Inconsiderate people with no sense

Cornhusker

Cornhusker

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My brother-in-law drives a milk truck (semi) and hauls from the dairy to processing in the middle of the night.
For some reason, he thinks it's ok to call me on my day off @ 5:00 in the morning.
"Oh, sorry. Was yuh sleepin'?"
"I was trying to"
"I'll call you back later"
"Might as well talk now, I'm awake"
So at 5:00 in the morning on my day off, I get to listen to him rant at drivers around him, cuss about his kids, gripe about everything he can think of to gripe about.
I guess he needs somebody to vent to, but I always feel like I've been chewed out after talking to him.
Do any of you have people like this in your lives?
 

Not any more.

It never bothered me and was usually some sort of emergency or emotional crisis in the callers mind.

These days most of my calls are from scammers and con artists, I rarely answer or use the phone.

It seems that everyone prefers to text these days.
 

That Lady in PA said:
Turn your phone off, or just don't answer.

You are training him to know that WHEN he wakes you up, you WILL talk with him.

No one calls here before 9AM or after 9PM.
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Thatā€™s right!!!

Turn your phone off or donā€™t answer it. When you answer and say itā€™s ok to talk to you cause youā€™re awake now, you are teaching him that itā€™s ok to vent to you at 5:00 in the morning. Nobody ever calls us at 5:00 in morning and if they ever did weā€™d let them know that itā€™s NOT ok. We teach people how to treat us.,
 
When I go to bed, I set my phone on "do not disturb," and it will not ring for calls, texts, or even emergency public notices, except for 3 contacts which I allow to reach me at any hour, day or night.

I'm sorry for children who are missing, and I understand the need for amber alerts, but I don't want them waking me up. The chances of me having any information on missing children is zero.
 
Cornhusker said:
My brother-in-law drives a milk truck (semi) and hauls from the dairy to processing in the middle of the night.
For some reason, he thinks it's ok to call me on my day off @ 5:00 in the morning.
"Oh, sorry. Was yuh sleepin'?"
"I was trying to"
"I'll call you back later"
"Might as well talk now, I'm awake"
So at 5:00 in the morning on my day off, I get to listen to him rant at drivers around him, cuss about his kids, gripe about everything he can think of to gripe about.
I guess he needs somebody to vent to, but I always feel like I've been chewed out after talking to him.
Do any of you have people like this in your lives?
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Yes.
But like you, I try to be considerate of the folks that I love
that need to vent.

I think that you showed compassion... especially knowing that
you felt like need to take a shower to wash away grime of all that
anger that he spewed on to you. (and that it will likely happen again).
That's real brotherly love!
 
My personal flip phone is turned off when I go to bed. During the day I don't carry my phone with me when I'm doing chores and such. My family and friends know to leave a text or voice message and I will call back when I have time.

When I'm working my smartphone is on and I can usually respond immediately. But this is only about 20 hours a week and at all other times the smartphone is turned off and stored in a faraday pouch.
 
Yes, my cousin who lived with my mother for a couple of years flew back to Dallas to visit her in assisted living during the Covid lockdown. However you feel about Covid, it was deadly for elderly people, and my mother was already on oxygen from Congestive Heart Failure.

She was prepared to go in without a mask, and when I asked her to put one on she said she would but she usually didn't wear one because she had CS. I asked her, "what is CS" and she said "Common Sense". We rarely speak anymore.
 
Oldeagle66 said:
Not anymore

I set myself free from that nonsense. People know it's easier to reach the Oval office than reach me. They don't even try anymore.
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Same here. My phone is on Do Not Disturb all the time and I've never missed an important call. Appointment reminders are typically via text. Calls from the doctor's office are left in voice mail and I call them back. I have a couple of close friends who text frequently. We text back and forth and if we actually want to talk we set up a day/time. They still know how much I care about them.

I lived on the phone and on email when I was working. Now my time belongs to me.
 
I cant recall being rung at 5 i n the morning for any call that should of been done later.

When I was on call, got called in to work early sometimes and occasional big family news like birth of a baby - but haven't had any 'just to chat' calls then.

My phone is next to my bed because I use the alarm function on it to wake me up.
 
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