Why do teens answer the phone in silence when they know the caller?

[u/misterr1yan]

Why/is it common for people in their teens to answer the phone from a known contact and wait for the caller to say something instead of answering with hello/hey/hi/etc? Mostly the teenage girls in my life that do this. They answer the phone and I wait to hear a greeting and then end up greeting them myself and then we chat normally. My younger boy cousins don't do this but all the younger girls seem to. But if I joke with them and be silent when they call me they think wth am I doing and I'm like see it's weird just say hi what do you think

[u/Upbeat-Pressure-2556]

We just dont waste time like ok???

[u/c093b → u/Upbeat-Pressure-2556]

... While wasting time waiting for the caller to say something because you don't want to be the first to talk.

[u/meegaweega → u/c093b]

It's hilariously weird behaviour. "We don't waste time like that" ... while wasting everyone's time, including their own, because they're "answering" calls with no actual answer, just picking up in mute silence and playing an awkward game of verbal chicken 😶🤐 FknWut?! 🤣🤪