Just wondering if I am doing it wrong.

Ist it ok to send people stuff anytime day or night ?

Are there wrong times ?

If you text me at midnight, you won't get an answer until I turn my phone on.

Phone calls , I get,
Not before 9 a.m. not during supper , not after 8 p.m.

Just not sure if I am " up to date"
About the other.

Is there a general consensus ?

In my opinion, texts and emails are OK to send and reply to at each person’s convenience. Settings can be adjusted to silence incoming at hours you don’t want to be disturbed.

i use do not disturb on my cell phones for both messages/phone calls from 9p-7a except for certain people + family members.

i both send/receive emails from the time i turn the computer on, 'til i turn it off.

I do the dame thing airbubba does, except my do not disturb goes off at 6:00 am

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Originally posted by airbubba:
i use do not disturb on my cell phones for both messages/phone calls from 9p-7a except for certain people + family members.

i both send/receive emails from the time i turn the computer on, 'til i turn it off.

^^^^^^^
This plus I do not feel compelled to answer every phone call ASAP. My wife and precious few others will get answered when they ring. Anyone else, I might answer if I am not busy. I do get back to those who matter to me.

I don't mind folks emailing or texting me at anytime of day/night. Phone? Definitely not in the middle of the night, because I won't answer, unless it's from someone I know, and it's an emergency.

If you’re texting me in the middle of the night it still needs to be important.

Will I be upset? No…will i ask WTF are you sending me random shit at 0200? Absolutely.

It’s the equivalent of late 90’s when people thought everyone liked their stupid email jokes.

The messages need to be warranted no matter the time of day.

Email, just like snail mail: Anytime it moves the sender.

Text messages, again: Anytime the mood strikes, but, depending upon what I'm doing at the time you may or may not get a prompt response. (And, if I forget about it in the interim, you may get no response at all.)

Phone calls: Anything before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m., certainly NLT 10 p.m., better have some urgency to it. Otherwise: Poor form, IMO. And stay the hell away from supper time, fer crissakes, which averages around 7 p.m. in the U.S. (We eat closer to 6 p.m.)

It depends on the context and your relationship with someone. I send stuff to a close friend at all hours. He's got young kids too and has a similarly messed up schedule. Relatives and acquaintances don't get the same sarcastic late texts with memes or funny videos either.

If you’re under 30 you don’t respond to texts and never answer the phone.

I haven't ever figured out how to allow certain calls/text while blocking most others. Maybe I am just not smart enough, whatever.
I like to have my phone on at night in case of an emergency but I sure do NOT appreciate and non-emergency calls/texts in the middle of the night.
9pm -8am is quiet time for me.

It really depends on who your sending your dick pics to. Some folks don't want to be bothered late at night with that.

I think the basic rules have been set. I'm different and my "sleep time" is from 0300 to 1000, typically. I will handle e-mail any time I'm at the computer. Most of my phone calls (landline and flip phone) happen between 0900 and 2100, so I'm not having problems there (most are spam calls that I don't answer).

flashguy

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Originally posted by airbubba:
i use do not disturb on my cell phones for both messages/phone calls from 9p-7a except for certain people + family members.

I do the do not disturb during these exact same times! LOL!

During the day I don’t answer a call at all if I don’t recognize the number due to so many spam calls. If it is important, they need to leave a message.

Scariest call I got was two years ago at 4am and the call came through because it was from my mom’s phone. I answered to hear it was EMS calling from her phone and she had a stroke. I got up and hauled ass to the hospital. Thank god it was a mini-stroke, but this is a good reason to make sure certain people’s calls can get through your do not disturb.

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Originally posted by gjgalligan:
I haven't ever figured out how to allow certain calls/text while blocking most others. Maybe I am just not smart enough, whatever.
I like to have my phone on at night in case of an emergency but I sure do NOT appreciate and non-emergency calls/texts in the middle of the night.
9pm -8am is quiet time for me.

On iphone, you can go to the contact, go to edit, then on the ringtone setting, there is "emergency bypass"- turn that on.

Email anytime. Text - avoid traditional sleeping hours.

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Originally posted by Nismo:

On iphone, you can go to the contact, go to edit, then on the ringtone setting, there is "emergency bypass"- turn that on.

If I understand it correctly, the emergency bypass also affects the silent mode switch on the iPhone. If you go into a meeting, and use the silent mode switch, and your wife calls, it will ring through.

The do not disturb mode still allows the silent mode to function.

Be considerate to folks who may be on call and have phone on overnight. Or they can just silence repeat offenders; looking at you sister Bettyaire!

When sending email or a text message, it will be received better if it doesn’t start:

LOOK ASSHOLE…

IMO, e-mails and text messages can be sent any time, to be read (or not) at the recipient's convenience.