When do you think it's too late at night to call someone?

[ok_cpu]

Home phone rang last night about a quarter of 10:00 from a parent for a PTO thing. Not someone we know or are friends with. Seemed a little late to me, but maybe I'm an old grump.

What say DU? What time is too late? And is there a difference between calling a cell and land line?

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	8:00
	1 (13%)
	9:00
	5 (63%)
	10:00
	1 (13%)
	11:00
	0 (0%)
	After Dark
	0 (0%)
	It's 2014, who still has a land line?
	1 (13%)
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[hlthe2b]

1. I have had a pollster call me at 10PM! After giving him a good tongue lashing, I promptly hung up

Sleep is too important and one doesn't know if the person on the other end is a 4 AM riser--or a night owl.

I say 9 PM is the cut-off and no, cell v. land line makes no difference--hell, how does the caller even know which they are calling in most instances, unless a close friend? Not to mention how few people I know even have land lines now.

[ok_cpu]

7. I always thought 9:00 was the law

For marketing and collections. I know it is for collection calls.

[tabbycat31]

18. It used to be that calls were free on cells after 9

I used to have people wait to call me after then because it was a difference of the call counting against my minutes or not (never had a landline of my own). Most of my peers were in similar situations, so any chatty phone calls would take place after 9 or on weekends.

Now it's a moot point because many cell plans have unlimited minutes, but when I only had 200 it made a difference.

I would not take a call from an unknown number after 9.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Depends on who it is calling, I think.

Assuming it is not an emergency, of course.
Down here, any time after 8 pm is pushing it, for friends and neighbors, unless it is urgent,
People go to bed between 9 and 10 here, mostly, and that is well known.

Calling at 9 pm is LATE, for casual calls.

[kath]

3. I generally don't call after 9:00pm, except for close family members whom I know stay up late.

[Ron Obvious]

4. I don't call anyone after 9 unless agreed on beforehand

I also don't keep my phone in the bedroom and have the ringer off on the landline. Late and early phone calls are usually bad news, and I sleep poorly enough as it is.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. After 9pm for business and acquaintances. After 10pm for close friends and family and then,

only if it is very important/emergency type situation.

[ok_cpu]

6. 9:00 seems to be consensus

Maybe I'm not a grump after all.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. That type of phone call should be done before 9pm. That was bad manners on their end.

Having said that, I live in 24/7/365 type of Business and, some few people have carte blanche permission to call me
any time day or night.

very.very.few.

[NightWatcher]

9. 7:00 PM is the cut off for non-emergency or other stuff that can wait till after 10AM tomorrow

PTO BS can wait till tomorrow.

Friends or family can call until 9 unless it's important. Good friends will shoot a text to see if they can call.

I actually prefer texts for BS that I can either read or ignore and that do not require my immediate reply.

I no longer have a landline, so odds are I won't even answer unless I recognize your number and want to talk to you at that moment. Leave a message and I might get back.

[HipChick]

10. Doesn't matter...I never pick up the phone

I screen everything...goes straight to voicemail

[UrbScotty]

11. 9:00, unless you know the other person is up (nt)

[Populist_Prole]

12. The rules I impose on myself, and expect others to respect/abide by

9-ish PM for friends and family. 8 PM for everybody else.

Now I'm a late to bed, late to rise type due to my work schedule, so my body clock has been on "night owl" setting for decades, and there are few people that know my schedule and they know I don't mind at all if certain people in my circle call as late as 10 or even 11 PM.

[TBF]

13. I'd say not before 9a or after 9p

if you're dealing with a landline especially.

I have a cell that I keep on vibrate. If there's something important at night I will get it when I wake up. If I am awaiting someone's phone call I might turn the sound on or check frequently - especially if an immediate family member isn't at home. Other than that they can wait.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. If it rings before 9AM I assume someone's died. If it rings AFTER 9PM, someone BETTER have.

[47of74]

21. I like that rule.

[Chan790]

15. I generally don't make phone calls after 2am. n/t

[orleans]

16. for something non social like school crap i'd say 7 at the latest

for friends/family--well, we have unusual hours so basically anytime

on edit: usually not between 4 and 10 am thank you.

[a la izquierda]

17. Just text me.

I generally don't want to actually talk to anyone.

Yeah, I've been in that kind of mood lately.

[Yavin4]

19. If it's a booty call from Charlize Theron then any time works for me.

Any time.

[ok_cpu]

22. Well, yeah. n/t

[IrishEyes]

20. I wouldn't call after 9:00pm

Unless it was really important or I had prearranged to talk to them later. I have some friends and family members that work nights or unusual hours so sometimes I get phone calls late. Most people know I stay up until 11:00pm or midnight.

[NaturalHigh]

23. For the most part, I say 10:00.

However, my parents are both retired now, and Mom says they never go to bed before 11:30. I'll occasionally call them after 10 if I happen to think of something I want to tell them.