Is it rude to send emails late at night?
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Anonymous
| Just wondering, since a lot of people seem to text and use iphones now and check them a lot. |
Anonymous
| what an odd question. |
Anonymous
| balls. |
Anonymous
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Email? No.
Texts? Yes, IMO, because most people have an audible notification of text and a text could wake them up. so I don't text people I don't know too well late at night. But that's just me and I've got no clue what the etiquette is on this. |
Anonymous
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A member of a listserv I'm on recently sent a nasty note complaining about folks sending messages to the listserv late at night & disturbing her sleep. But I think that it's an extremely stupid complaint. There are lots of technological solutions that allow you to receive phone calls but not be disturbed by e-mail while you sleep.
In summary, I don't think it's rude at all, and I scorn people who think it is. That said, the stupid people often win out, and perhaps it will be generally considered rude five years from now. |
Anonymous
| No. Turn off audible email notifications and ignore emails until the next day if you don't want to be bothered at night. |
Anonymous
| I've seen a lot of nannies in the Nanny Forum complaining about this. I don't understand why people are slaves to their electronic devices. The device is meant to be a convenience, not to entrap and enslave you and demand your attention. Turn.It.Off. |
Anonymous
| It is not rude. |
Anonymous
That could be that the employers expect them to be received and answered. Different issue. "I emailed you last night that we needed you here early today"" |
Anonymous
| I almost always catch up on work emails late at night. I also do work globally so am sending and receiving emails at all sorts of times in different time zones. If I wait until morning to send an email to London (to avoid sending it in their night) their day would be half over. |
Anonymous
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no, not rude at all to send late night emails.
However, I don't text after 9pm. |
Anonymous
Only if you expect a response right away. I know late at night and early in the morning are when I tend to have time to send messages, but I'm not expecting anyone to immediately reply. I have worked for bosses who emailed all night long and expected everyone else to do the same. |
Anonymous
| Not rude in the least! |
Anonymous
| Of course not. It IS rude to call at 10 pm, however. |
Anonymous
Don't you turn off your cellphone when you go to sleep? My cellphone isn't even in my bedroom during the night. |