Talking of rudeness

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Is this just typical English?
Why is it that 99 out of the 100 times when someone calls you by phone they don't say their name, but go straight in asking a question (be it to wanting to speak to this or this person whith such or such function - 9 times out of 10 a cold-call - , or a possible customer in regards of one of our products, services).
I find this strange and many times rude: I like to know with whom I'm speaking.

I always give my name first when I make a call, and always expect callers to give their name first, and am careful about giving my name out until I know who it is. What annoys me is: ringring ringring. me: "Hello". them: "Is that Mr. Green?" me: "Well, you called me, tell me who are you first and then I'll tell you who I am".

This comes from when I used to work in a pharmaceutical company which tested on animals, and everybody (involved in animals or not) had to be vigilant.