People ringing the doorbell/calling my phone

[Boozy]

My friend once called my husband at 7:30 am on a Sunday morning to tell him that she had met a distant business acquaintance of his at an event the night before.

He was not happy. He blamed me for "bringing this insane woman into our lives." I laughed when he said that, but he looked kind of murderous...

[DesignFox]

As a general rule, I am not a morning person. That's changed slightly since I got into horse showing, but unless I'm going to a show that requires me to be up before the sun...I like to doze.

Since I tend to have difficulty getting and staying asleep at night, I get pretty cranky when people wake me up. Sure-fire way to get growled at is to wake me up before I'm ready...and I am a beast if you wake me up juuuuust as I'm about to hit deep sleep. And then when I can't get BACK to sleep (because at that point I'm beyond aggravated), let's just say that when I can't sleep, nobody else is, either.

Fortunately, current SO knows not to bug me at those times, and I'm very wise in that I don't bother him during those times, either.

And all my friends (currently) know better than to call me when I'm likely to be sleeping.

[blas87]

I just wish some of the people in my life were a little more sympathetic about me working night shift.

My own mother once retorted, after I grumpily answered her call at noon, "Well, you're going to have to get used to it. Normal people are up and around during the day, and no one should be expected to bend the rules just for people like you."

I was pretty furious about that. I remember the first few months that I worked at the factory on night shift, I still lived with my parents, and they were always loud in the mornings downstairs, and if I wasn't up by the time they got home, they'd come ripping and tearing upstairs and would force me to get up and would yell at me for sleeping my life away.

Just one of many reasons I moved out. They still don't have much sympathy for the shift I work, or when I sleep.

[Sylvia727]

My own mother once retorted, after I grumpily answered her call at noon, "Well, you're going to have to get used to it. Normal people are up and around during the day, and no one should be expected to bend the rules just for people like you."

Well, yes, to a point. If a new acquaintance or a business contact or someone else who can't be expected to know your unusual schedule calls you at noon, it wouldn't be fair to yell at them. But your mother knows when you work, and she should know better than to call you at noon. There should be a period of at least eight hours when you're both up and about, and she can wait to call you until then.

One of my mom's friends worked the night shift at a hospital, and he used to call her at two or three am just to chat or to ask meaningless questions. No matter how much my mom reminded him, he still forgot or blew off the fact that he was interupting her sleep. Until she started calling him at seven am, which was two hours after he got off work and usually about an hour after he'd gone to bed. He got the point, and never called her during her sleep cycle again.

[DesignFox]

I just wish some of the people in my life were a little more sympathetic about me working night shift.

My own mother once retorted, after I grumpily answered her call at noon, "Well, you're going to have to get used to it. Normal people are up and around during the day, and no one should be expected to bend the rules just for people like you."

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And what would the rest of the "normal" people do, if people like you didn't work your "abnormal" shift?

I hate when people use that shit as an excuse. I used to get crap all the time from my 9-5 friends (and ex) for working retail and having odd hours. Um. Well excuse me for working. If it wasn't for people like ME, people like YOU wouldn't have all the conveniences you do. So, STFU.

Thankfully, my parents, current friends and BF understand this and don't hassle me. (although I do not work overnights- haven't had to resort to that, yet.)

The most amusing thing is listening to my brother act like a total ass in the morning, arguing with Dad... and Mom yelling at both of them to shut up 'cause I'm sleeping. LOL. Well, amusing except that they all wake me up.... But at least *someone* is defending me!

I feel your pain!

[lordlundar]

My personal take on early morning phone calls is "someone had better be dead or dying. If not, I will remedy that situation REAL quick".

[Lace Neil Singer]

Another thing; call centres who are based in India who don't understand the concept of differing time zones. I escape these cuz I don't have a landline, but have heard plenty of rantage from friends about these.