Am I over reacting?
Dec. 16th, 2002 03:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lionkingcmslFor those that really know me know that I love to talk on the phone. I can't help it, I'm a sound biased lion.
But something has cropped up. :=/
Saturday morning I made an early morning phone call (7:45a).
The person I called was surprised to hear my voice. It seems that the household wasn't used to getting a phone call that early, and the ones they've been receiving were more of the "emergency" type.
I was on the phone for less than 2 minutes when I realized the receipent wasn't happy to hear my voice. The rest of the household was still asleep. Please note that the other party was not angry, mad, surly, or anything else, but I could tell the party was none to pleased. I also found out that the other party thought something had happened to me, as I never had, up to that point called that early.
That, making the phone call, was very, very, stupid of me. I should've realized that most people are asleep at that time of morning.
I have been assured though that if my phone call had caused problems, the party's mate would've given me an earful. Being that didn't happen, I have been assured everything is "cool".
The problem is, I like to talk when I get bored. :=/
Here's where some people think I've been over reacting:
To keep a similar situation from occuring again, callling at an inconvient time, I have stopped all my outgoing phone calls, of a non-emergency or business nature. This does not apply to my family and co-workers where I must contact them at any time, and of course anything of a life-threatening emergency.
So basically, if you have recieved phone calls from me in the past, just to chat, it won't happen again.
What do you think? Am I over reacting, or am I doing the right thing by not making any out going phone calls to just chat or ask questions that could be asked via text based messaging, i.e. e-mail, AIM, ICQ, etc.
Please let me know what you think.
EDIT: I will remind people though that if they want to call me, they ar more than welcome to do so. If you don't have my number, just get a hold of me via e-mail, AIM, or what ever and I'll give it to you. As far as that goes, you can call me, literally, at any time, even 3a my time. Just be aware that I might tell you that's not a good time to talk, like between 6p and 9p on Monday nights, because of class, or somemthing else. Of course you might, probably will, get a very sleepy lion if you call at 3a, but I'll normally be fully awake by the second or third sentence. What may surprise you to find that is if you do call me at that time of morning, I'll still pick up on the 2nd or 3rd ring. ;=3
But something has cropped up. :=/
Saturday morning I made an early morning phone call (7:45a).
The person I called was surprised to hear my voice. It seems that the household wasn't used to getting a phone call that early, and the ones they've been receiving were more of the "emergency" type.
I was on the phone for less than 2 minutes when I realized the receipent wasn't happy to hear my voice. The rest of the household was still asleep. Please note that the other party was not angry, mad, surly, or anything else, but I could tell the party was none to pleased. I also found out that the other party thought something had happened to me, as I never had, up to that point called that early.
That, making the phone call, was very, very, stupid of me. I should've realized that most people are asleep at that time of morning.
I have been assured though that if my phone call had caused problems, the party's mate would've given me an earful. Being that didn't happen, I have been assured everything is "cool".
The problem is, I like to talk when I get bored. :=/
Here's where some people think I've been over reacting:
To keep a similar situation from occuring again, callling at an inconvient time, I have stopped all my outgoing phone calls, of a non-emergency or business nature. This does not apply to my family and co-workers where I must contact them at any time, and of course anything of a life-threatening emergency.
So basically, if you have recieved phone calls from me in the past, just to chat, it won't happen again.
What do you think? Am I over reacting, or am I doing the right thing by not making any out going phone calls to just chat or ask questions that could be asked via text based messaging, i.e. e-mail, AIM, ICQ, etc.
Please let me know what you think.
EDIT: I will remind people though that if they want to call me, they ar more than welcome to do so. If you don't have my number, just get a hold of me via e-mail, AIM, or what ever and I'll give it to you. As far as that goes, you can call me, literally, at any time, even 3a my time. Just be aware that I might tell you that's not a good time to talk, like between 6p and 9p on Monday nights, because of class, or somemthing else. Of course you might, probably will, get a very sleepy lion if you call at 3a, but I'll normally be fully awake by the second or third sentence. What may surprise you to find that is if you do call me at that time of morning, I'll still pick up on the 2nd or 3rd ring. ;=3
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Date: 2002-12-18 11:35 am (UTC)Ok, so you oopsed, and called someone kind of early. We all do things like that, in fact today in a fit of annoyance I pretty much told the boss that I regard her as 'the enemy'. (didn't tell her but the person I did say that to will likely repeat it). Shutting yourself off like that is not the answer.