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.

There’s a Daily Mash headline in here somewhere...🤣

WhatsApp > settings > notifications > play sounds for incoming messages > off

Alternatively, whinge and whine about how selfish everyone else is.

Every single person I know puts their phone on silent or do not disturb. Its really easy to select certain people to be able to call or message you or to mute certain group chats so Yabu.

Hahahhaha haha. You’ve never heard of the DND? Yabu. People message me all hours of the day. From 11-7am this morning, I’ve had about 15 messages - my family live abroad and if I didn’t get a single message overnight I would be worried - but, like everyone else has mentioned - dnd is your friend.

I go to sleep at 9pm and wake at 6am. My friends all know of (and laugh about) my bedtimr. I wake to find 11pm texts on my phone all the time. I turn my phone on silent. I am happy people bother sending me messages. It's really not rocket science.

I have WhatsApp on silent.

Hahaha if someone needs you in an emergency they would phone. You can change your settings so notifications are silent but phone calls are loud.

YABU. I often message people on the middle of the night. I assume they silence their phones when they go to bed.

Yabu. I have friends in many different countries. I get messages at all hours. I manage my settings so I am not disturbed when sleeping. It's not difficult.

Cancel the cheque!

Seriously though - I’ve got elderly parents and a friend in hospital right now so have to have my phone on (never on DND or flight mode) but my WhatsApp has notifications turned off so I wouldn’t ever be disturbed.

With friends all over the world - especially in NZ & Australia who send messages whenever it’s convenient to them it would be going all night if I didn’t! Nobody is going to use WhatsApp for an emergency so it’s not an issue.

YABU. People would expect your phone to be silent if you're asleep. My phone is always silent, so nobody would think twice about messaging me at 2am.

I mute the chats if I don't want to be disturbed by the messages.

My WhatsApp notifications are silent (not my phone). I assumed everyone else did the same. Otherwise I’d be constantly interrupted or disturbed by group chats like you say. Texts or calls are for urgent contact, not WhatsApp.

not with whatsapp no.we have a family whatsapp with folk in the usa and japan.so they couldnt wait till ou hours nor vice versa to be able to read it.should we tell them to be up at 5am there time so we can chat our tea time.
so they will get the message when they are there.

especailly if you have group chats.there is hardly ever a time we are all there.work,kids,family time ones mean that just cant happen and tht is why having it is so great.as they wont miss out just get it at their appropriate time.

I think posters are being a bit harsh. Continuous messaging is really stressing a lot of people out.

There’s a company going round schools helping kids with it at the moment, explaining that you shouldn’t feel you have to respond or demand an instant answer. It’s a real problem. Whilst there seems to be a lot of posters here in different time zones which does justify it, the vast majority of people messaging on WhatsApp are not like that.

The onus is on you to mute people out, but in real life people aren’t as tolerate as posters on here and do get very cross with messages at dodgy times so would agree with you OP. I don’t think you are alone! (Secretly though)

Sort your phone out!!!

I had a friend complain that I sent her a text at 8.45am (regarding our meeting up at 10am). She’s in her late 70’s so I accept she struggles with technology.

Maybe learn to use your phone properly?

I have all group chats muted. I then dip in and out when I have time

You do realise you can put a phone on silent?

YABU

DND - was a life-saver when DH was on shift work. Very often work would phone him despite knowing he was asleep in bed to ask him questions about the systems. He put his phone on DND and set me as a VIP so my calls would come through if I needed him for DS or something. Otherwise all other calls would go to voicemail. After a particularly rough night shift he woke up at 3pm to 7 missed calls and 2 voicemails. All from work and all not important - or could have waited. We worked in same building and his colleague even rang me once to ask me to ring DH - I said no and it could wait until DH was awake later. They soon got the message.

I dont even put the volume up on my phone in the day coz the constant beeps drive me mad.
Everyone knows if they need me in the middle of the night to ring the house phone coz that will get answered.

Mute the group. I can't believe you leave your phone set up to receive any and all messages and then complain when you get one.

Nah. I'd expect people not to have their phones on loud if they didn't want to be disturbed. I turn my phone wifi off before I go to sleep. When I put it back on in the morning it goes insane.