Can you hear me now??

At work, I get L-O-T-S of phone calls all day long....and I never knew how many people didn't have any idea how to talk to someone on the phone.  Whatever happened to "Hi, May I speak to _______ please?"  Or even, "I have a question regarding _________, could you direct me to the person I need to speak to please?"  Instead I get a lot of "Uh.....who's this??"   or "Uh yea...get me John..." or my personal favorite "Uh........what???" Note to self people,...when you call a place of business, at least go through in your head for just a second so the person on the other end of the phone (someone like me) isn't trying to decode your jibberish. :)