Community Chat

[Greeneyedlady21]

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.

[Tinkrbl44]

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.   

[RedTop]

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.  

[Chopsmom]

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@gidgetgh wrote:

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

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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]

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.

[Mz iMac]

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!

[Sooner]

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

[Jo1313]

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.

[walkingal]

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.     

[Icegoddess]

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.