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Too late to telephone?
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What time do you consider it too late to telephone someone? I would ring my family and close friends at any time if I needed to, people who live with parents I stick to nine pm.
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It rang about 11.30pm last week and it was some chump trying to get me to accept a reverse charged call.
Serious reply: If it's someone that I know will be awake (an owl like me for example) then I could call anytime. If they could be sleeping, and I don't need them urgently, I wouldn't call after 10pm and before 9am (or so).
Just don't call your boss now and ask for the raise...
oh landline, while living with parents that is...
well, not after 9pm, yea... and only if it's something semi-important.
I wouldn't call anyone else on their landline after about 10pm.
I don't know why I would ever need to call anyone late in the evening. If I wanted someone urgently I would probably text and hope they had their phone on.
Now if i were calling somone then it's done on a person to person basis because they are all different. For example i can ring my mum everynight up until 1 or 2 am. My sister however would flip if someone rings after about 11pm.
Everyone is different. Thank god for text messages, text in advance to check if they're alright to take my call, otherwise thank god for em because you don't get half the ear bashing you would on the phone
Doesnt bother me when people call either, even if its like 3am I'll still talk. Drunken phone calls from mates are great blackmailing tools :razz:
In terms of mobiles, I dunno.. depends. If its the weekend and its a mate then anytime, if they dont pick up they dont pick up...
If its a week night and its late I would normally just txt, if they are up they will reply... if not then I would know they are asleep.
Me: Kzbzz.
Them: Hello?
Me: Zp-krrr?
Then they hung up. They probably thought they had dialed a Mars number or something They didn't call back.
Probably too early rather than too late, haha.
Anyone else, 10pm is usually the latest, but probly a little earlier, say maybe around 9pm would be the latest.
cutoff is at 10:30!!
Mobile phones depending on who it is anytime.