do you think its rude to call people after a certain time at night ?

I think that it depends on the person, the situation, and the reason for the call. If it is important, then I think there is more leeway, especially if you think that it might be a little late to call. Otherwise, it is probably best to wait and make the call the next day. On the other hand, some people stay up later and would much prefer a call late at night to one early in the morning, so knowing the circumstances and habits of the person you are calling definitely helps to determine what is an appropriate time-frame for calling. In general, I think that 10:00 is a reasonable cut-off time, though.

At 10PM I turn my phone off. If someone wants to call me after that they can call all they want. But I won't know till the next morning. Usually I like to be in bed by 11PM and I like to get a good night's sleep.

When I was growing up, the phone calls stopped at 9pm. We couldn't make or receive calls after that time. If a friend called after 9, my dad would tell them sorry, no calls after 9. My sister and I were mortified! And no calls before 10am on the weekend, unless a special arrangement had been made. I still pretty much stick to that nowadays. If I think of something I must tell my sister after 9pm, I send her an email instead of a text because her husband got mad one time when I sent her a text for no urgent reason at like 10 at night. They were already in bed and the phone beeped repeatedly.

Unless it's really urgent, then yes I do think that it's somewhat rude. I think that there are times when people just shouldn't call for absolutely no reason whatsoever. It's just not fair to call somewhat at a time, when they are sleeping, and the only reason for this is to chat. It's rude, in my opinion. The only reason that I can understand for doing this is an emergency.

It depends on who you are calling and what is the reason to call. I know enough my people to know which of them I can call late at night and which ones I can only call until maybe 9PM (for us that´s early). But none of my friends would dream of calling me before 10AM yet they know that they can call with no problem at 11 or 12 PM. So it depends. Happy posting!

I really wouldn't want someone calling me at 10 at night but that's just me. Talk to your friends and ask them at what time they go to sleep and just call them an hour before that. I wouldn't really consider calling a person at night as being rude especially if their your friend, but I would consider it rude if you called them like 3 in the morning.

I do think it is rude to call someone after certain hours at night. If the person is expecting the call it is OK but if they aren't expecting the call it could make them angry. I would text that person if I wanted to talk to them just to be certain it was OK to call late at night. I usually won't call anyone after 9 pm unless it is an emergency.

i would think that it is rude to be calling people late at night - of course if you are only a friend, or a relative not too close to the person you are calling. but, of course if i were to receive a call from my brothers or mom, i would not mind anytime that is.

Absolutely. i would never call anyone that I know after 7pm unless we were close enough friends that I knew that I could call later without disturbing my friend or their family.

Unless it is absolutely urgent, do not call at night. I have received phone calls ta night and it was always bad news. so, I desist from doing so and I hope others will give the same respect due to me. Anyway, night time for many is private time.

I'm sure you enjoy being called in the middle of the night. Geez!

I depends on how close you are with those people and how well you know their schedule. I have friends that work nights so I feel free to call them after hours. I have other friends that I know they stay up late or I can call them anytime if I have a problem. I wouldn't call relatives though or people I don't know very well.

It depends on who you are calling and which phone you are calling them on. Alot of my friends don't sleep alot so I can call them at any time as long as it's on their cell. You don't want to interupt their roomates sleep by calling the land line. Some of my friends don't even answer the phone after 11. I personally don't accept calls after 12. Text me instead. lol

if you know that that person is proboly sleep at that time then yes i think its rude but my freined he is up till like 2 in the morning yes i know that he tells me i can call anytime but no i dont feel comfortable calling at 12 am in the morning so i call before 9 or at 9 so that i know that im not being rude on calling att a really late tiem. all you gotta do is just be reasonable to what you do

We should show respect to people when we make telephone calls to them. Cslling people late at night is not necessary unless it is an emergency. I believe that anything that needs to be said after ten oclock at night can certainly wait for the light of day.

Personally speaking, I seldom call people after 10 p.m. unless I have urgent affairs to tell them. In my view, after 10 p.m. people usually get ready to sleep or do something private, so it seems quite impolite to disturb them at that time. After 10 p.m. I usually communicate with people online through MSN or other IM softwares. If people appear there, it means that they don't regard talking with them as disturbance.

hello laken02! i think if it's really urgent or an emergency, you could call people even late at night. However, you should draw the line if it the matter you want to talk about with them can be postpone for the next day. People would be retiring for the night usually at 10 PM and some people have had a long day and are so very tired that they retire even before 10PM. Just imagine if you were the one in their shoes, so tired and just want to go to sleep and then suddenly your phone rings and a friend just wanted to talk to you about something unimportant at the moment. It would definitely ire you i'm sure.

10pm? That's the time I'm still working, instead of preparing to sleep. The same goes for all my friends. Anytime before 10 or even 11pm, they are most likely to be out either having dinner or working overtime. While some of them might already be home but they are not early sleepers. I'm more likely to get them after 12am rather than before 10pm when they are busy with their stuffs. No matter how late they call or be called, there's a limit to how late it is. I tend to set it at 2am for myself, after which I won't be disturbing them. As for calling me, I won't entertain anybody once I fallen asleep.

hi there...its ok to make a call at night time, but think about how important is your call is...if it is just for funny talks then it depends to your friend you are calling to if he/she like to talk with you over the phone...because there are some instances that the person you are calling is not at good mood and dont want to talk over the phone with just funny stuffs...generally speaking. it depends on the situation...

Depends on the situation. In an emergency the I would have to say no but if it's socially then maybe. This depends on what time you and your friends usually go to bed, if you know they are gonnna be up at 3am because it's a Friday night or they have a funny working pattern then I think it's okay. If however you call them in the day but they work night shifts then this would be inappropriate as they could be sleeping. Best to find out more about your friends sleeping pattern and wind down time before you can honestly say. I would imagine that on average most people wouldn't like to be called after nine pm if they are going to bed between say ten and eleven but that just for the average family with a pretty standard 9-5 routine. Horses for courses!