To ask if you put your phone on Do Not Disturb?

I have DND on from 11pm to 9am, with exceptions for my sons. However, it can be overridden for emergencies.

Or, as I found out this morning, partners who 'just want a quick chat' 😤He has a phone and a watch that beep and make alert noises constantly and he can't understand why I don't want the same.

I suspect I am an antisocial person 😀

I dislike 90% of phone calls as they are useless compared to a single line email.

Even if you want to do the executive shuffle and try and make notes on your phone while someone is speaking, why should you ? Quite aside from the YOU MUST DO IT NOW implied interrupting nature of phone calls.

I realise this is just the old, grumpy whine of someone who's used email since the early 80s and found it pitch perfect for almost all non-operational communications.

Mine is always on apart from an emergency whitelist for family.

Mine is on dnd all the time. If my children need to get hold of me they call twice to bypass it. I’m not antisocial person but I don’t want it to interrupt work and general life.

(On Android, and probably on iOS) You can tweak DND to allow a caller through if they have tried x times in 5 minutes. Personally I don't because I suspect the scammy spammy industry knows this.

Otherwise I tend to have DND set out of work hours, with starred contacts allowed through.

For now, callers are free to leave a voicemail (as the instructions I have set up inform them).

it's also on silent permanently as notifications come through on my watch to alert me

DND from 9pm to 8am (automatically set up) but set that calls or messages from DH or DS still come through same as if someone tries to call twice within so many minutes

I realised a while back how intrusive tech is these days. Uninstalled lots of apps, I limit my time on the phone and told friends to call me rather than texting.
DND used often, overnight and when I'm in meetings or need to concentrate.
I control the tech' now and, although some folk don't get it, I feel better for it.

DND means it won’t light up or vibrate as well as not make a sound so I use it at night - too many times I would just be getting off to sleep then my phone lighting up would wake me up

This 👆

No bc I have no notifications except texts.

Mines on silent unless I'm expecting a call. I can read messages in my own time

Nope. Never.
I am more than happy to leave it in a different room tho. So it sits on my desk at work - never comes to meetings or if I'm elsewhere in the building.
Sits - along with every other electronic device in the house - downstairs overnight.

What's the difference between DND and putting on silent? Or just the programmable side of it?

My DND automatically goes on from 7pm, I sleep 8pm-4am due to my shifts, so I end up with a bunch of messages from the late shift team.

Certain numbers can still call (parents, husband, siblings) but everything else is muted. I need my phone during the day but it spends most of the day on a shelf and important notifications go to my watch.

I set apps to silent but not phone calls, texts or whatsapps

Mine is on silent 24/7. I thought that was unusual but seems lots of people do it!

My phone is in work focus from 9-5 and sleep mode 10-6. Only get notifications/calls from DH, childcare and immediate relatives.

No never as I have 2 young adults and want to always be able to pick up a message, or from my mother

Yes every night from 9pm until 7am. It's mostly on silent during the day too when I'm working.

Yes overnight from sleep until wake.
Yes if I'm driving.

(Both of the above are implemented automatically by my phone).

Yes (manually) if I'm in a meeting, at the cinema / theatre, in church etc. where it would be inappropriate to have my phone / Apple watch flashing up / pinging alerts.

Yes, from 10pm-6am to stop me being woken by spam calls & messages.

I turn sound off during work hours, so it still vibrates, but doesn't annoy colleagues. My phone is LOUD.

Mine is on DND permanently unless I'm expecting an urgent call.

I get a lot of people messaging me throughout the day and I don't want it buzzing constantly. If I am out with friends and I might need to know that they've messaged, I'll unmute notifications on my Fitbit so I can see them easily.

My MIL found out on Saturday that her phone had been accidentally on DND for the 2 weeks since FILs funeral. She'd thought people were giving her space to grieve and that it was only the immediate family that were contacting her (as per her DND settings)

She was a bit embarrassed when she realised what had happened but she's leaving it for a few more weeks - it did explain why her voicemail was full though!

I have switched off all ringing (except elderly parents abroad) and vibrations 24/7. Switched off all notifications. I look at my phone when I choose to.

The only notifications I have are WhatsApp, which are silent. I cannot stand people who's phones bing and bong all the time.

The ringer is turned on but I don't get that many calls.