Phone calls after 9 PM

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:11am

When I was a kid, I was taught never to make any phone calls after 9 PM unless it was a dire emergency. That doesn't seem to be the case today.

I just got back from the city and a group of teens had seen IN THE HEIGHTS and seemed to be calling everyone they knew with their opinions of it. It was about 11:30 PM. Were I a parent, I'd be pretty annoyed if the phone in mny home was ringing all through the night--even cellphones.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:12am

It's not the 60s anymore. Kids haven't even left for a party yet.

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:15am

^^^What theatrefan said. Most kids in my school are just going out at like 10:30

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:18am

Well in Dollypop's defense, when he was a kid, people went to bed a lot earlier, what with the whole "discovering the New World" thing going on.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:22am

Very funny!

Perhaps kids should be getting to bed at earlier hours. When I was teaching full-time (and now as a sub) I saw far too many kids who couldn't keep their eyes open during the first two periods.

10 PM was standard bedtime in my day.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:24am

Who calls people anymore? Text messages are how people communicate nowadays.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:26am

Well, these kids on the train weren't texting--they were yaking up a storm.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:36am

Want kids to be awake the first two periods in school?

1) Don't start school before 8am.
2) Don't make kids stay up until 3am doing homework.

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:54am

^Preach. I hate school. I am already dreading the thought of going back. When I go to school at 7 AM the gates of hell have opened.

[Yes, I'm Chance]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 2:09am

I work nights, and therefore rarely make phone calls before 9 pm.

[James885]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 5:45am

Don't start school before 8am.

There actually is some truth to this, as studies have shown that kids do better in school when their school starts later in the morning. Unfortunately my high school wasn't one of these 'late schools'. We started at 7:30 each morning - ICK!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 6:02am

if the phone rings after 9 PM, I answer it "What's the matter?"


I used to use "Who's dead?" but I've mellowed.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 8:55am

I went to bed at about 1am and made a phone call shortly before doing so.

Times have changed.

There actually is some truth to this, as studies have shown that kids do better in school when their school starts later in the morning. Unfortunately my high school wasn't one of these 'late schools'. We started at 7:30 each morning - ICK

When I was in high school we have to be in our homeroom by 7:48am. I had friends who got up at 5am to start getting ready. This boggled my mind because I was lucky if I was up by 7.

[nygrl232]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 9:32am

I remember reading somewhere that most teens are biologically more nightowls than early risers and that the standard school schedule should start later in the day--around 11 am instead of 7-8:30.

Wonder what'd happen if work started later, too. The current schedule is to start stuff early and finish before sunset. Were the makers of schedules afraid of vampires or something?

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 9:48am

Ban phone calls before 9am too. That's just as rude and obnoxious. Especially at work. I hate coming in to voicemail messages from people who think their needs are too urgent for business hours. More than often, they're not.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 9:52am

The early start of school days has to do with bus schedules. Now that I work as a sub, I get around to all levels and I see what's happening in each building. The elementary buildings start latest and those kids are bright and chipper first thing in the morning. It probably has something to do with their age levels, too.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:27am

Ban phone calls before 9am too. That's just as rude and obnoxious. Especially at work. I hate coming in to voicemail messages from people who think their needs are too urgent for business hours. More than often, they're not.

Most workdays start before 9am. Mine does. And some of my customers go into their offices at 6am. So it is business hours for them.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:27am

What about booty calls?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:30am

In your day, Dolly, kids didn't have cellphones. Wasn't it just a string and a wisecracking pterodactyl?

Also, these new fangled cell phone thingies have options to not use the ringer. Perhaps mommy and daddy won't be bothered by ringing at all.

And yeah, like the others said, it's summer.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:37am

Besides, shouldn't we be glad they waited until they were on their way home from the show instead of calling in the middle of it?

And, shouldn't we be glad they're going to live theatre and enjoying it?

Updated On: 7/7/10 at 10:37 AM

[uncageg]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:49am

I was going to say what Phyllis said.

When I was a kid it was after 10:00. Now I don't call anyone here after 10:00 Mountain Time or 11:00 Eastern Time. In the mornig I don't call before nine. Most of my friends do the same.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:52am

Dolly, did you also walk to school in the snow (uphill both ways, without shoes)??

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 11:03am

The world can be divided into those who think schools should change to be successful with students and those who think students should change to be successful at school.

[Yes, I'm Chance]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 11:04am

What about those who think both should change?

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 11:07am

School should also start later so that it's more aligned with most parents' workdays. If parents don't get out of work until 5, why should their children get out at 2?