Do you turn your phone off or put it on silent when you go to sleep?

[Izzabellasasperella]

I assumed everyone does this when going to sleep.
I suffer from occasional insomnia so I replied to a text from a friend thinking they would see it in the morning or whenever.
I received a very shitty reply telling me off for texting so late.
It has upset me me due to the tone of the text.
This person has no kids or older parents where maybe they need to be contactable at anytime.
Obviously I will text tomorrow (at a reasonable time) and apologise.
I am curious though to know if anyone goes to sleep with their phone on?
I wouldn't sleep at all if mine was on and next to me due to the pointless notifications from WhatsApp/ Facebook etc 😀

I completely agree that playing videos (or music etc) without headphones in a public space is a rudeness/politeness divide.

That's far worse than sending a middle of the night text to someone who wouldn't be disturbed if they knew how to use the settings on their phone.

Playing music or any audio without headphones isn’t a divide. It’s unbelievable rude, selfish and shows a complete disregard for other people.

I see young adults on the train listening to music blaring out, I see middle aged adults watching videos without a care, and bloomin kids watching iPads on planes and trains without headphones and the parents not caring. All it shows is a low IQ.

I think their phone should have been on DND but I wouldn't text people late at night just in case if you don't know if they're up.

My phone is always set to DND, but will unmute the ringer if I get a second call from the same number within 5 minutes. So if there was an emergency I could be contacted.

Mine on all the time but I don’t take it up to bed with me.

Mine is permanently on silent, and set to automatically go to DND on at 7pm and off and 7am.

Yes I do but with the setting on which means my 3 DC can still ring me

Mine is on sleep mode from 10pm. Only my immediate family can message or call in the night. This is after one of my lovely customers whatsapped at 5.20 the other morning waking me up.

Interesting that someone has complained about people watching videos etc. I've been very unwell and have hospital, drs appointments etc. I had to sit in a corridor with the radio on so after half an hour I put music on and the ihysio came out and said I couldn't do that, then realised that none if us wanted to listen to the radio. Noise is everywhere. She accepted that their example of putting the radio on led people to believe its acceptable to use music.

Completely off.

Leave it on but in the living room. The only time it's on in the bedroom is when I need to set the alarm.

I turn data / wifi off but leave phone on as, in case of emergency, a phone call would still get through.

I don't get any texts, except passcodes when I'm trying to log in to secure sites.

We don't have phones or indeed any screens in our rooms overnight. Makes it easier to reinforce no screens in rooms with the DC.

If we know somebody might need to contact us urgently (eg if relative in hospital) or if somebody is out/away (DH or DC), we make an exception. But I do find my sleep is broken on those nights.

Do not disturb except my kids, parents and siblings.

I can’t figure out how to set the time limits . It’s either on or off. I have an iPhone.

you just go to focus in settings, scroll down to set a schedule and then you can automate when it clicks onto dnd

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g
The reason I don't silence my phone is that it's old and temperamental.

If I start messing with it things start not functioning properly. As a carer I need the phone to work right in case I get a call during the night or something.

So I could adjust the settings to not get wakened but id not relax as I'd worry the phone wasn't right afterwards.

No. Phone always on and by my bed -
But I put it upside down so it doesn't flash. I don't tend to look at it in the night if I wake up but I do use it for alarm.

My settings are set on silent aside from text and phone call though - and I very rarely get actual texts (usually communicate via WhatsApp).

I just leave it on. Everything is set to no notifications, so it would only be a phone call that would disturb me, and no-one phones late so I have never been disturbed.

I've been told off for contacting 20- or 30-somethings late at night - by email. I wouldn't text after about 10pm (presumably due to my great age) but I thought email was fair game. Surely people have their notifications off for that at least. But seemingly not. So no I don't think you can assume it's acceptable for all younger people.

I totally agree with you about asynchronous communication, but it's not universal even among people 2 decades younger than me.

Mines always on silent. & have a newborn but only
Reply to other people with newborns In The night

I have mine set so texts and calls from family come through but no one else.

Every phone I've owned has been on silent since 2009.

Mine stays on but I put it on charge in a different room.

I'm also someone who rarely sleeps a full night so I'm often tempted to text, but I email instead (although some people have their phone ping with email).

I leave it on.

My friends and family are too well mannered to phone/text after 11pm or before 7am unless there's an emergency. Plus I have a teen who sometimes comes home late.

My phone is on silent anyway but it's on aeroplane mode at night. Dh's and both dc's phones are downstairs.