Phone ringing for while I was taking a nap

United States
October 7, 2009 7:13pm CST
Don't you hate it? I was so tired after work, and I was sleepy. I was intending to take a nap before supper. As soon as I laid on my bed, the phone start ringing. Most of them are those telemarketers. I simply rejected their solicitation, and no interest to talk to them further. Finally, I closed my eyes, my cell phone ringing again. That is my friend. I just talk to him nicely for almost an hour without notice it. I simply can't take my nap now, and It just anger me the most. Don't you hate it? When you want to take a nap, and the situation just won't allow you to do so.
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37 responses
• Philippines
8 Oct 09
well, you don't have to be bothered by your phone ringing when you nap. You can always put it on the silent mode so you won't be disturbed when your taking a nap or when you are sleeping specially if the call is not so urgent or important.
• Spain
8 Oct 09
I agree with you. Put your phone in silent mode so that nobody can disturb you from sleeping. I think that's the best option you have if you really don't want to be bothered. :)
@bettydeng5 (1822)
• China
8 Oct 09
I will not happy when I were very tired and take a nap then received a call, especially the one called me then say" I did a wrong call". I will be crazy. But sometimes, your friends or familiers have the urgent thing or important thing need to inform you, so it's very difficult to avoid the ring, I think you can set up a vibration ring.It will be better than the voice ring.Do you try this way?
• United States
8 Oct 09
Even the vibrating call, I will sense its shaking on my table too. The only way I can avoid it just shut it off, or shove it in the drawer. I just won't want to answer any call or anyone would bother me at the moment.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
9 Oct 09
I hate that as well, but what makes it worse is when we are expecting someone to phone us and that call is important, I am either in the bathroom, putting the laundry in the washer, making supper, helping my husband, or the phone is someplace where I can just get a hold of it, then when I finally answer it is someone from the credit company usually with a foreign accent. I mean if I were expecting a call from a friend or my sons, I would expect them to ring and ring at least ten times, but a telephone solicitor deciding to act as if they knew us personally?
• China
9 Oct 09
Hi, interesting discussion, I have this experience, tired after work, and feel really tired and want to have a good sleep, but my cell phone just ringing at that situation, and sometimes it was about the work things, so I feel awful about that, I don't want to think any work things after work.
• United States
8 Oct 09
I hate when that happens and it seems to happen every time I get the chance to lay down for a nap. It is usually never anyone important too. My mother is the one that always seems to call when I am trying to lay down for a nap and most of the time it is about nothing so for the most part I will just let the phone ring and check the machine once I wake up. Speaking of my mother she is calling right now..she must of known I was talking about her...
• United States
8 Oct 09
It seems like no one ever wants to call me until I'm about to lay down for my nap. And the hubby seems to have some sort of internal sensor that lets him know when I'm about to lay down or am just about to fall asleep because he always texts me when I'm trying to sleep.
• United States
8 Oct 09
That is annoying, don't you think? I always want to have peace time to sleep for while before I regain my energy and power to do something else. It just the situation won't allow me at the moment. I hate it.
@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
8 Oct 09
yes, but I think this is just the way life works. I am really tired right now, but there isn't anything I can do about it. I feel like I'm going to go nuts.
@cheenlly (3476)
• Philippines
8 Oct 09
I understand you as it happens to me many times. It is really annoying because once that sleep urge been disturbed it will be too hard to get it back and you would definitely be in bad mood. Whats irritating is that all this telemarketers had always a bad timing like they always timing it when you are sleeping or having a nap. That's why i don't bother to answer phone when it rings if i have my urge to sleep or take a nap and when there is no one to answer and i answer it and know its a telemarketer i just simply reject saying i amnot interested without letting them finish. It is rude i know but it always happens and those telemarketers are of the same company and even how many times you reject them. They would still call. Its like they don't understand the word "not interested".
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
8 Oct 09
Dear friend, Whenever I feel not to be disturbed while I have sleep or nap I would just switch off my mobile and just activate the divert option to my land phone. Moreover if the ring is intentionally for a making problems. I would just avoid attending it or just divert to other phones.
@proxima14 (196)
• Philippines
8 Oct 09
Before I go to sleep or take a nap, I make sure my phone's in silent mode. I hate being awaken by someone calling me and it ends up as something that's not important so my friends know that if I'm not answering my phone, then I must be sleeping.
@gcorp09 (940)
• Singapore
8 Oct 09
I guess no one will really like it when you are being disturbed when you are going to sleep or are sleeping. I don't like it too when I'm being disturbed when I'm sleeping too. It's really annoying and frustrating when you cannot go to sleep. It just makes me think about my husband's situation yesterday when he wants to go for a nap in the afternoon. However, he got a few calls from his office about some work to be done immediately (although he's on leave), and he's not able to sleep. It was quite some time before he finally did managed to resolve the issue. However, by that time, he was not able to sleep already. I do know that he's frustrated too by it...
@seanbryan (349)
• United Arab Emirates
8 Oct 09
Hi clorissa, It happens to me sometimes, as I don't switch off my mobile before going to bed. I don't want to miss some emergency calls back home and so I had to answer my mobile when ringing even in the middle of the night. And the most annoying part is that when nobody answers on the other line or just a wrong dialling by the caller.It takes time for me to get back to sleep or the worst is I can't sleep anymore till morning comes.
@riverblue (183)
• India
8 Oct 09
It is rather annoying when the phone rings just when you are trying to get some rest. Some times I ignore it when it starts ringing.If the caller is persistant.,I answer the phone.But I dont switch off the phone-what if Some one dear was trying to reach me!
@jas24s (6)
• India
8 Oct 09
i would say that if somebody is so sleepy and wants to have a nap. Please keep the phone away or keep in silent mode instead of getting irritated unnecessarily. This will save both your time and peace. For me, it depends on who disturbs me during my nap
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
8 Oct 09
Sure, I hate it very much. Especially when these calls are from the sales people. It will be very annoying. Sometimes when I have a nap, I will set my cellphone mute so that I won't be awake by those unnecessary calls. I love China
• Philippines
8 Oct 09
It also happens to me every time I'm so tired and was about to take a nap somebody will call and after I won't be sleepy anymore or have a hard time going back to sleep. I can't just ignore the call because it might be important.
@fishpool (186)
• China
8 Oct 09
I really hate this stuation,but i had to receive the phone because if it's a important call and you dont receive it,maybe you be able to miss something important.so although i hate it ,i still do it.
@lindiebiz (1006)
• Canada
8 Oct 09
Its really annoying but its all part of life there are lots of things that can distract you when you want to sleep, imagine if there are kids and they are in the really playful mood and the weather is bad outside so they cant go out to play. So you have to take it in good faith and with tommorow will be better
@nijolechu (1842)
• Canada
8 Oct 09
Yes, I do find it quite annoying when the phone is ringing while I am trying to nap. I guess the only solution to that problem is to shut off your phone or cell phone completely. There was this one time where I needed sleep really bad and disconnected all my land line phones. Good thing there wasn't a family emergency.
@mafi0831 (108)
• Philippines
8 Oct 09
that's very irritating, so what i have to do is i just turn off my cellphone so that i will not be disturbed but sometimes it is not good because what if there's an emergency, you will not be able to attend on that. so i have learned my lesson, i always turn on my cellphone even during my nap..anyway it is only a nap. what important is the dealing with emergency. i might regret if i were not able to attend on that