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.

You can "mute" certain whatsapp groups/contacts for a specific time period or indefinitely. Alternatively, you can put your phone on silent or use the "do not disturb" feature. Everyone works on a different clock cycle - for you 06:45 am might be horrendously early to text. For someone else, your 8.30pm texts might be horrendously late. Far easier to set your settings accordingly rather than change the masses.

You're choosing to have your settings on at this time, so you're the issue not the sender.

If it's urgent, I assume that someone would call you. So set your settings in such a way that only calls will ring.

Really isn't rocket science.

And 645 really isn't early!

I frequently find that if I am going to be able to reply to messages it will be very early in the day as later is manic. I'm not going to time these messages anymore conveniently because someone doesn't turn off their message sounds at night. That's their issue, not mine.

I have WhatsApp on silent as my friend in oz uses it, so she messages me at a normal time where she is but the middle of the night here. My phone is on for emergencies on loud during the night. They are not mutually exclusive.

I've had this with the school mums watsapp groups. Very annoying pinging all the time so I just silent notifications on those groups.

I have a night mode setting on my phone for this. I still get urgent calls but they ring on silent, no reminders though. Although when I had WhatsApp I used to turn the notifications off anyway (I just don't have it now as don't need it particularly any more).

Heh, Heh, pocket dials from student offspring on rowdy nights out. I remember it well. All of them boringly settled now, thank goodness!

This I find confusing though. Like you wouldn’t dream of ringing the doorbell of an acquaintance at 2 in the morning to ask about world book day costumes the next day. Then if they got cross you’d shout at them that they should have turned their doorbell off if they didn’t want to speak to you. That would be nuts wouldn’t it?
*So why is it ok to do it via a phone?^

A mobile phone is not the same as a doorbell and has a handy function that allows you to not hear it unless it is specific people.

@Wheresthebeach

I feel your pain OP. Forgot to put my phone on DND and a bloody app't reminder for my DD physio appointment on Monday after school came through at 6:45 this morning! Bang went my lie in.

You can set your Do Not Disturb on a timer so it automatically turns on and off at convenient times, including different settings for weekend mornings. E.g. 10pm to 7am Monday to Friday, 11pm to 9am Saturday and Sunday.

I use my phone as an alarm clock and to set myself reminders in particular mornings.

So do I. The alarm will still go off even if the phone is on silent.

YABU. If you don't want to silence your phone you can mute group notifications or disable WhatsApp notifications altogether. Or you can turn off data/wifi.

Or...

Just roll over and go back to sleep.

It seems to be a MN thing that once a sparrow has taken a breath 3 miles away, people will be so startled to full wide-eyed and alert wakening there is absolutely no chance whatsoever of dropping off again for the next 18 hours.

Thanks @BemidjiMinnesota I'll do that!

Bugs me too. Seems a strange thing for people to do.

I had to stop using DND as it would randomly decide not to turn itself off in the morning and I’d wonder for days why nobody was calling.

I can’t believe the suggestion that it is up to the recipient to avoid being disturbed. It’s the same with ringing or knocking a door, you do it at a reasonable hour.

@BuzzShitbagBobbly

Not everyone can just go back to sleep. I’m sure you understand people are different to you.

They probably assume that you would have your phone on silent, like literally everyone does?!

It's absolutely not the same like knocking on someone's door. You can't mute the door (unless maybe use few mattresses?), but you can easily mute the phone and lots of people don't even take it to bed with them.

Do not disturb, add particular numbers as priority/allowed through. Sorted.

Either put your phone on silent or don’t but if you don’t you are knowingly risking being disturbed.

You sound like a technophobe. That’s not the fault of the people in your WhatsApp group. It really is very easy to switch your phone onto “do not disturb” but still allow certain numbers to contact you.

If I was daft enough to go to sleep without switching my phone onto DND I would be woken up by anyone sending messages after 9pm but you would probably think that was reasonable?

I can’t believe the suggestion that it is up to the recipient to avoid being disturbed. It’s the same with ringing or knocking a door, you do it at a reasonable hour.

clearly not
You wait for "reasonable hours" to make a phone call - even more so on a landline, mobile phones tend to be put on silent anyway

the entire point of whatsapp is being able to send messages without disturbing the receiver.

My phones set so it’s will still ring for certain people when on do not disturb. Dh, my mum, my dad, grandparents and DDs nursery can get through. So if they need me in an emergency they can get me as I put my phone on do not disturb when teaching younger classes as they are easily distracted.

I turn my phone off at night, unless one of my children are staying over at a friends or on a school trip, turn it on as soon as I wake up.

I dont have my phone in my bedroom and have an alarm clock

My phone is always switched off and downstairs when I'm asleep so it wouldn't bother me. Only time I ever have phone in bedroom is if DD is away and then would mute everything except her number...but most WhatsApp groups usually on mute anyway.