When is it too early or late to phone someone?

I should add she was supposed to be at work by 11 so I know she wasn’t just asleep

I use 9 – 9 as a guide. Sometimes 10 – 10. But usually 9 – 9. Which means 9am – 9pm, you shouldn’t complain if I call.

If I had to work @ 11 I wouldn’t wake up until 10:30.

It’s always too early to hear from work anyway.

It depends. My sister is up at 5:00 AM and asleep by 9:00 PM, if she is not socializing. I am up until 1:00AM and sleep until 9:30 AM on days with no early obligations. The world of the retirees runs on a different schedule.

MY sister and I can barely find the overlap time in order to hang out or talk on the phone. She called me last week at 8:30 AM. She was in 5th gear and I was in reverse. We rescheduled.

i don’t call people after 9:30 at night unless i know they’re definitely not the go-to-bed early type. if i know someone stays up late, i’ll call no later than 11. in the mornings, i don’t call people before 9 or 10, unless i know they’re up early.

as far as hearing from work, my coworkers never call me at home unless it’s absolutely necessary, like we’re meeting up for a work-related trip. i don’t want my coworkers to call me on my off days, or when i’m home for anything else. when i’m not getting paid, i don’t want to be forced to think about work.

Co-workers shouldn’t be calling other co-workers for work-related questions unless the called co-worker says it’s alright in advance. Otherwise it’s like being at work and a lot of called people sue for “on-call” pay for that and win.

Technically, the boss should be able to answer the question. If he can’t, HE needs to address that.

Most of our work is done from home with a normal 2–3 hours a week actually “at work”

Then I think your boss has to have a meeting the next time all are “at work” and say “We might call you at home” and “Between the times of…”.

Unless I know for sure I’m not waking anyone in their house up, or if they tell me to call any earlier or later, my hours are usually from 10a-9:30p.

I think a lot depends on the group but to avoid this issue with your coworker again, and considering you do considerable work at home, your boss SHOULD make a timeframe appropriate.

Persobnally I tailor it to the friend, but I’m 22 and my friends have completely wacked schedules. It depends on if I know someone’s employment information, schedules, type of work, etc…. then uually 10AM-10PM – this also goes for friends in college. For my bum friends who do nothing with themselves…. 12PM-12AM. It all depends.

For normal standard meet on the street anyone? I think 10AM – 9PM is fine..

I guess it just deends.

I usually don’t call anyone after 9p.m as they might have had a rough day and gone to bed early. (unless it’s an emergency)

i know on the receiving end, if i have long-winded friends and they call me after about 9, sometimes i don’t answer, because i might not feel like spending the rest of my night on the phone.

My psychiatrist taught me a good trick; he allowed me to call him occasionally but after five minutes, he used to say, pleasantly and politely, “I have to go now.” Simple, truthful and straightforward.

My beau starts work at 2:00 a.m. so he asks that people call before 7:00 p.m. There are always exceptions!

If it’s someone I don’t know well enough to be aware of their work schedule, I use the 9–9 rule.

My bf has me call him to wake him up, I soo don’t get it… 4:50 AM

Once he called at midnight, and I answered because I was up and had tried calling him earlier.