I'M TRYING TO HANG-UP WITH YOU!!!!!!!

First, I'd like to say that this post is not meant to be about anyone who I am friends with, or talk to on a regular basis. I'm not talking about anybody, I'm just talking about what I'm talking about; however, if the shoe fits, wear it, and if you're offended, it may be time to take a look in the mirror. Anyway, it's just an observation that I made. Please don't call me asking why I said this or who I was talking about. I'll hang up on you.
That being said, I can't stand it when you're on the phone and the person you're talking to won't let you get off the phone. Everybody knows what it sounds like when a conversation is winding down. The pauses get a little longer and you begin every sentence with the word alright or well, as in, "Alright, well, I gotta go now." Alright is the official I'm-getting-off-the-phone-with-you word. The thing is, there are some people who didn't get on the phone-etiquette train and try to talk over you when you start saying alright. They don't get it. It's like, "can't you see I'm trying to hang up with you!!!!???? Didn't you hear me say well!!??" The thing is, you never say anything. Why? Because you feel bad. You're thinking, they must have something good to say-- a funny story or something really interesting to tell me. There must be some reason why they're not picking up on the signals--some reason why they're not letting me get off the phone. The thing is, 9 times out of 10 they don't. They have absolutely nothing to say. So you're sitting on the phone listening to each other breathe. What's even worse is they usually ask you a question like, "why aren't you talking." Probably because I don't have anything else to say. That's why I was trying to get off the phone with you. And these people only want to talk to you when you have something really important to do, like watch football or deliver a baby--never when you're actually free to talk.
Anyway, that just bothers me. It's like they think you'll never talk again. Words aren't going to go out of style before the next time I talk to you. If you wait until the next time we talk I may even have something to say, but for now, I'M TRYING TO HANG-UP WITH YOU!!!!! It's funny too because you shouldn't have to try to hang up with someone, you just do it. If I You say bye and they say bye. It should be pretty cut and dry. Simple. But everybody knows somebody who says bye and then proceeds to continue to talk for another 15 minutes. Oh, I forgot to tell you this, or Oh, did you see Britney Spears on t.v. No. You shouldn't be allowed to talk after you say bye. Bye is official. You should've thought about your Britney Spears story before you said bye. Now you'll just have to tell me about it another time. There should also be a rule about calling back directly after hanging up. At least a 15 minute rule, because some people do hang up after they say bye. Then they remember the Britney Spears story they didn't tell and call you right back...thirty seconds later. Short of you dying or getting your eye poked out, you shouldn't have to call somebody back right after hanging up with them. Usually, whatever it is you had to say can wait.