To find this so annoying?

[LemonSherbetFancies]

Had to call a colleague a few times over work matters. It's not her scheduled work hours when I call which I do admit to but it's usually just a quick question and usually just before her shift (we don't work the same ones.). Yet she never picks the phone up. I find it so irritating. I then text her and she replies after a few moments.
Aibu to say pick up the phone!!

If it’s just before her shift why don’t you wait until it’s her working hours? If this was a pattern i wouldn’t respond to you until it was in my working hours. Seems very odd that you are complaining she won’t work outside of her working hours to me?

What?! You're calling her private phone outside of her work hours?!

I absolutely would not pick up either.

If it's just before her shift, she's probably busy getting ready for her shift. Most people don't just hang around waiting for work to start. Just wait until she 'clocks on'.

Seriously can it not wait until she starts her shift. YABVU!!! You are so rude!

Why aren't you waiting until she is on shift, if it is just before her start time?

I can't believe you are complaining given she is responding to you outside her working hours just not in the exact form you want! Maybe she's somewhere she can't take a call but can text quickly in a free moment.

If she is happy to respond to texts then just bloody text her or better yet don't disturb her outside her working hours at all.

I am amazed this isn't a reverse.

You shouldn't expect any response from her outside of her working hours. Wait until she's on shift. If your shifts don't overlap and that is causing work related issues, take it up with your manager to see if timings can be adjusted.

@LemonSherbetFancies

No, not a reverse. To me it just seems quicker than a text and is only ever very quick usually just before she starts her shift. I'm not requiring long conversations

Not long but sounds like it's a regular thing. She doesn't have to pick up and you really shouldn't be calling her about work outside working hours.

I can text when caring for my children or cooking or putting them to be a lot easier then a call, where I have to remove myself from my potentially noisy environment and leave them unsupervised. Same applies for many people, even without kids in many circumstances a text is more convenient than a call. YABVVU.

@user1497787065

I used to job share a role and my jobshare partner and I were in regular contact with one another without any issues on either side.

I can't believe how precious everyone sounds.

MN astounds me at times.

It was fine for you, doesn't mean it should be for everyone. People are different, it doesn't make them precious.

Horrendous. I loathe talking on the phone so would much rather text.

You need to sort a better handover method.

For me receiving a call would be preferable to a text as I can chat without having to search for my glasses.

It's not ok to be calling outside of work hours. I hate being contacted on my personal phone outside of work hours.

YABVU.

What is the reason you call outside of her working hours rather than calling when she is at work.

Don't be a knob - phone her during her working hours. Or text and she can reply at her leisure

I'd be so pissed if a colleague kept phoning me before I was due to start my shift or before I start work (or even if they phoned me after I had logged off and I wasn't at work).

When I'm at work, I work. When I'm not, I don't. I also don't like having to take any work related calls when I'm not at work as I don't get paid for it. I don't work overtime and I don't get thanked for it.

@LemonSherbetFancies- You are aware that you are basically asking this colleague to start their working day earlier than they are scheduled to because you want them to answer a work related query. Wait until they are at work.

You're some cheeky fecker so you are.

If I wasn’t working I wouldn’t answer you either. Call her on her hours when you are off seeing as it doesn’t bother you.

She's telling you she would prefer to communicate by text out of work hours. Why not just respect that?