In the distance, police sirens announced their imminent arrival. In front of him, Tim smiled hazy and dull. Click here for additional information about the project. What What’d you freaks do to me You drug me or something Or something, Dick said, all laughing eyes and pride as he grabbed Tim's shoulder and shook him lightly. 10 Denver Laura Ĭlick on the links below to learn more from your fellow Iffers about each procedure, surgery and medication. I have a routine, and I like to stick with it. ![]() I don’t like calling late even if I know they stay up though, because I don’t really like taking calls an hour before bed. I try not to call after 8pm, but if it’s a fellow night owl I will call/text later (generally texting first to make sure they’re awake). That said, like you, I never know when it’s acceptable to call someone. Morning is beautiful, but if I’m out before 9am, I usually look disoriented and say something along the lines of, “So this is what this time of day looks like!” Sunrises are beautiful, but beauty isn’t of much use when you can’t function. I’ve always been a night owl, which is why working third shift fit me so well. ![]() I generally rise 10-11am, and I am not awake enough to talk until I’ve had breakfast! As for how late to call me, my sister regularly calls me from midnight to 1am (different time zones) because she knows I don’t usually go to sleep until then, and she calls me when she’s headed into work (night shift). Well, everyone who knows me personally (IRL, not spammers or debt collectors) know you aren’t going to get an answer before noon. So weekdays AND weekends (unless it’s the same time regardless of the day): what is the acceptable start time for making phone calls and what is the latest time you can call someone and still be polite (the exception being people who have told you not to call after a certain hour)? This isn’t usually an issue because who has time to chit chat at 8 am? But if we’re defining what is too late to call (and I subsequently have another question based on the number we arrive at), we should probably get a working range for too early to call too. I may be playing it too safe, but I get so cranky when someone wakes me up that I never want to be the person who calls and wakes up someone else. Moreover, what is too early to call? My general rule is 8 am for a weekday, 9 or 10 am for a weekend. What is the cut-off time for calling a family member? A friend? A complete stranger? Is it different depending on your relationship with the person? Or does that not matter: is there a polite cut-off time across the board? And if there is, what is it? ![]() Is it okay to call them then? I mean, you’re not waking them up, and if they don’t feel like talking, they won’t pick up the phone. What about 10 pm? Most people I know are still awake at 10 pm. I feel like 11 pm - unless you’ve been told otherwise by the person - is too late to call across the board. Easy to know that 9 pm would be too late to call. There were the people who made my life easy by saying something like, “I go to bed at 8 pm.” Cool, if I know you go to bed at 8 pm, I don’t call after 8 pm. My entire life, I have suffered from Too Late To Call anxiety.
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