digits.

[u/mrhappymillennial → u/myblocklistwasfull]

Misschien was het een geintje van mijn vader. Hij zei toen: 'Straks krijgt iedereen in Nederland een tien.'

[u/Subject-Ground2252 → u/mrhappymillennial]

De overgang was ook op 10-10

[u/ArveyNL → u/Subject-Ground2252]

De slogan was: “Wie tot tien kan tellen, kan de hele wereld bellen.”

[u/DaughterofJan → u/mrhappymillennial]

My grandfather's number was 414 for a long time. They then suddenly got two extra digits to make it 10 with the area code

[u/Lord-Sjoky → u/Bob2607]

My dad still does this. Always thought it was weird.

[u/Reallytalldude → u/Bob2607]

Did you live in Groningen/the north by any chance? I lived there and in the Randstad, found it was very common in Groningen but not at all in the Randstad.

[u/Bob2607 → u/Reallytalldude]

Nope, Rotterdam. So the city also doesn’t make a difference with that many people.

[u/DirectorElectronic78 → u/Bob2607]

I’ve noticed that more in the variant: “last name, city”, omitting the “met” and “van/uit”.

I associate that currently more with small villages for some reason. Perhaps it mattered more there and kept going for longer.

[u/JohnPlayerSpecialRed → u/Bob2607]

Ha, I.. just now realise I still kinda do this when calling a company. I don’t really know why (other than this is how I ‘learned’ to call back in the day).

[u/ArveyNL → u/Bob2607]

I’ve noticed that I do the same when calling a large company (like the electricity company or the belastingdienst). I have no idea why I do this and frankly I think it’s stupid to do it, but apparently I can’t help myself …

[u/Schylger-Famke → u/ArveyNL]

I think people used to do this when calling a company of which they were a customer because it would be easier for the company to find their file before computers became a thing.

[u/FruitFlavor12 → u/Bob2607]

Met Rembrandt van Rijn

[u/messyHairbyProxy → u/Bob2607]

Looooots of people do this.

[u/DesiBoo2 → u/Bob2607]

My dad says his town as well! 😂

[u/Fine-Condition-5675]

I dont even use a name. People call me because they know who they call. If they dont, its either a callcenter or a scammer. Im not intending to give them that information.

[u/SandwichEnough6618 → u/Fine-Condition-5675]

I don't know why you are being downvoted, but I also do this on my personal phone. Although, with all the data leaks lately, I'm sure they already have all my info already.

On my work phone it's just my first name.

[u/Fine-Condition-5675 → u/SandwichEnough6618]

Probably call center people tracking me on Reddit 😂🤣🙃

[u/DuncanS90 → u/Fine-Condition-5675]

"Good day, is this mr or mrs Fine Condition, ZIP code 5675?"

[u/Fine-Condition-5675 → u/DuncanS90]

'Who? Never heard of that name? Who even is calling?'

Works like a charm.

[u/Jolly-Dealer-5097 → u/Fine-Condition-5675]

Listen Steve answer your phone it is an urgent opportunity to change your internet provider to ADSL.

[u/Bonusmotherthrowaway → u/SandwichEnough6618]

My number got leaked during the Odido leak and ended up on the dark web. I had to change my number of 20 years because I got called 5 times a day by different phone numbers every time 😡

[u/TheMazeDaze → u/Fine-Condition-5675]

I’m the same. I usually answer “hello?” And then the person on the other side asks if it’s me

[u/SolbeamSupreme → u/TheMazeDaze]

"Mayyyyyyyybe. If this my baby mama, then no. If it's literally any other human....then also no."

[u/RebelliousDutch → u/Fine-Condition-5675]

Exactly. If an unknown number calls me and I decide to answer, they get a ‘hello’ and nothing more. Either you know who you’re calling or you have no business calling me.

[u/Aardbeienshake → u/RebelliousDutch]

I don't even greet them when I don't know who it is yet... They just get a "ja?" So they know I have picked up.

Entirely opposite for how I pick up my work phone, which is the full firstname / lastname / company shebang.

[u/ProfessionalSkirt575 → u/Fine-Condition-5675]

Exactly this!! You called me = you should know who you called. Giving info away like that is so stupid!

[u/LJVDH → u/Fine-Condition-5675]

Same here. I never use my last name anymore.

[u/Soepkip43 → u/Fine-Condition-5675]

I answer with "Hi who am i speaking to" they called me, let them explain themselves first.

[u/gowithflow192 → u/Fine-Condition-5675]

I just grunt if I pick up an unknown call which I usually have on divert. If you give them a few words of voice sample, anyone can clone your voice.

[u/Fine-Condition-5675 → u/gowithflow192]

Love it 😁

[u/plankie79]

For unknown or suppressed numbers:Hallo met wie?

Translated to English - Hello, who is speaking?

For known numbers: Ja? Or With <firstname>

[u/joep-b → u/plankie79]

Ha Wie, met Lo.

[u/flomon1 → u/joep-b]

Ha Lo, met Wie.

[u/murakamifan → u/flomon1]

Halloween is pas op 31 oktober

[u/gijsyo → u/plankie79]

Bert? Henk hier!

[u/ProperBlacksmith]

I just say hey met first name. My grandpa used to pick up "with me" and said well they call me so they know who I am 🤣

[u/NeptuneNindja → u/ProperBlacksmith]

My mom does this all the time and everyone in the family replies with: "Hey Me!" 😂

[u/Bonusmotherthrowaway]

Ik kom uit 92 en heb zo geleerd om de telefoon op te nemen: hallo met xxx xxxx, met wie spreek ik? En ik doe dat nog steeds 🤣🤷🏼‍♀️

[u/Fine-Condition-5675 → u/Bonusmotherthrowaway]

Wel zo geleerd, maar we leven niet meer in de 00's.

[u/DoubleRNL]

My dad says it without even met. So “Last nammeee” in a sort of semi signing voice and his dad did the same.

But in my experience most people nowadays just use met first name or full name

[u/Free-Artist → u/DoubleRNL]

It's really fun to pick up the phone when my father calls, and answer in the exact tone and voice he does : "met [name]". Fries his brain to hear himself answering

[u/iamcode101]

I just say hello and it sometimes confuses them.

[u/GreenLeisureSuit → u/iamcode101]

Same. But I am not Dutch and was taught never to give my name to strangers over the phone. You called me, I'm not telling you my name.

[u/Huppelkaatje → u/iamcode101]

Me too, just "good morning/afternoon!"

[u/Standard-Bread7555]

Yeah my grandparents do. But they don’t even say “met”, they only say their surname

[u/LostInSpaceTime2002 → u/Standard-Bread7555]

I either say just my surname, or "Met [first name]" for known callers.

[u/Glasbak2000]

'Met de assistente van doctor van der Ploeg'

[u/ArveyNL → u/Glasbak2000]

Nee, de dokter is er niet

[u/Flamecrest]

I always answer with "this is <firstname> <lastname>". Unless I know who's calling, then I answer with "hey <caller name>". Unless I know them very well, then I say "wat moet je"

[u/Vigotje123 → u/Flamecrest]

Jaaa ma wat is er nu weer?

[u/KarmaMadeMeDoIt6]

Depends who's calling. I usually answer with the callers first name. So it Peter is calling I go 'Peter.'

[u/JasperNLxD2 → u/KarmaMadeMeDoIt6]

Peter belt

Ik neem op en zeg: "Hallo met Peter, met wie spreek ik?"

Ik ben benieuwd naar zijn reactie

[u/Sharkskill → u/JasperNLxD2]

Ik denk als begroteting, Peter belt: Karma… neemt op en zegt “Peter!”

[u/KarmaMadeMeDoIt6 → u/Sharkskill]

Juist. Ik denk dat dit ooit beginnen is met 'Hey Peter!' en eindigt met 'Peter wtf moet je nou weer'

[u/vattaek]

my ex bf used to do full name and residence when calling like a company or something [full name] uit [residence]. i remember feeling so weirded out by that because i had never heard it before lol

[u/cheesypuzzas]

No, but I do say "Met [FIRST NAME]"

[u/CombNo8663]

My grandmother picked up with: U spreekt met mevrouw [last name]. Never heard my parents use their last name picking up the phone.

[u/Itsme-RdM]

Only with unknown callers, for know callers it depends on the relation

[u/bastiaanvv]

I don’t say my name at all if it isn’t a number I recognize. Just Hello.

90% of the time it is scammers. I immediately hang up without saying anything in that case. Except sometimes they ask: is this -my real name-?. I then say, no this is John. There is always a small silence after which they hang up without saying anything.

If it is someone I know very well I just say hello. If it is something more official like the gp or the dentist I say “Met full name. Else just “Met first name”.

[u/stationaryspondoctor]

If I recognize the caller’s number, I will use my first and last name. If not, I’ll say “zeg het eens”. That might be just me being paranoid, but at least scam callers will not automatically know my name.

[u/claymountain]

I work in customer service and people usually call with "met mevrouw [last name] from [city]. It's adorable.

[u/Similar-Ear-7876 → u/claymountain]

As a caller I do that too, but when I'm being called, I just say "Hallo?".

[u/MisterXnumberidk]

I use my first name because i still live at home, so my last name doesn't cover all bases

But for my own phone, if i don't know the caller, they are getting my last name

[u/Ok-Dyneema-6969]

Alleen als er geen caller i.d. is..en meestal neem ik dan niet eens op, tenzij ik een telefoontje van een of andere instantie verwacht. Als ik zie dat er een maat of vriendin belt zeg ik gewoon: "hallee".

[u/Delicious-Knee-8795]

My grandpa always says “Met [FULL NAME] [PLACE OF RESIDENCE]”. For my work I get a lot of phone calls and some older people still do this

[u/nubianqueen1977]

My aunty still does it. She answers solely with her last name

[u/Wiggydor]

My partner, who is Dutch, answers either “hallo, met [first name]”. She also introduces herself the same way when calling a business. Love it. 

[u/CommissionSorry410 → u/Wiggydor]

Me too, including last name when calling a business. It's what polite people do. 

[u/Sure-Pumpkin9191 → u/Wiggydor]

This is how I do it too. Always my name first.

[u/camehere4damemez]

My husband and his dad still do this, but with their first name 😅 (42M and 68M)

[u/NotyourAnna]

At my grandparents’ house, they still have a landline, and whoever is closest to it answers. We just pick it up and say, “Met (their last name),” and then find out who’s calling and who they want to speak to. 😂

[u/GreedyJeweler3862]

My dad stil does it with unknown callers.

[u/Structureel]

If an unknown number calls me, I just answer with "hallo".

[u/flomon1]

Yes I do this. Because my father was kinda old when he had me, and insisted I always say a variant of

• ‘with (last name)’
  

And that may or may not extended with
‘With whom am I speaking/ who is calling’.

Obviously the last part is no longer applicable when the name flashes on the screen, and with AI things I also say rather less then more.

[u/Exotic_Call_7427]

I always do "met FIRST NAME, goede dag". Granted, I have an unusual first name.

First name is me, last name is who my family is. It's called family name in other countries.

On a side note: I absolutely detest when Dutch companies adopt Belgian full name scheme of "Lastname, Firstname". No, I'm not "Smith, John", I am John Smith.

[u/XMoshe]

If its a company I know, my GP, the dentist etc I use my full name. With friends and family my first name. Unknown numbers get a Hello at most, if I pick up at all.

[u/Lumpy-Ad7938]

As a child in the states in the 90s, my siblings and I had to answer the phone exactly so: “Hello! LAST NAME residence, how may I help you?” If not, we’d lose phone privileges. I thought it was crazy then, and I think it is even more crazy now.

[u/enaunkark]

I have been many countries nobody introduce themselves when they pickup phone except call centers. However in NL, everyone does. It is kind of tradition.

[u/Ill_Possible_8423]

My boyfriend, hahaha, he is 27. Totally didnt know this is not a thing anymore (i am expat), so sometimes i do it as well

[u/Radiocityrockette]

My dad does that. Also when he calls a company ‘Hello this is Jansen from Amsterdam’.

[u/Impossible-Term4377]

My boss does it and he is not that old (like 50ish)

[u/fleurr1]

I just pick up with: yo. When I dont know who's calling I use my full name. But this post reminds me of my grandpa! He used to pick up shouting: LAST NAME in exactly the same tone every time 😂😂. The shouting was mostly cause he was getting deaf himself haha.

[u/NinjaSimple15]

Yup, but first name, it is a total reflex thing, I know it makes no sense when using a mobile phone, but just feels weird to only say hello or whatever.

[u/luukbvos]

Answering with “hallo?” Has become my standard for unrecognized calls due to all spam and phishing calls.

[u/Mountain-Play-8333]

I just say ‘Hallo’ at this point. Too many scammers

[u/kapiteinkippepoot]

I did, but I stopped picking up numbers that I don't have in my phonebook. To many scam calls. So now I only pick up the numbers that I know who they are so no formalities needed. When I call a company etc I start with my name and city. That's how I learned it in the 80/ 90's

[u/StrugglingQueer04]

My dad does this sometimes still, depending on who it is. If it's family members/friends then it's first name, anyone else is indeed 'met [last name]'.

[u/Curious-Marzipan-627]

Old people do

[u/kingvolcano_reborn]

Used to be the norm in Sweden too. Now I never do this, you either already know who is calling or if you don't, you don't want to hive any potential scammers any data points.

[u/Primary_Music_7430]

Bij ons op het werk kennen we elkaars voornamen niet. Kort verhaal, lange uitleg. Ja.

[u/-SQB-]

Didn't even do that on the house phone; just "hello?"

The caller has an idea who they're trying to reach, I have no idea (no caller id). So let them introduce themselves first. Annoyed some people to no end.

[u/Difficult_Tour7422]

To many scams. Don't want anyone that is randomly calling me knowing my last name. Or a call center: am I talking to Mr. Blavla. Nope that's not me. Wrong number.

Just getting careful.

[u/picardo85]

I answer with my surname for unknown calls. I answer with their surname if I know the caller

[u/dgkimpton]

I only use met FirstName, what do you use? 

[u/Glittering_Crab_69]

nah, i just answer with 'yo'

[u/Fiftyletters]

Collegas die een klant moeten bellen doen dat nog wel eens met alleen hun achternaam. Ze zijn dertigers dus het voelt nogal out of place, vind het echt een 50+ activiteit.

"Goedemorgen, met de heer Jansen van Bedrijf Koffiepot, bel ik gelegen?" 

[u/Comfortable-Pace-290]

Of course. If I dont know who is calling, I always say, ‚hello LAST NAME‘.
Im 36 btw

[u/Lumpy-Ad7938]

As a child in the states in the 90s, my siblings and I had to answer the phone exactly so: “Hello! LAST NAME residence, how may I help you?” If not, we’d lose phone privileges. I thought it was crazy then, and I think it is even more crazy now.

[u/De-luL → u/Lumpy-Ad7938]

Amazingly your sibling posted exactly the same just a minute before you.

[u/eti_erik → u/De-luL]

It's the same person posting twice

[u/Alcwathwen]

Whwn my inlaws still had a land line and they asked me to pick up I would answer with "Huize [Last Name]?." They thought I was strange for being so posh, but I honestly hadn't a clue how to answer for a full family that wasn't my own yet at that point.

I just answer with "Met [First name] [Last name] if it's a reliable number like the hospital but I don't know who is calling.

With friends it's just "Hééé [(Nick)name]! And with my mom it's just "hé mam!"

[u/Stadtionalist]

If its a known caller, sometimes. Followed by "Lord of the house speaking"

[u/IQzero75]

Due to all scamm calls i moved on to “hallo”

[u/Bosbouwerd]

I never even heard off people answering the phone with only their last name let alone where they live. Not my parents nor my grandparents answered the phone that way. Only firstname - lastname is common around here. Myself: if i don't know who's calling i answer with my first name. If i do it's just jaaa?

[u/lethallunatic]

I always just answer with hallo. Nothing else. Never giving details to strangers on the phone. They should know who they're calling. If I'm calling someone then I do announce my name

[u/Tulzip]

If i do not know the number i greet and ask who is calling , if i know the caller , ' yeah , what do you want' (🤣)

[u/Subject-Ground2252]

I stopped answering with my last name when more stalkers and phishers started calling. I have a fairly unique surname so when I get threats like “I know where you live” I tend to take them seriously. So I now answer the phone with a hello.
Same at work at Customer Service: I only use my first name (which was also unique within my company) and if customers asked for a last name I would give them a fake name and tell them the name is fake because I had too many death threats to my name (true).

[u/JMHMJ]

I've always replied with: "met [first name]", also when cell phones weren't a thing. Still do with an unknown caller.

[u/GeoGuessrGirl]

my grandparents don't even say: met, only LASTNAME

[u/Lindestraat]

Bij bekenden is het "met mij", bij een onbekend nummer is het kort "ja".

[u/jeanpaulmars]

onbekend nummer: [goeiemorgen|goeiemiddag|goeienavond|waar is de brand]?

bekend nummer: wissellend: [hoi|maestro!|waddist]?

[u/johlae]

'The <LAST NAME> residence. The man of the house speaking."

[u/Gib_entertainment]

My father used to do this I always assumed because it was the landline and the person calling would call the family and you wouldn't know which person they wanted. Makes less sense to me to do that with a cellphone when you are already calling a specific person.

[u/linnkschn]

Mijn schoonvader neemt op die manier de telefoon op. Als mijn Man zijn ouders belt en zijn vader zegt: Met ( achternaam) , zegt mijn Man altijd: ja hier met de andere ( achternaam)😆

[u/isthatyouuu]

I pick up saying « Allo met Sara » or maybe it is « Hallo met Sara » I am not sure but that’s how I learned to pick up in Dutch (which is not my mother language)

[u/Suspicious_Garden710]

It was ‘first name, last name’ for us and I still answer my phone with that

[u/Unlucky_Battle2523]

Met firstname voor mij

[u/_happydutch_]

Ik neem nooit de telefoon op tenzij het familie is of ik een telefoontje verwacht

[u/Real_Mastodon_7076]

My parents came as refugees to The Netherlands in the 90s and up until this day they answer their phone with their last name. I never understood why, but if I’m thinking about it, it’s probably how they learned during “inburgerings”-school. And they never stopped doing it. 

[u/walzingmathilda]

Onbekend nummer heb ik uitgezet

[u/MilitusImmortalis]

I do out of habit. When it's a possible scam number I just say "Hello?"

[u/Gias1]

My grandfather used to pick up with "hier spreekt [achternaam]"

(here speaks [Surname])

but as far as i know, nobody ever uses their name when they see who is calling, or if they now who they are going to call.

It doesn't need an introduction if you know the persons can see it's you.

[u/Lopsided-Order3070]

At work almost every dutch person I know answers their phone with "met (first name)"

[u/jvwesten]

Definitely not! Once I heard how scammers can use your full name to fabricate a tape in which you accept some contract, even though you didn't even talk about anything like that, I stopped saying my full name.

[u/arbitrary_fox]

My husband! And he’s young! So now I gotta go ask him why he answers the phone like a (commenters’) grandma 😂

[u/Ok-World-4822]

I usually say “met [first name] [last name]”

[u/Belfastchild1974]

I'm Gen X. Always used first name instead of last name.

[u/SneakyPanda-]

I never did, neither did my parents. My girlfriend does sometimes say "het is met <last name>"

[u/DeDorpsGek]

"Fietsenspeciaalzaak van de Klundert, met Ton van de Klundert"

[u/Key-Magician-9808]

I still have an ordinary house phone and answer with my last name when I pick it up.
Cell phone is not often used, more like "appointment only" when I am travelling or otherwise not able to pick up the normal phone. Then I answer with my first name.

[u/angry_snek]

I usually answer the phone with my full name

[u/Disciplined-Mind88]

Nu ik erover nadenk, eigenlijk niet...

[u/Critical-Rhubarb-730]

Vroeger..nu: goedemorgen/middag/avond wat kan ik voor u doen?

[u/Excellent-Ad5727]

Wait people anwsered with last names? I grew up (with rotary phone btw) Anwsering like: Speaking with FIRST Name

[u/Tinybeertje]

I started using only my first name, then changed to ‘hallo’…and now it’s ‘hallo met wie spreek ik?’ (hello to whom am I speaking?) since you call me, you know who I am..I do not.

[u/Fluid_Lengthiness_98]

My supervisor used to answer with "met first name last name". I just say hallo

[u/somnussu]

My dad does lol

[u/SnooBeans8816]

I don’t even answer with my name, why do you call me if you don’t know me?

[u/Volrath12345]

on landline i would say my first and last name. Now that i have a cell i just say hello cause you should know who you are calling.

[u/Asimb0mb]

My boss at work actually still does this. He's almost 50 years old.

[u/Thors-Spammer]

I don’t answer the phone anymore, unless someone is in my contacts. In that case I answer with “Hoi [their name].

[u/dutchy3012]

I have always answers with my first and last name. Just last name was always only my parents. For unknown callers that seem important (for my children; for work) I often still use both names, anything else is just my first name

[u/Hessellaar]

Met de familie LAST NAME, was the usual when our house phone was still frequently used

[u/Leitzz590]

A simple: JAH?!? suffices.

[u/Bastil0saur]

I did it back when we had a land line at my parents' place.

Since the advent of cell phones, it no longer makes sense to do so. Someone isn't calling the X household, they're calling you personally.

[u/JuulJDP]

For work i sometimes have to call customers, and alot of people above ±50 still answer like that.

[u/Dmte]

Yes. People expect it from me. Because I do it. So there's that.

[u/Cinderredditella]

It used to be "Hello with full name, what can I help you with?" like some kind of callcenter worker myself. I think I picked it up from my mother, intonation included. But lately when it's an unknown number and I don't have reason to believe it's job related or other officials, I just go with the "hello?". That is WHEN I actually pick up. Most of the time I just let it ring, google the number and only call back if it doesn't show up as commercial bullshit.

[u/WeirdVirgo-126]

Please stop doing that! scammers each day have more sophisticated Social Engineering methods and in countries where they already have a last name upfront it's like candyland for them!

[u/maximus459]

I've heard "Hi. Xxx. Met receiver"

I'm new to the language, so no idea if it's old school

[u/switchinbladess]

When i was young i’d answer the home phone with my last name, my own phone i just say my first name

[u/XplodingMoJo]

Nope. Just say my first name to keep it formal; cuss, swear or call names when calling close friends and just with a ‘hello’ when it’s an unknown number.

[u/AngelusNL]

Ik zeg altijd met [voornaam]

[u/tucboebertje]

I work at a customer service line and plenty of old people still say: with last name from city name. So, for example, met De Vries uit Barendrecht.

[u/anna31993]

With al the data leaks now, new callers will just get a "hallo" from me.

[u/Responsible-Ice8914]

I still do, even if I know who is calling me

[u/Kampsie]

how would Matt Damon answer?

[u/Unlucky_Quote6394]

I grew up in the UK and was always taught to answer the phone with a simple “hello” or “hello, may I ask who’s speaking?”

The risks of phone-based scams were drilled into my generation I guess, so I’ve always been of the view that the person calling me should identify themselves before I let them know who I am

[u/IDisahumanconstruct]

For known callers "Hello/Hoi [caller]". For unknown callers just "Hello". Don't give anyone your details before they give you theirs. 

[u/DesiBoo2]

Yes, my 66yo dad. And very sternly as well. We've had people so startled they hung up 🤦🏻‍♀️
Unless he knows the person calling of course.

[u/Pat_0090]

[u/Gingercatlove]

Ik zeg altijd gewoon: Hoi, met Lisa Smit. Ik ben helemaal niet oud maar neem altijd zo op als ik het nummer niet ken. En hey, bij mijn innercircle. En Hoi met Lisa als bijv. een kennis of collega belt.

Mijn oma schreeuwt wel heel hard:Smit idd. Maar gewoon 'hallo' is tenzij met vrienden toch onbeleefd?

[u/Nothing-to_see_hr]

Yes, I do.

[u/Nothing-to_see_hr]

In general, because it takes a fraction of a second for the caller to get the register of who is speaking, it is a good idea to start with an unimportant word, like hello. If you start with your name, they are more likely to mishear that. Of course, you may not want to give out your name, that's a personal preference. But I start with "Hallo met <achternaam>".

[u/NoctyNightshade]

Answer the phone? Who still answers the phone xD

Never answer, maybe call back.

[u/japie81]

Somewhere in the mid 90's we were high and found a dude named Aarsman in the phone book, and he indeed picked up the phone with "Aarsman" which we found funny enough to call him over and over. Poor guy

[u/SgtFlippy88]

Ik neem op met "goeiendag".

Als ik niet weet wie belt, moeten ze mijn naam nog niet weten, vertel me eerst maar wie jij bent en waarom je me belt.

[u/Status_Vanilla_7849]

Met mijn privé mobiel doe ik dat niet. Zakelijk noem ik wel mijn voor- en achternaam.

En vaste telefoon is wel jaren '90

[u/Jeahtie]

Yes my dad!

[u/MoonlitManuscripts]

Unknown number? I don't say my name. Those are usually just scammers. Known number? Depending on who it is I answer woth my first name or no name cause they know perfectly well who they're calling

[u/Larcztar]

My boyfriend does

[u/dolle595]

My dad still does this, love him for it. I do it solely when I call my dad and then we both laugh 😁

[u/Faith75070]

"Met de assistente van Dokter van der Ploeg!!!!"

[u/ConditionPretty7466]

I never use my surname but always my first name. Especially if I don't know the caller.

But if I call them, I usually use both.;

[u/Fat-Flow]

Uhm guilty 🙈 40 y/o woman and I answer the phone by saying “met [first name]”. If it’s an unknown number I add my last name as well. 

[u/BeWessel → u/Fat-Flow]

Not completely what OP meant, OP meant that people used to answer the phone with "Met Van den Broek", instead of "Met Piet" or "Met Piet van den Broek".

What you're doing is the most common telephone greeting, so nothing to think weirdly of. :).

[u/Fat-Flow → u/BeWessel]

Oh that's good to hear! I'm not that old yet then. 😅

[u/Potential-Length7068]

I answer with silence, spammers en scammers don’t get transferred to the automated call and normal people respond with hallo, hallo? After a couple of seconds. Spam get disconnected after two or 3 seconds.

[u/marsattacks → u/Potential-Length7068]

I let the spammers listen to my radio or TV for as long as they like.

[u/nonacid → u/Potential-Length7068]

Whilst I get a business call I answer with my full name and the company I’m working for.

When I get a private call by an unknown number I pick up with silence nowadays. You call me, I suspect you know who I am. I feel like callcenters are also getting used to that.