June 12, 2007
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Phone Calls
When you call someone’s house in the morning and they don’t answer, you should let it ring 20 times.
Chances are they really are not sleeping and they are waiting for your call. If you are selling something, you should let it ring more. Because they really want your call because chances are they really want your product.
What is the earliest you should call in the morning?
Comments (149)
Umm….8?
as long as you know who you are calling is awake
but… if you don’t i would say 8:30
you should never call before 9. if it’s someone who doesn’t keep normal hours, i rarely call before 10:30. i never feel guilty calling someone after noon tho.
Hmm, I’m gonna do it again. I don’t know why I’m twisted… This test is inaccurate. :Þ
#1 you should never call anyones house before 8am selling something….
#2 if you are selling something, you need to hang up after the 4th ring.
My brother answered the phone once and said Dont call here ever again, you insult my intelligence. Do you think If I wanted your product that I wouldnt know how to pick up the phone and call you?????? No thanks
The earliest I would call would be 10 if i didnt know when they woke up. I think 10 would be safe.
I’m sure this is sarcasm, because if someone let my phone ring 20 times I’d murder them. Thankfully it’s going to end up in voicemail before that happens. Other than that, I don’t advise calling before 10am unless it’s a real emergency. On the weekends I sleep in until 8:30 so I’d like an hour after that to wake up.
Likewise, I don’t like people calling me after 9:30 or 10 at night, again, unless it’s an emergency. After that I don’t pick it up as I’m getting ready for bed.
The rule in my house is that if they don’t leave a message, it isn’t worth talking to them.
The phone rings ten times then goes to the answering machine. If they leave a message and we want to/or need to talk to them we will.
But anything before 10:00 in my house tends to be too early. But we always listen to the message.
around 10:00
i usually try to touch base with people if i know i’ll need to call them in the morning and ask them when is a good time
but if i don’t know or have to make a spontaneous call- 10′s a good buffer time
not before 9:30. at least for me. sure, I might be awake at 7 in the morning, but I might also learn to kill you with my voice if you call that early.
9…
at least 10.
preferably noon.
Sounds like you hate phones as much as I do…See…It’s the whole “need to be available 24/7 epidemic”. But back to your question, I would say on weekdays – 7:30 if you are CLOSE family, 9 if co-worker or extended family, and Never if you are selling something. On Weekends – 11 if you are CLOSE family, 3pm if you are a co-worker or extended family, and Never if you are selling something.
Call before 10 and your arse is mine! I’m not unknown for my blistering tongue when awakened early.
Sales people call my house at 7am. I curse at them.
The law allows for 9:00 a.m.
Well, I up until 2 AM on most nights.
10 for sure. My favorite is when friends call me at 2 in morning. You crazy drunks you.
Anytime is fine if you’re calling to give me money.
I took it too quickly before, and didn’t really pay attention to some of the more appropriate answers for me. It’s now been corrected. 0:)
I generally don’t call a person’s house before 9am unless (a) it is an emergency, (b) they are expecting my call, (c) they have told me it is okay to call earlier.
I never call before 8 on a week day and 10 on the weekend… unless I know they have small children and then I know their house is like mine and they will be up at 6 no matter what day it is… ugh. ang
hahahaha this is great. why? well, because i am sitting at my computer all disgruntled this morning because i was just woken from the dead of sleep by the stupid phone ringing… and they hung up the second before i got to it :-
but to answer your question, not before 10am
Does the same apply for text messages?
how bout…. don’t call at all.
Call my house? Why?? I spend too much time on the phone at my job. When I’m at home, I don’t answer the phone, even if I’m sitting next to it. I let it roll over to voice mail. Then, I usually wait a while before I call you back.
Just e-mail me instead.
4 am
on a weekday-8
weekend- 9 or 9:30
I don’t think you should call anyone before ten in the morning (nine at the earliest) unless given the invitation to call earlier for some reason.
9ish, at the earliest :] Haha your sarcasm gives me a chuckle.
During the week 9, at weekends 11.
I think 8 on the weekdays… 9 or 10 on the weekends
I think it depends on the person you’re calling. Like with me… you can call me at 7:00 a.m. and I’m up and chipper. But my friend, Bill… you don’t call him until at least 11:00 a.m.
But for telemarketers and stuff I think it’s rude to call before 10:00…
Weekdays: 7:30. Weekends never before 10!!
9am on weekdays, 10am on weekends and it better be important.
10 am
9 – unless you know that they are up earlier! (for example, my mother is always up at 6:30AM and has been since I was a kid!)
I never call anyone before 9am, but I would say don’t call anyone before 8 unless you know them really well and you know it is okay.
Someone who calls me before 8am just to sell me something is going to get cussed out.
Change what?? I don’t know what you’re talking about.
8ish
Never, Never, Never call my house before 9–you might get hunt down and shot…or perhaps just severely chastised in a loud voice
11am.
Try this one on for size…I had a company call me at 10:30 p.m. a few weeks ago…they really got yelled at.
I think it depends on who you are calling– I know which of my friends and family get up early and which do not.
8:00 on the weekdays and 9:00 on the weekends… that’s my general rule, unless I know that person sleeps later. Or, if they have kids, I feel comfortable calling earlier.
Never before 8, and it’s courteous to wait until at least 10
9am…and not a minute sooner!!
Don’t call me before 9am.
depends on the person. i’m up at 7:30, so you can call at 8.
but others are asleep ’til 9.
i normally wait ’til about 9 before i start calling people
Well, I’d go with 9. 8 could work under certain circumstances. I know I could call most of my family at that time. Also, if you are calling a co-worker and you know that they are in at x time, calling them about an hour or so before that would be okay I think. They’re probably up, and they likely haven’t left for work yet… giving them time to respond to whatever you are calling them for.
Dan, you are positively dripping with sarcasm.
Earliest for anyone on any day – 9am! No earlier!
RYC: I will be going to Singapore tomorrow with my family.
when I was growing up it was considered polite to let it ring ten times. now it rings four and goes to voice mail. and personally, I don’t care what time you call. I turn it off when I go to bed and turn it back on when/if I feel civil.
never if your selling crap, people hate tele-marketers. It may be cheaper but it annoys everyone you call.
I try not to call anyone until the afternoon.
Daniel (doublebd)
If it is a person and you don’t know for sure they are awake, wait until 9:30 or so. If you know they’re awake and expecting your call, call when you said you would. If it is a business, wait until half an hour after they open on that day.
If you are basing this off of a telemarketing experience I feel the need to correct you. I worked a month in telemarketing (I could only stand working for the devil for a month). The dialing and ringing are all automatic. The telemarketer doesn’t know they are calling anyone until the line picks up. They never hear the phone ring, they just hear someone answer. Its basically instant, the time between hanging up with one person and talking to another. Also, please don’t yell at them. They dont want to be talking to you as much as you don’t want to be talking to them. If you ask to be taken off the list, 99% of the time, it will happen. However, if you just yell at them, they wont take you off the list.
NOON!
10am.. at the earliest.
10:30
But if it’s a teenager you’re calling and it’s the summer, wait till noon.
It depends on the person, and the day of the week.
On a saturday, you should never call before 11..
If your calling someone that works 9-5, you could call them around 7-7:30.
But 20 rings is never nessesarry. Never let it ring more than 8. But i’d perfer 5. 20 is im not home, or i dont want to freaking get the phone…
I was always taught that it’s improper to call before 9AM.
I was always taught that it’s improper to call before 9AM.
I was always taught that it’s improper to call before 9AM.
Damn, sorry I posted that 3 times. LoL
9am. Business calls.
8 am personal calls if it’s important and you know the person gets up early.
Trying to get a hold of me in the morning isn’t the best time to do it.
By the way, you can google “do not call list” and get on it to stop the telemarketing calls. My do not call expired and I started getting all these calls at all hours again, so I had to put myself back on it recently.
900am…
I usually just text because that way they can answer once they are awake. hah. But if they don’t have text messages then I’ll go with about 9 or a bit after depending on the person I’m calling.
after ten
A: Never. Don’t call my house to sell me something. Chances are, if I didn’t call you to begin with, don’t call me at all!
Between 9 and 10.
I love caller ID, it allows me to prepare for the answer to the phone call – especially when I need to practice my impressions before doing a voiceover gig.
4 rings. That’s what I have my voicemail set to.
If it’s important, they’ll leave a message.
Otherwise, too bad.
I think 9am is a good time to call someone. Where I work though, I have to call people at all hours regardless of whether if its an appropriate time or not because I work at a hospital.
Our office opens at 9, but we don’t start calling until at least 10 to remind people of their appointments for the next day. Even then I get people that are mad because we woke them up. We are not selling anything, we are doing them a service! We don’t have time to write down everyone that is on third shift, turn your ringer off, answering machine on, and get off my back about it!
For most calls I would say 9:00 is an appropriate time. Calls made before 9:00 would have to be due to some appointment already made, or an emergency. The same goes for evening calls. 9:00 is the ending time, unless otherwise set-up.
My mom always told me to wait until after 9 or 9:30.
OH how irritating…9 on weekdays later on weekends. Unless I know the person, like my mom, who is up and going by 7 ( she won’t call me before 8…) I don’t want the phone ringing after 10 unless it is real important either. Guess that started when I had kids…
Tell me about it- way too long! I had to go in for a consult with the oral surgeon, then wait for the estimate for surgery costs, and then call and schedule the surgery. So, I called to schedule it as soon as I got my estimate back. I am going to have to pay for about 50% of it.
weekdays. 9. weekends. 12.
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generally, if you know them you kinda know their schedule and if they work at 7, obviously they are up at 6. but that doesn’t mean everyone else is! and weekends are another story altogether….
If its a friend, you can call whenever you feel like it. But a complete stranger? go for 10. most people are awake and coherent at that time.
Well you are supposed to call after 9am and before 9pm… but I don’t know if anyone does that anymore.. besides me, but I have to because my Mom thinks it’s rude to call before and after that.
My general rule when dealing with people I don’t know very well is 9am and 9pm (don’t call after for the second one). If I have friends I know are up, I don’t mind calling sooner.
I never call anyone before 10am or after 9pm unless its an emergancy. Mainly those times.. because I am sleeping before and after as well.
My mom and sister think its cool to call me at all hours when its not an emergency. I’ve stopped taking calls before certain hours. 10am or later and you’re safe.
Our house rule is that we make no calls before 9 AM or after 10 PM. The only exception is if we need to call someone in the morning carpool.
i never call anyone before 11:00…enless its an emergancy or they told me to.
Never before 10am, and never after 9pm. Unless it’s a family emergency.
My in-laws STILL haven’t learned that.
u shouldnt call in the morning.
It depends.. If my bi polar grandma is manic, she’ll call as early as 530am..
OOOO, you’ve hit a great idea. Sales calls should only be between the hours of say 10-noon, and 1-4pm. Do I hear a bill coming on?
10 am is acceptable in my house. anything before that, i won’t answer.
for me. right now. 1 PM.
school days. 6AM
ryc: nothing yet :- perhaps it is not in God’s will as of yet
I’d say 11. but I’m not a morning person. haha
i think 9 am is the earliest in the morning you should call. dont let it ring 20 times, that is ridiculous, most voicemails pick up at 8 rings. so after 8 rings, HANG UP!
also, dont call after 9-10 pm. its rude. some people might be sleeping then too.
if its not an emergency and I’m not sure when they get up..I usually shoot for after 10am…if they’re not up by then they should be waken up anyway.
9 for real adults, 11 for college students, and 6 for my parents.
I don’t really feel comfortable calling anyone before at least noon, unless I know for certain they’re waiting for my call or that they’re already up.
I never call anyone before 10, unless it’s someone I know wakes up early. And I yell. at telemarketers when they call me when I’m asleep, no matter what time it is.
I turn the ringer off. 10am.
There is nothing so critical that it can’t wait till I check voicemail. Civil conduct on the phone died with the advent of the cell phone.
4:30!
9am.
Not before 11.
i think it really depends on WHO it is you’re calling. some people can be up at 7 getting ready for school and work and therefore wouldn’t mind if the phone rang if it was something important. Other people have young kids and are up alot throughout the night so it’s better to call later in the morning so they can sleep in. These are just a few examples.
Then again, my boyfriend called me at 5:30 in the morning a couple weeks ago (he goes to work about that time). Needless to say, I was so tired I didn’t even hear it ring, but if I had, I wouldn’t have cared b/c hey, it was him!
I called my friend at 1:30 PM the other day and he was still asleep. Haha. Most people don’t mind, though, after about 10:00.
probably bout 9.30 or 10
Your time of calling depends on the person. If you know that they are an early riser…About 8-9, but if they like to sleep late (like till 10), call them at like…10:30-11.
Never before 10 AM
I always wait around til 10 or 10:30. Most of the people I call are home from college and dont work right away in the day….they want their precious sleep!
it depends on the person >>, i’ve called at 7 before, but we had something scheduled.
I would prefer that no one call me before noon because of the lone fact that I don’t wake up untill noon. Also, the way I see it, if I don’t pick up and they love me enough, they’ll call back.
Not before 8, unless I really like you. please.
08:30. Cause you gotta give ‘em leeway time.
LOL! annoying marketers
we disconnected our home phone
bc everyone has a cell.
but earliest is..never!
put yourself on the
“do not call” list.
Dunno. 9 Sounds fine. Haha, I called a friend at 6:45 and her mom answered. I didn’t dare call her for days.
Weekdays: 10:00 a.m. Weekends: 12:00 p.m. And while I’m at it, at night no later then 9:20, and the same goes for the weekend. I once texted a friend at 10:00 am on a Saturday (Forgot what day it was.) Ohohoh…. She wasn’t happy. Haha.
If you’re a salesperson, never.
Otherwise 10:00
depends on the person. My best friend gets up at like 5 am, so calling her at 6 isnt so rude. I work late so I sleep late, calling me at 6 am is in the middle of sleepy time. It will not be pretty
Hahaha, someone sounds bitter. After 8am sounds fine to me. But as a general rule, you shouldn’t let the phone ring for more than 5 times if you think you might be calling too early or late.
is this a riddle cuz if it is than im confused and i was wondering is that is a profesional drawing of you?
ok im just gonna guess.. i allways call my friends at …… (dont call me crazy cuz all my friends are night owls and so am i!) …. um around 4 in the afternoon.
Dude, don’t call me before noon if you expect me to be nice.
Depends, on a weekend or week day?
well i work for a market research firm (i conduct surveys on the phone) and if someone really pissed me off like yelling their lungs out just because i’m doing my job (i can’t control when we call most of the time or what numbers are called) i’ll try if i can to set the callback early as possible on saturdays. but that rant didn’t anwer the question so i say depends on the person and what day. like after 10 am or something.
Anything before 9am (unless its urgent) is just not good around here…. truth be told, anytime before Ive had my first cup of coffee and started my second isnt too great! LOL
8:00 or 9:00.
11 or 12. If you call before that, chances are I’d kill you.
You are welcome to call my answering machine after 10am. Don’t expect me to pick up until after noon. (It’s rarely for me, anyway.)
In general, I try to avoid calling people any time of day. I hate talking on the phone.
I never call anyone before 10.
forget all that… dont’ call me before noon, unless i specifically told you to call me early to wake me up. and even then… chances are i’ll ignore it.
Ur kidding right? lol, wow. I would say the earliest I would call someone would be….9:00 that’s only 4 like REALLY important stuff, otherwise I don’t call anyone b4 11 am for fear of getting cussed out.
I work at a business that opens at 8am, so I call my business customers and vendors then. However, when I’m calling a private residence, I never do so before 9am. Besides, if no one answers I can leave a message. If a person doesn’t have an answering machine, I curse them.
Not at all! I like my quiet mornings.
If you don’t know the person well enough to know the answer to that question yourself, don’t call in the morning.
depends who you’re calling.
like, if someone were to call me, it doesn’t matter the time cause I’ll be up anyway. =/
I usually don’t like calling before 11 or noon. 10 at the absolute earliest.
i hang up after 4 rings. 5 if it’s Telus.
i say, don’t call before 9 am. chances are… they’re more friendly after they’ve had coffee. so yeah… after 9 am.
20 times is a little excessive. people might think you’re their obsessed stalker calling.
Telemarketers should all collectively die and go to the ninth level of hell, where they are trapped in a room with a bed and a phone that never ceases to stop ringing.
It depends on who you’re calling. My parents are always up early, but you can call my sister’s house at noon sometimes and she’ll still be asleep.
I was taught not call before ten unless it’s an emergeny and/or I know that the person and all other people in the house will be up, like my friends who own a farm.
Did I detect sarcasm?? I think I did!
The earliest in the morning someone should call would be 10am, no earlier.
I’m up all night. I don’t give a fuck.
10 AM – prior to that people are either sleeping, getting ready for work, getting kids to school or other tasks – people should be able to start their day and get it going without being bothered by phone calls.
Well that depends on who it is and how early you know they wake up. I would call, at the earliest, around 9 or 10 in the morning. People who really know me should know my cell. When the house phone rings I never pick up… never. It’s usually for my parents anyways. I will only pick up if they leave a message on the answering machine and I have to talk to them for whatever particular reason it is. Now, if it’s somone trying to sell me something I just hang up unless it’s a real person.
I think 10 is a safe bet. If you’re calling to sell me something, the time to call me would be never.