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What's the Latest you Like to Get Phone Calls in the Evening?

gertrudecloset — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:13:14 GMT

For me, past 10:00p.m. and I worry when the phone rings.....people that know me who are just calling for the sake of calling know not to call me past 10:00p.m.

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I am still oxox — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:17:59 GMT

I get no calls so it does not matter, we go into bed at 7 to watch Jeopardy and holiday movies

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IdahoGram — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:20:13 GMT

I was always taught never to call before 9am or after 9pm unless it an emergency. I sort of panic if the phone rings before or after those times. I did get the 4AM call saying my daughter was in a very serious accident and in brain surgery 40 yerars ago, so try not to put anyone through the fear of the late night or early morning call.

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deepwaterdotter — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:25:05 GMT

7 pm.

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SeaMaiden — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:25:55 GMT

Our landline usually quits ringing after 7pm. It starts up again about 8AM.

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gidgetgh — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:26:28 GMT

Probably 8:30. If I talk too long on the phone at night I have trouble getting to sleep.

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kaydee50 — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:48:42 GMT

8 pm.

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RollTide2008 — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 21:03:36 GMT

I don't want any phone calls. Just text me.

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ScarletDove — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:31:05 GMT

7 PM

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Trinity11 — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:34:39 GMT

Midnight. The people that would have reason to call us know we are night owls. But businesses, we won't pick up after 9.

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Greeneyedlady21 — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:36:02 GMT

I get up early for work, but I also have received a couple of traumatic calls very late at night in the past. So I wouldn't want anyone calling after 8.

My cell phone goes on silent overnight, I don't have a landline.

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Tinkrbl44 — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:39:43 GMT

When I am done for the night dealing with people, I just turn my phone off. Probably around 10pm, usually. If it's important, they'll leave a message.

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RedTop — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:55:15 GMT

The majority of our calls stop at 9 p.m.

However, people who know me well, know I rarely go to bed before midnight, so I am often having phone conversations after 10 p.m. A very good friend had surgery 2 months ago that has been a far bigger ordeal than she, or her Dr. expected. She's had several bad days and needed to talk late at night, so I listen, or talk, until she's calmed down enough to sleep.

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Chopsmom — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:05:36 GMT

@gidgetgh wrote:
Probably 8:30. If I talk too long on the phone at night I have trouble getting to sleep.

8:00 p.m. for the same reason. After 8:00, unless it's an extreme emergency, I tell them I'll call them tomorrow.

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NYCLatinaMe — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:09:20 GMT

Call me anytime. I answer if I am up for it. If the call is unexpected, and I don't pick up, I expect anyone who wants/needs to speak right away to leave a message, preferably text. Not a fan of voicemail, but iPhone making it easier now with mssg transcripts. But no transcripts for Spanish language messages. My iPhone is bilingual for auto-correct in typing (thank you, I think), but not for voice mail transcripts. If anyone knows how to train the IPhone for this, let me know. I asssume I can set the language for Spanish, like I do sometimes with the keyboard, but if I can only have one language, most vms are in English. Trasncripts are gen'ly decent.

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Mz iMac — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:09:57 GMT

Friends & family know I am a night owl so late night calls do not bother me at all.

I have a landline w/an answering machine & the ringer is kept off because I suffer from migraines. If I want to talk to the person leaving a message, I'll pick up. Otherwise, I'll call them when I get up for the day or not!

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Sooner — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:12:35 GMT

It was an always-on-call house here, so never made the distinction.

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Jo1313 — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:59:46 GMT

I usually don't answer after 10 pm..If the phone rings after 10 and I see one of my kid's numbers on the ID..I answer of course.

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walkingal — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 01:21:51 GMT

I have never liked chit-chatting on the phone. It might be because of the job I had. I was on the phone all day long dealing with customers and everything else that comes with running an office. I'm retired now, and in the late afternoon, after dinner,, I am ready to collapse on the sofa and enjoy reading, watching movies, and TV. So, I stop answering the phone anywhere between 3 PM to 6 PM depending on how I feel. I love getting emails and don't mind voicemail. I tell people the best way to get a hold of me is email. I have a family member who always calls around 8 PM. I don't answer the phone. She loves to chit-chat on the phone too, and by that time of the evening I just don't feel like talking. And she calls around 8 PM (or later) because that is when it's convenient for her.

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Icegoddess — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 01:28:48 GMT

I would prefer not to get any calls after 9:00 pm although I haven't received any evening calls in a long time except around election time when I can tell it's probably a survey or a candidate. I don't answer numbers I don't recognize anytime of day though, so I don't pick those up.

I would hope, though, that anybody calling me at 9:00 or after have something important, not to just chit chat. I really only have 1 or 2 people I chit chat with and only on occasion though.

I have gotten one of those early morning calls nobody wants to get, so I would get really nervous at any late night calls. My cell phone automatically goes to Do Not Disturb at 11:00 and my bedroom phone ringer is also off at night. I'm a light sleeper, so if someone does call, I'll hear it in the other room.