To think early morning WhatsApp message writers are inconsiderate?

[Magenta82]

I was woken up at 0645 on a SATURDAY morning by someone messaging a WhatsApp group. Nothing important or time sensitive, they said themselves they were lying awake thinking, now I'm lying awake pissed off that my sleep has been interrupted for no reason.

Is this a completely unanimous AIBU?

And no OP?

Shhhhhhh.
Again. It's after 10PM

So rude

@elQuintoConyo

How do you have your phone on flight mode at night and still have people ring you in an emergency? I thought flight mode prevented calls coming through?

@Hellohello2020

Do you mean "oops" when you say "opps"?

I'm a shift worker and often reply to messages at night. If people text me in the daytime knowing I'm on nights and asleep then they can expect a reply at 3am.

‘6.45 iS a Lie iN’ shit one for you, that’s a lifestyle choice. A lie in for me is 10am. If I had to listen to a notification that wasn’t already muted before then I’d be fuming. I have everything muted but need to be able to be contacted by certain people in an emergency. Some early riser/parent sending me notifications at their chosen ghastly waking up time isn’t acceptable.

I’m guilty of this! I send messages at all hours but only to close friends because I know they all have their phones on silent at night and it won’t disturb them, my mum always has her phone on loud incase anything happens to my very poorly nan in the night so I’d never text her as I know it would wake her. Just pop your phone on do not disturb and problem solved! :D

Just don’t take your phone to bed with you. I don’t, and deal with messages the next day.
If you rely on your phone as an alarm clock, then turn off notifications or mute your phone.

Set your phone on silent. You can choose to receive urgent calls from select numbers. Use different settings for weekdays and weekends. Set any annoying whatapp groups with multiple updates to permanent silence.

Learn how to use your phone...

Group chats must be muted for your own sanity. Someone posts a message. Someone replies. Someone makes a wee joke about original message. Ping - smiley face. Ping - 2 smiley faces. Another wee joke. Ping - lol. Ping - emoticon crying with laughter. And so it goes on. All that for the occasional message you might actually find helpful.

I know what you mean, OP but that's just the world we live in now: 24/7 notifications, messages and information.

I'm in a number of different groups that include people in different countries so I always have my phone on silent when I go to bed. In fact, for health reasons I have it on flight mode as I understand that's supposed to be better for you???

I think how you have your phone set up depends on whether it's an iPhone or an android but I think it's better to have your phone set to silent or on flight mode when heading to bed. Alternatively, try turning WhatsApp notifications off for everyone and all groups in the app settings except any you deem important.

elQuintoConyo
Nobody can call you on tour mobile if flight mode is on.

Presume you mean they can phone you on the land line?

Set do not disturb on your phone. Or mute group conversations on the weekend. Problem solved.

I'd love to still be in bed at 6.45! That is a lie-in in my house

And YABU. DND still allows people to call if you change your settings

Can you not turn off notifications for the group messages?

My personal experience is silly messages on WhatsApp interrupt your life because some people spend a huge amount of time not living there lives but sending messages all day. It is much quicker to have a conversation to make arrangements. Messaging is a terrible time waster. Also you feel you have to be polite and answer group messages so useless messages have a very long life and you can't withdraw something you said in the heat of the moment. I switch off my phone before I go to bed. To turn off the phone at night: go into settings, sound, priority preferences. Or search priority in settings. Or just switch off your phone before you go to sleep and buy an alarm clock!

Yabu. I reply to any messages as soon as I get up at 5am as after that I'm working all day and busy in the eve so don't have a chance. Put your phone on silent. I go to bed at 9 as I like to try get 8 hours sleep if I can. I put my phone on silent as (not unreasonably) people message me at that time and I don't want to be disturbed.

Don't most people have their phones on silent, unless they are waiting on a call?

Mute the WhatsApp group.

I don't have a single notification tone enabled on my phone, apart from phone calls.

Obviously I still check it all the time but when I want to - no more annoying beeps interrupting me.

Silence the WhatsApp groups. Put phone on do not disturb and allow only calls from favourites. Teenage daughters, sisters etc are in my favourites and can contact me if needed.

Mine is on do not disturb from 10pm-7.30am on weekdays and 10pm-9am at the weekend. The alarm still works, and I have it set so that if the same number calls I think 3 times in succession, it'll get through. I think it's up every phone user to put their phone on silent or do not disturb when they don't want calls. I'd never have mine without being on do not disturb overnight because it gets so many random notifications all the time.

Put your phone on silent!

My sister says she won’t have Their phones by their bed. They charge them in the kitchen.. but I still have mine on silent My Fitbit does notifications in which I track my sleep!! But they don’t wake me up 😄😄