to be bloody annoyed with an unnecessary phone call that woke up DS?

[trixie123]

just a rant really. Had a minor mix up with the bank which was dealt with via email. I then got a superfluous letter about it this morning followed by a totally unnecessary phone call telling me the same that was in the letter - the phone woke up DS who was 40 mins into what probably would have been a 2hr nap. he is now unhappily chuntering away in his cot because he is tired but has had just enough sleep to stop him dropping off again. grrrrr! there is no point in increasing the ways of communicating if it just means the same thing gets done three times instead on one. If they had my mobile no doubt I'd be getting a text as well. modern life is rubbish - and yes I will be unplugging the phone in future!

yanbu - it is even worse when it is though horrible recorded messages - in fact 3.20pm we are due one about now....

Many a time have i sworn at the recorded voice!

Nap time is such a brill time for you! I know, I'm waiting for my 19mth old to go to sleep now, and I hate it when phone rings, doors bang, anything.
I know how you feel.

The banks can't win, they either ignore you or they're all over you

Don't have that much sympathy though, interrupted naps are par for the course in our house - the second DD2 (8 months) dozes off DD1 (almost 4) piles in the cot, or trip-traps round on the wooden floors in silly dress-up shoes, or yells 'MUUUUUUUUUUUM!' at the top of her lungs, and is currently playing the spoons a la Miss Hoolie from Balamory very loudly next to the car seat where DD2 is napping....

But who wants to spend their days tiptoeing around in the house? Used to really piss me off when used to go round friend's house for coffee and had to whisper so as not to wake their PFB, who was in enforced sleep in a blacked out room. So YAB a bit U, but have the solution - unplug the phone if you don't want your littley to be disturbed

I know how you feel because nap time is just the best time of the day...but to be fair to the person that called you, they weren't to know they were disturbing a sleeping baby.

I totally sympathise. I was woken up at 7am by a phone call from a delivery company on Saturday morning telling me they couldn't get any answer at my granny's house.

Well no, she is 83 and will still be in bed. They were specifically told not to deliver before 9am because it takes her ages to get mobile in the morning.

So they had to wait 20 minutes for her to get to the door and deal with her being an emotional wreck because she could find her teeth.

AND listen to me berating them on the phone as I was then awake, and pissed off, and a mile away.

If they had just read the notes properly they wouuld have known what arrangements were in place to avoid it all.

So I absolutely feel for you.

This phone call came in the middle of the day though. You can't, in fairness, expect companies to think 'I'll just make this phone call, oh hang on, maybe she has a baby and maybe he goes for his nap around now'.

I think YABABITU. The bank were obviously anxious to assure you the mix up had been sorted out. Lots of companies send out a letter with written confirmation of something, but ring as well to be sure the person knows the letter is on the way and will alert them if it doesn't arrive.

Take the phone off the hook.

YABU

I have had to unplug the phone in my bedroom - it's cordless and I never charge the stupid thing anyway so I am standing there listening to it ring and not even being able to answer it

He doesn't wake up that easily though so it's only annoying when it catches him in the middle of a sleep/wake cycle.

unplug the phone and put a sign on the door.